Surface Pro

The Surface Pro X Is a Really Big Deal

Today at its fall Surface event, Microsoft announced a new range of laptops and 2-in-1s including a revamped Surface Pro 7 and a new 15-inch Surface Laptop 3, while also teasing two exciting dual-screen Surfaces due out in late 2020. But out of all the shiny new hardware, the new Surface Pro X with Microsoft’s…

Microsoft’s Barrage of New Surface Products Come Into Focus

While Microsoft is expected to show off a bunch of new devices at an event tomorrow in New York City, like a lot of other launches this fall, recent leaks may have just given us a ton of insight into what might actually get announced. The latest info comes from noted leaker Evan Blass (@evleaks),…

Microsoft Just Announced Great Upgrades to a Whole Bunch of Its Computers

Microsoft announced refreshes to three different computers today and its proof the company is committed to manufacturing computers, and not just to periodically releasing glitzy overpriced products to showcase Windows. We’re getting the Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, and Surface Studio 2, all with nice upgrades inside. But what’s sure to catch your eye…

Microsoft Exec Insists Surface Products Don’t Suck in Leaked Memo

Microsoft is in full-on damage control mode after Consumer Reports removed its recommendation of Surface laptop and tablet products last week. According to a purportedly leaked internal memo, the company acknowledges the issues that its Surface products have had, but executives say the main criticisms have been resolved. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-best-surface-ever-made-but-its-still-no-la-1796081934 Published on August 10th, the Consumer…

This Is the Best Surface Ever Made, But It’s Still No Laptop

True hubris is a person trying to use a Microsoft Surface Pro like a laptop. It takes Mr. Darcy levels of pride to believe you can trust so fully in a kickstand and flimsy keyboard. The Surface Pro is many things, including everything from Microsoft’s attempt to woo creative professionals to a beautifully engineered device…

Microsoft’s New Surface Pro Might Fix Its Loudest Problem

Microsoft held a big Surface event in Shanghai this morning. While the event was basically impossible to watch in America, with a broken liveblog and zero English livestreams, savvy viewers (and those fluent in Chinese) might have caught the big news: There’s a new Surface Pro. It’s been more than sixteen months since Microsoft’s landmark…

You Can Now Buy a $3,200 Surface Book, If That’s Something You Actually Want

Microsoft’s looking to shrug off some of this week’s bad Surface Pro PR by finally releasing its promised crazy-powerful Surface configs, including a $3,200 Surface Book with 1TB of storage, 16GB of RAM, an Intel Core i7, and a discreet GPU. Yeesh, that’s a lot of cash. But if you want the best of the…

Windows 10 Hardware Event Rumor Roundup: This Is Microsoft’s Next Generation

Think of all the hardware Microsoft makes that’s not a peripheral. What you’re thinking is probably getting some kind of update on Today. That includes the wonderfulSurface Pro laptop/tablet, but also theMicrosoft Bandand two new Lumias (finally). And maybe even a surprise or two, just to keep us guessing. So, let’s see exactly what tech…

Lenovo LaVie Z 360 Review: The Ultimate Adventure Travel Computer?

The LaVie Z is the newest ultrabook from Lenovo. At just 2 lbs, it’s the lightest in its class. Does that make it the perfect adventure-travel companion? We’ve been carrying it everywhere to find out. Update: As multiple readers have pointed out, Lenovo has a huge problem with spyware right now. Consider that before you…

Lenovo’s Surface Pro Alternative Looks Like One Sweet Tablet

The new Lenovo Miix 700 is pretty much a straight-up clone of the Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3. Same size, same weight, same idea. I don’t care. The Surface was pretty great—minus a bunch of annoying flaws—and I can’t wait for someone to perfect it. The Lenovo Miix 700, hitting shelves this November for $700 and…

NFL Sidelines Will Be Littered With Old Surface Pros This Season

Tonight, when the New York Giants face off against the Buffalo Bills in the first NFL preseason game of the year, something will be different. The game itself will still be the 11-person smash-em-up affair that we all know and love, but the sidelines will be seeing a significant upgrade—the Sideline Viewing System, powered by…

If you take the plunge and trade in your MacBook Air for a Surface Pro 3, Microsoft will give you up to $650 for it. It’s never been clearer that Microsoft is gunning for the Air, but whether or not it’s a trade you need to make is a different question entirely.

Surface Pro 3 Review: The Greatest Laptop-Tablet Hybrid You Don’t Need

Microsoft’s Surface Pro has sized up, embracing its laptop side in an attempt to unseat the MacBook Air as your computer of choice. The Surface Pro 3 won’t succeed, but it’s a damn good effort. What Is It? Microsoft’s third swing at reinventing the laptop and the tablet at the same time. A Intel-powered full-Windows…

You Can Pre-Order a Surface Pro 3 Right Now

Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3 could finally be a laptop replacement that really works—but you can find out for yourself by pre-ordering one right now. https://gizmodo.com/surface-pro-3-hands-on-a-laptop-replacement-that-just-1579032058 The Surface Pro 3 is now available for pre-order—along with the Surface Pro Type Cover and Surface Pen—in 22 countries worldwide. The Core i7 Surface Pro 3 is available…

Surface Pro 3 Hands On: A Laptop Replacement That Just Might Work

The Surface Pro has never been a bad idea. One device that’s both your laptop and your tablet! Sounds great! The problem was that it was just never quite either; it was awkward on both counts. The new, bigger Surface Pro 3 though, might have actually found a way to walk the line. https://gizmodo.com/the-surface-pro-3-has-a-big-beautiful-12-inch-screen-1578974248 The…

A Microsoft update for Windows 8.1 mentions that it “adds support to the Surface Pro 3 camera.” That’s either a typo, or a big hint that a new tablet is on the way…

Microsoft has slashed another $100 off the price of its original Surface Pro, so now you can get one for $700 compared to $900 for the new Surface Pro 2.

Surface Pro 2 Review: A Little Bit Better, But So Much the Same

The original Surface Pro was many things, but chief among them was strange. Not only did it deftly—if not quite perfectly—straddle the line between tablet and laptop, but it also straddled the line between futurist ideal and problematic product. This time around the Surface Pro 2 is packing plenty of practical improvements, but as a…

Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 Hands On: The Same (In a Good Way)

The first thing to notice about the actual Surface tablets is how similar they are both to each other and to last year’s models. Aside from the Surface 2’s eye-catching coat of white, the tablets both feel almost physically identical to their predecessors. That’s a good thing; the well-angled bezels and overall high-quality feeling of…

Microsoft’s New Surface Tablets: The Upgrade Is on the Inside

About this time last year, Microsoft made some major promises about ushering in the future of computing. One year and two Surface tablets, later the future Microsoft’s been dreaming of isn’t quite here. Maybe the second time’s the charm. Microsoft is rolling out the next two versions of its Surface devices, the Surface 2 (the…