And with the new SQ2 version of the Surface Pro X starting at $1,499 (£1,549, AU$2,449), that's a tough pill to swallow. But, like the Surface Pro and Surface Go, neither is included in the purchase price. And I love that the flat stylus both hides inside the keyboard cover, and also recharges in its dock. Like every Surface tablet, the clip-on keyboard is best-in-class. The keyboard and stylus are great, but there's a catch. The Pro X, on the other hand, offers a big screen and slim body. The Surface Laptop and Surface Laptop Go are slim and attractive, but nothing special. The Surface Pro feels clunky compared to this thin design. This is the best-looking Surface product by far. Here's what I liked and didn't like about the new 2020 version of the Surface Pro X. Photoshop? Well, you're still out of luck. On the plus side, almost everything we do is browser-based now, so everything from Gmail to Netflix to cloud-based gaming like Amazon Luna will work fine.

The key takeaway is that not every software app will run on an Arm-based Windows system, which means you should check any specific apps you need first. You can read a deeper dive into those issues in that review. Battery life was also better, at 10 hours, 5 minutes, versus just under 9 hours on the original Surface Pro X.īecause this is a nearly identical device, most of my impressions of the first-gen Surface Pro X apply here. In my hands-on testing, there was a small performance boost, although the limitations of Windows-on-Arm means I couldn't run all the regular benchmarks we normally do on other Windows devices. Microsoft promises better performance and better battery life from the new SQ2 version, and is also offering an aluminum finish (the original was matte black). Updates over the original version are very, very minor.Keyboard and stylus are sold separately, and cost too much.App compatibility remains an issue, especially disappointing considering the premium price.

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