We only include products that have been independently selected by Input’s editorial team.Ī beautiful touchscreen with slim bezels. Input may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. There are many Surface Pro imitators out there now, but the Surface Pro 8 is a reminder that there’s nothing like the real deal. It is without argument the best laptop replacement available. Whatever the reason for taking so long to arrive - my guess is thermal limitations with Intel’s chips because that’s always the holdup - the Surface Pro 8 is as close to perfect as a 2-in-1 gets. The Surface Pro 8 is as close to perfect as a 2-in-1 gets. Two falls later, the Surface Pro 8 is here and it is exactly what everyone has been asking for: the power of a proper modern x86 laptop in the sexy form factor of the Surface Pro X. The Surface Pro X ended up not being ready for primetime and the Surface Pro 7 played it safe by not adding anything new except one USB-C port (it wasn’t even Thunderbolt). The second device was the Surface Pro 7, which despite being more powerful, looked like a fossil next to the Surface Pro X. The first computer was the ultra-thin and super light ARM-powered Surface Pro X, which by every definition was the future of the Surface Pro. That fall, Microsoft announced two Surface Pros. 2019 was a very strange year for Microsoft.

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