<p>Since my first review of Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 I've continued to use the ultra-portable device for work and leisure but I've not really pushed the hardware to find its limits. In the last week that has changed. I'm in Austin for the annual South by Southwest Conference, and I wanted to answer a simple question. How well does the Surface Pro cope in a fast-moving, mobile, environment where improvising, working on the run, and creating content, is key?</p><p>This isn't an exploration of the hardware, the specifications, or the market position of the device. Many of those bases were covered in my earlier review of the Surface Pro 2 here on Forbes. This is more on how the Surface Pro feels in a high-pressure environment.</p><p>The one set of specifications that I do need to mention here is the configuration. I'm using the Surface Pro 2, which runs the full implementation of Windows 8.1. It has the highest RAM and storage capacity (8GB and 256 GB of storage). I'm also using the Type Cover 2 for mouse and text input.</p><p>The starting point for this isn't actually in Texas, it's Edinburgh Airport. With a nineteen hour trip from my front door to the hotel in Austin, and twelve hours of that in the air in Economy, there are a lot of opportunities to use the Surface Pro 2 as an entertainment station. Thanks to the high-capacity battery and the Haswell chip architecture, the Surface Pro 2 was with me all the way through the trip. To be fair the Surface Pro 2 was not in constant use. I slept for a few hours on the main transatlantic flight, I wasn't using it when transiting between flights, and other times I was occupied with actual paperwork.</p><p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2014/03/08/the-surface-pro-2-review-the-sxsw-field-test-of-microsofts-hardware/">Keep reading...</a></p>