Microsoft Surface Pro 4 review

The company also focuses on 2-1 tablets.

Samsung ATIV Book 9 Pro – Only lasts 6.5 hours on a single charge, and may not be enough for gamers and video editors. The tablet section of the Surface Pro 4 looks nearly identical to the Pro 3 from a distance.

Technology writers try-out the new line-up of second generation Surface tablets on September 23, 2013, in NY City.

The Microsoft Surface Book shares a similar core design with the Microsoft Surface Pro 4, and to convey the theme of being a productivity device the Microsoft Surface Phone which dovetails with the rest of the puzzle pieces in the Surface series has to draw inspiration from the Surface Book for its core design.

Black Friday is the best time of the year to get a significant slash on the price of Surface items. It comes standard with 4 GB of RAM but can be upgraded to 8 GB of RAM.

Strategy Analytics acknowledges that Apple will penetrate deeper into the enterprise and prosumer niches, yet it explains that the iPad Pro will not be the game changer Apple is hoping for. We found the new pen/screen system to work very well and react quickly to our touch commands. My big issue with all of these kickstands, however, is what Microsoft calls “lapability”. 

The sole exception to this is pen writing input.

The Surface Pro, since its inception, was always an audacious concept: a tablet that could do everything you’d expect of a powerful laptop.

A fingerprint scanner is on the rear of the device itself and the aluminum kickstand lets you hold the device when used as a pure tablet. Plus, don’t forget when you want to get more productive you can hook up a mouse, keyboard, or a USB hub for all of the above.

Along the edges of Surface is a selection of some fantastic ports: headphone, full USB, micro-USB, and mini DisplayPort. Fly through a couple prompts, a couple notes, an update, and you’re in. The off-putting ridge of fabric that circled the perimeter of the Surface Pro 3 has also been minimized, giving the Type Cover 4 a more refined feel. Combine that with the unlimited canvas and a very responsive (albeit not as natural feeling as real pen and paper) pen tip, you get a device that does to legal pads and notepads what the MP3 player did to the CD player: a much faster, more portable, more convenient, and more intuitive way to carry music with you everywhere without any of the drawbacks of physical pen and paper.

Its primary method of usage seems to be more so oriented towards business and work, generally; however, making it a little more hard to one-hand and use as an eBook reader or something to watch movies on when you’re relaxing in bed is a small price to pay when considering the extra juice you’ll find on it.