It not only has a high resolution but sports a 120Hz refresh rate. Another major helper in this battle would be the 3:2 IPS display. This is enough for the laptop to take on some pretty expensive notebooks. Another, however, is the use of 圆4 processors, in the form of Intel Tiger Lake chips. One of these features is undoubtedly the kickstand. This feels weird to fathom, yet again, to see it in person.Īctually, there is nothing too different about the Surface Pro 8 – it looks like your ordinary tablet with one or two features that set it apart from the competition. The Surface Pro 8 is a tablet that doubles as a fairly powerful laptop. Quite interestingly, the reason for that is Microsoft, itself. Given that the chassis is otherwise identical in size, we're not sure why this would need to be removed, and it's certainly bad news for wired headphone fans.Some good several years after Apple’s bizarre ad, where a child has asked the question “what is a computer”, we can comfortably say that this is possible. It also has a SIM tray to support its 5G connectivity.Īll variants of the Surface Pro 9, for some reason, have ditched the 3.5mm headphone socket. The ARM model has the same IO, but its USB-C ports are only capable of USB 3.2 connectivity. Microsoft has introduced an ARM-powered 5G model with this generation, which we'll explore in more depth later in this article. Well, that's true of the Intel-based models, at least. Both of which support Thunderbolt 4 and USB 4.0, as they did on the Surface Pro 8. The IO is mostly the same, consisting of Microsoft's proprietary Surface Connect port and two USB-C ports.

Surface Pro 8 colours: Graphite, PlatinumĪs we mentioned in the introduction, the design has remained essentially the same with the latest generation of Surface Pro.

Surface Pro 9 colours: Sapphire, Forest, Platinum, Graphite.

Both: 287 x 208 x 9.3mm / 2x USB-C with Thunderbolt 4, Surface Connect port.SQUIRREL_12859923 Design and connectivity

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