Kurt Shintaku's Blog

I’ve been getting this question a lot, even internally here at Microsoft, so to net-net it out:

The differences between Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows 8 Pro are documented here:

• BUILDING WINDOWS:  Announcing the Windows 8 Editions
  http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/
  bloggingwindows/archive/2012/04/16/
  announcing-the-windows-8-editions.aspx

The differences between Surface for Windows RT and Surface for Windows 8 Pro are documented on the Surface specification sheet here:

• DOWNLOADS:  Surface – Help Me Choose
  http://download.microsoft.com/download/
  3/7/A/37A9C06B-DB3D-4189-99EC-C1EE175234DE/HelpMeChoose-de-fr.pdf