Is the surface good for writing and or doing crossword or word search gamesfound in books?
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The surface is ok for that purpose, but it is the worst lap desk I have ever owned....too small and the beanbag part is too thin. I purchased another one from bed bath and beyond
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Yes, definitely! I just wouldn't write on a piece of paper directly on it, because your words would come out bumpy. Writing or doing puzzles in books would work fine.
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Yes it would work for that. Bought it to hold my tablet when in the car. Needed to add a rubber mat as surface was too smooth. Works for m y needs.
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Yes, it's plastic finished. I've used to do some homework too. Hope this help.
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It is but I would recommend putting a magazine down because it's a textured surface.
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Yes it is . Only thing that may pose a problem is that the base is not entirely flat - feels like a bean bag at the bottom but the surface is smooth and lightweight. Overall you shouldn't have a problem using it for those purposes in bed etc.
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Yes! (just tested), even though is is not 100% (smooth/shiny). To test it I grabbed some regular printing paper an wrote with pen/pencil and the very small (almost unnoticeable) crumbling of the surface did not pass through when writing.
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So so. The surface is slightly pebbled. So you are ok until the last pages of your crossword book. Fine for writing in a composition book with a cardboard cover since the cardboard cover smoothes out the roughness in the lap desk.
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Yes, but it's not being used for gaming. This was purchased for my college son who uses it for spreadsheet comparison and instructions
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Yes it is. Doesn't have any trouble with the Surface. Always has connection the screen..plus the pen does come in handy.
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I'm a designer and illustrator, but I also use the tablet just to navigate around. And if you can type with a pen in your hand, you don't even have to put the pen down when you're writing someone a note.
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And if your use of this heavily depends on hqbdwriting, I recommend samsung tablets with s-pen or surface pro. Thinkpad tablet has digitizer calibrition issues.
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It is great for taking notes, onenote is awesome. You will want to buy another wacom pen with an eraser function though. I recommend the surface pro 2 pen. The pen that comes with it is nice because its attached to it, but its a little small and clumsy. As for PDF,it runs a full version of windows 8.1 so you can do anything you could do with a regular laptop. This blows the iPad out of the water with functionality.
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I had it for a few months and then I switched to the surface 3. It worked great with the pen for me. It actually made the writing experience much more natural in my opinion and I never noticed wear to the pen after taking extensive notes in all my classes. Would definitely buy again
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It's the first surface edition. 4gb ram and 256 ssd windows 8. Works great!
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No, you wil need a windows tablet for that. I recommend either the Asus t100 or the dell venue pro 8 - both come with it free. I used to have a surface but the price just isn't worth it. Hope that helps.
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I enjoy mine, but I just use it for sketching. For on the go to be honest it's pretty comparable to my Surface Pro 3 (but the buttons on the Cintiq make it a bit nicer for more than sketching). I would definitely go to the store and play with them. MacMall has them for demo.
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Yes, because it has the full Win 8 app; the Surface does not. This tablet is the equivalent of the Surface RT but cost much less.
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Surface Pro 2 runs Office 2013 Home and Student very well. This includes word and excel, as well as other programs. I think it would also handle the more complete Office programs just as well.
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For the best in drawing and taking notes look to the Surface Pro. The is model starts at 799 and features top class writing and drawing capabilites.
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I have a Surface Pro and it works great for that platform. This is a simple expansion that gives lots of utility for a small price. Other options such as the Asus Varidrive cost several hundred more. This little device is really adds some of the features of my Dell XPS 400 for a few bucks.
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YES! I was actually just bragging my to husband (an iPad owner) about everything my Surface 2 can do. It is truly like the best of a tablet and a laptop rolled into one convenient machine! I would never go back to owning anything else! My husband is jealous of my Surface now that he sees everything it can do and that his iPad cannot do!
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I use ThinkorSwim on my iPhone, so I'm sure the Surface will be more than sufficient.
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I have used this computer for years for writing only. I bought it for its tiny size and for the touch screen on which I can write using a stylus. I have never used if for anything graphics intensive and I didn't upgrade its memory or its storage. To play Roblox and Minecraft I would be afraid it would run out of memory. It is upgradable to higher memory so you would need to really look into the amount of memory/storage needed for those before buying this tiny computer. I love it, but remember, I do nothing that is video, memory, or storage intensive.