Microsoft updates the Surface Pro
This month Microsoft has been busy on various fronts. After introducing the Surface Laptop at the beginning of the month and presented a few days after the next Fall Creators Update for Windows 10, over the past few hours, China has come back to talk about hardware, intervening on the capabilities of the entire Surface range, namely the tablets.
The Surface Pro has come to its fifth generation, though the Redmond company no longer uses the numeric suffix, online in line with that made by Apple for the recent 9.7-inch iPad.
The winning team does not change, at least externally. Who owns or possessed a unit of previous generations will find several similarities to the new Surface Pro, with the exception of the improved back kickstand with tilt up to 165°.
Microsoft has worked mainly under the body, passing through Intel Kaby Lake’s processors and optimizing the use of internal space by the various components. The main beneficiary of this cure was the battery, which comes up to 13.5 continuous declared hours.
On the dissipation front, the CPUs Core m3 and i5 configurations do not have fans, while it needs the variant with i7; Hardware engineers have been working to keep the noisy noise around the 18 dB. At the performance level, Satya Nadella’s giant colossus improves up to 1.7 times the iPad Pro, considering the structural differences between Windows 10 and iOS.
Confirmed the 12.3″ PixelSense screen with a 2,736×1,824 resolution and a 3: 2 ratio, but with Surface Pro 4, it has a custom chip for managing color rendering and is also compatible with the Surface Dial accessory, All-in-One Studios, The front camera is 5 Megapixel, which can also be used for biometric recognition Windows Hello, while the rear sensor reaches 8 megapixels.
One of the strengths of the Microsoft tablet is the Surface Pen, which has received a major hardware upgrade, now supporting 4096 levels of pressure against the previous 1024, operating at higher angles and a latency of 21 milliseconds. Interfaced via Bluetooth with the main device, it is backward compatible with the previous Surface.
The software side will count on both existing features in Windows and Office and other coming soon. Among the other optional, accessories are the Renewed Type Cover in Alcantara and the Arc Mouse.
Returning to the Surface Pro, connectivity is entrusted to Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth, but in the second part of the year will come with 4G modem configurations, satisfying various Surface users who longed for such a possibility without any external components.
No USB-C, in favor of a standard USB 3.0 port, alongside Surface Connect’s proprietary connector, microSD card reader, and 3.5 mm headphone jack.
For those who want the new reversible door, the good news is that Redmond is preparing an adapter to connect to Surface Connect; The bad and foreseeable news is that it will be extra. The pre-installed operating system is Windows 10 Pro, supported by a 30-day trial version of the Office 365 subscription.
The Surface Pro fifth-generation will be on sale from June 15th, with pre-orders already in use. Providing 6 distinct configurations for processor, RAM and SSD memory :
- Intel Core m3, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD
- Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD
- Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD
- Intel Core i7, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD
- Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD
- Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD
Prices that are far from popular, but if you consider the Surface Pro range to double the iPad Pro and the MacBook Pro 13″, you understand why Microsoft’s high positioning is foreseen. For those who want to save something , The Surface Pro 4 remains available with versions ranging from $689.
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