Related: Find the best student laptop for you Surface Pro X keyboard – Type Cover troubles The lack of USB-A or any form of SD card input mean dongles galore for many users. In terms of ports, the Surface Pro X offers the simple combo of two USB-C ports and the Surface Connect port.

Grubby marks quickly detract from an otherwise gorgeous portable. However, the body of the Surface Pro X is a fingerprint magnet, and considering it’s currently only available in Black, there isn’t any way to avoid them.

The device is similar in terms of weight to the Surface Pro 7 , but the thinner body makes this model easier to lug around than its predecessors. On looks alone, this is a glorious and aspirational device.Īs with the rest of the Surface Pro line, the X offers fantastic portability. Notable changes include a slimming down of the Surface Pro, a trimming of its bezels, rounding off its corners, and a brighter display. It’s reasonable to expect the mainline Surface Pro devices will get closer to this design as the technology catches up and laptops become thinner. The Surface Pro X looks like the next-generation of Surface Pro. Related: Surface Pro X 2020 vs Surface Pro X 2019 Surface Pro X design – The future is wow Ultimately, this is the defining feature for the Surface Pro X, putting it in an awkward middle ground where it’s not powerful enough to compete with laptops, yet lacks the user-friendly touchscreen interface of a tablet. The form factor of the past few generations of Surface Pro device has been honed and made more stylish for this forward-thinking model.īut to achieve the new design, Microsoft has had to look to Qualcomm and the ARM processor architecture. The Surface Pro X is an example of Microsoft looking to the future, w ith the design taking centre-stage.

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