Surface Pro 4 Review: Purity And Power Of Windows 10 Perfected Says Forbes/Tech

I’ve spent the last few weeks with a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (supplied by Microsoft’s UK team) to put it through a long-term review. The hardware has been tweaked since the Surface Pro 3, and both the Surface Pen and the Type Cover have been improved. Has Microsoft built the perfect Windows 10 tablet? Not quite, but it’s an easy machine to recommend.

Approaching Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 for a long-term review is a curious challenge. There is a huge amount of legacy in this device. It follows the design cues and size of the Surface Pro 3 but manages to be just that little bit better, the iterative approach to the Type Cover gives the Surface Pro 4 one of the best keyboards for an ultraportable I’ve ever typed on, and the Surface Pen finally feels like it belongs with the package.

There is also a huge amount of innovation from Microsoft’s engineering team. While the Surface Book may have caught the imagination of many reviewers, in the real world it’s the Surface Pro 4 that’s probably going to bring in more sales across the device’s lifetime. Not least because of the lower price point, but also because availability in the grace period after the official announcement has been higher than the Surface Book. It’s simply easier to get a hold of one.

 It’s nice to see that the Pro 4 and the Pro 3 can share the same magnetically connected charger. It still takes two and a half hours to fully charge an empty Surface Pro, and when travelling the addition of a USB socket on the power brick to charge your phone is still a useful addition that I love.






The Surface Pro is available in 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB memory configurations, along with storage options at 128GB, 256GB and 512GB. A 1TB version will be available in the very near future. There’s also a microSD card slot tucked away under the kickstand if you need to boost the long-term storage on your machine.
==The peripherals complete the Surface Pro 4 story… hear

via: Forbes/tech