The Surface Pro 4 is still bulky for a tablet. The new model is a hair thinner, and a few hundredths of a pound lighter, but its dimensions are otherwise the same. Like the less powerful Surface 3, which debuted over the summer, the Pro 4 doesn’t look much different than its predecessor. Microsoft is obviously comfortable with the design of its Surface notebooks. Is it still a solid choice, or should you hold off for an upgrade? Design Its revolutionary nature has forced other companies to respond. Since its release, the Surface Pro 4 has been constantly imitated, but no updates in almost a year has left the Surface Pro 4 in the shadow of its former prominence. The keyboard is more spacious, the touchpad is larger, the display is both bigger and more pixel dense, the pen is more sensitive, and the base hard drive offers twice the capacity as before.īut the Surface Pro 4 also finds itself competing in an increasingly diverse field. Aside from a move to Intel’s 6 th-generation Core chips – significant, because Microsoft skipped the fifth generation entirely – the new model has a long list of updates. The Surface Pro 4 is a microcosm of the change Microsoft is trying to spur inside its own walls.Ī look at the latest model’s specifications makes the improvements clear. On average, a new Pro has arrived every eight months. After just two and a half years we’re now on the fourth iteration. Instead, it hunkered down, analyzed the problem, and tried again. If Microsoft was as stodgy as its reputation suggests, it would’ve given up on the Pro and set its sights on some other pie-in-the-sky project. Yet, for all its faults, the Surface Pro was also revolutionary. Worst of all, it was forced to run Windows 8, an awkward operating system poorly suited for dedicated touchscreen use. The keyboard was annoying, the display wasn’t great, and performance was just okay. Microsoft’s new Surface Pro is slightly thinner, has superior battery life, and significantly outperforms the Pro 4 in processor benchmarks. You may still find the Surface Pro 4 for sale, but it should only be purchased at a hefty discount. Update on J9:40AM by Matt Smith: The Surface Pro 4 has been replaced by the Surface Pro, which we’ve reviewed.
Still heavy compared to dedicated tabletsīattery can drain quickly in real-world use
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