Well you won't have a warranty in NZ. This will mean if you have a warranty issuer you'll need to return it to the US.

Are you sure you want a surface pro? I have the surface pro 4 with Microsoft keyboard, it's an odd machine. It's particularly poor when hooked up to monitors via the microsoft dock, I pretty much have to reboot when I redock because it just behaves weirdly, including sometimes turning itself off. It's sometimes difficult to turn on, and occasionally I have to pretty the power button for 20 seconds to really tell it to turn off before I can restart it. It only has one USB port, and it has a weird port / cable to connect to a monitor. It's also slower than the Toshiba ultrabook I had before this.

To counter that, it's light, it's fast enough, and the keyboard is good considering the size.

I wouldn't buy a surface pro if you use it at a desk regularly. For purely mobile use with occasional docking maybe it's ok.

If you buy it the NZ warranty has some value.

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Well you won't have a warranty in NZ. This will mean if you have a warranty issuer you'll need to return it to the US.

 

 

On a side note, a colleague purchased (for work) a Surface Book from a well known reputable computer seller in NZ. Developed some problems so rang Microsoft and was told it was US model (i.e. grey import). Luckily they still came to the party and replaced it but I'd suggest if you are buying in NZ make sure its from a proper channel.

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I will not be using it in place of a desktop. Going to the States soon and do not won't to drag a laptop around. I do not have any other tablet so this will sort of do both jobs

The surface is quite heavy compared with my Android tablet.