Resetting Surface RT in NOV 2016. Cannot get Windows RT 8.1 Update 3. [Solved]

For performance?  No!  More RAM doesn't mean faster performance.  In fact, the RT actually streams video better than the Asus as an example and the additional RAM actually allows working with larger data files since the machine will spool to disk less often (sort of a fake speedup).

For the office suite, you will encounter some lagging.  That suite is not as refined as Office 2016 but you do have access to the web app versions via the OneDrive web site (http://www.onedrive.com).  Your cloud storage has the Office web apps and they do work with the RT (also with Linux and on a Mac).  A bit limited and will encounter a lag there as well but can try it.

The Asus came with the Mobile apps pre-installed but will probably move up to install my subscription of Office 365 on it a bit later.  The mobile apps to include the web apps are extremely limited such as inserting an automated date/time (doesn't have it) and also a table of contents (doesn't have it either) but will update them if they already exist in a document you open up.

The Surface 3, however, should be able to handle documents pretty well but there, you have to buy Office for it.  In fact, I think that when machines come out in the near future with the ARM64 version of Windows 10, they will not include Office RT.  That system will have a x86 runtime engine to install/run regular Windows programs and Microsoft relies on Office to be one of their "cash cows".  I think that the subscription version of Office is much better since you pay an annual fee ($100 US) and you get the entire full office suite.  That suite also has a rolling update/upgrade policy as well and always stays current.  Probably consider getting it for the Surface 3.

Myself, the RT I have will be going back into its box and keep it as a souvenir since it is the first model of the Surface line to come out, it might even become a collectors item in the future.  Who knows.  A working copy, that is.

Well the main reasons why i took the Surface 3 was the chance to keep using the type cover 2 I own that is still in perfect conditions, the great quality of components that usually Surface series has and the low price I found it.

But your Asus has 4GB DDR3 hasn't it? I guess that the experience is a bit better than on a Surface 3 with Windows 10 and just 2 GB of Ram. Applications suffer a bit sometimes. But of course I don't pretend to use Photoshop or 3d suites on it as if I was my desktop pc!

The pen would be nice but I already have my Wacom Drawing Tablet so I can use it.

Office RT is really nice and useful, even though slow hardware is a constant problem.

Recently I had to write down a document in Word which contained several tables.... just a few pages, but all the tables made the document so heavy that it was getting really frustrating finishing it on the Surface RT. I was away for work and the Surface was the only computer I had... but really.. many times I had the instinct to let it fly out of the window!

The Surface 3 should be a pretty good little machine.  The Asus T102 is definitely not a Surface when you look at the performance and the sound system on it has a bit too much treble (ear piercing, actually) but it does work.  Both models have the same CPU and web browsing can be a bit sluggish but works.

The RT models can still have a life in regards to email and also the office suite - you can do anything you can imagine with that office suite.  Desktop publishing, finances, artwork, etc., just from the suite itself.

The Surface models to even include the RT models have a distinct graphics and sound quality which separates them from the rest.  I compared the Asus with the RT side by side and the RT won in resolution.

But, the writing is on the wall with the RT models and support for them is starting to vanish.  The RT models will still get a few updates since Windows 8 in general is supposed to be supported up to 2023 but Microsoft has been known to pull the plug at any time.

By the way, with the Surface 3, it has the N-Trig touchscreen controller which means it is also the controller for the Pro 3/4 pen.  You can get the Pro 4 pen to work with it as well.  Something to consider if you don't have one.

Yes I agree with every word of yours!

I also lost the patience since the rt is getting useless even for web browsing. I will keep it just to stream movies to the television.

I bought a surface 3 with 32 gb of disk space for just 300 euros, so i can use the type.cover 2 with it as well as a 64gb micro Sd memory that I already have. I dont need a desktop/laptop replacement but just a low end tablet for mobility, so I think I will be happy with it and I will stop suffering due to the RT!