They are capable of decent playback of music and voices. However, they are far from powerful and lack lows and depth.
Nevertheless, it is impressive how well mids and highs are represented by the tiny drivers. The speakers are able to keep up with decent notebook speakers, but are no match for external ones. Voice recording via the internal microphone is superb. While we did notice wind noise when recording video outdoors, indoor recordings are very clear. We found no noise, no electrical buzz, and an overall balanced sound volume at different distances to the microphone. We have tried various ranges, between 0.
Overall power consumption is lower than on the Surface Pro 4, around 1 to 2 W less when idle. Obviously, this is going to have a positive effect on battery life. Under load, it is quite easy to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to figure out what devices suffer from thermal throttling and which ones are powered by a 15 W or a 4.
Running Prime 95, the Surface Pro starts out at around 24 W and remains around that mark after a minute. Running the stress test, the devices reaches 26 W for two minutes, then settles at around Typically, we wait for a few minutes before we record and write down the results.
With 7 hours in our real-life Wi-Fi test, the Surface Pro 4 performed decently, but stood no chance against the hours that the Surface Pro lasted. Amongst its 15 W brethren, the Surface Pro is the uncontested champion. This is also true under high load. With minutes, it lasted longer in the Battery Eater Classic benchmark than any other contestant.
Bearing in mind its more than decent battery life, we do consider this to be acceptable overall. We charged the device while idle. No other contestant was able to get even close. The fanless Core iU is capable of running at peak performance for short bursts thanks to vapor-chamber cooling. After a short while, the CPU starts to throttle. Performance is not half bad, but it is not permanent.
On the plus side, it has decent cameras that support Windows Hello, a very good microphone, and a bright display with decent sRGB coverage. We consider the tablet to be overpriced, especially since the price includes nothing but the tablet and a charger. The following three tablets come to mind when looking for alternatives to the Surface Pro.
All three are powered by 15 W SoCs, have been similarly rated by us Dell , and do not throttle as massively as the Surface Pro does thanks to their fans.
They are also cheaper. The Latitude 12 has only an FHD display, but it is brighter. Unfortunately, the latter only lasted hours in our Wi-Fi test and the CPU is incapable of utilizing its full potential. This leaves the IdeaPad Miix as the only real alternative. After all, we would have to add the keyboard dock, a pen, and a USB dock to get a fully equipped device with more than the bare minimum of ports.
The fanless operation we have already seen in Acer's Alpha 12, and unfortunately the device throttles noticeably.
Is the only benefit left really its decent battery life? Working For Notebookcheck. No Thunderbolt? Is the Surface Pro already outdated? Intel Core iU 2 x 2. Intel HD Graphics Note: The manufacturer may use components from different suppliers including display panels, drives or memory sticks with similar specifications.
Very bendy: the kickstand opens to almost degrees. Card reader - microSDXC. The charger is equipped with a separate USB charging port. Surface Dial. Surface Pen in four different colors. Cameras and Windows Hello. Canon EOS D reference - playground. Canon EOS D reference - nasturtium.
Canon EOS D reference - shrubs. Input Devices. Surface Pro Signature Type Cover. Available in Cobalt Blue, Burgundy, Platinum. Decent IPS viewing angles. Its competitors, such as Acer's Switch 5 , cannot keep up here. Looking at the tablet as a possible laptop replacement, we found similar throttling as in the fanless i5 version.
The throttling becomes noticeable in the PCMarks, however: The Surface Pro i7 is not at the head of its comparison field in this area with convertibles from Acer and Dell easily overtaking the high-end Surface Pro. The system noise is low despite having a cooling system and the fan is turned off while idling.
The device has good speakers and the input devices, or rather the Type Cover, are extremely good for a convertible. The screen is of the same quality brightness, contrast, brightness distribution, color-space coverage , but it only has Full HD. But then the Dell heats up quite a lot. But its runtime is considerably lower at six hours. The screen cannot keep up with that of the Surface Pro, nor that of the Latitude 12 , despite having x pixels.
If you are looking for runtimes over 10 hours, you should consider the i5 version or even the Core M version of the new Surface Pro If the SoC cannot deal with constant load anyway, why not buy the cheaper Core M model? It will most probably beat the We are currently testing the device and will update with our results.
We were happy to learn that the Iris graphics card is awake and alert despite SoC-throttling. The Microsoft Surface Pro cannot be considered a "gamer" however, nor is it a full laptop replacement: Just like in the i5 version, there is significant throttling.
Working For Notebookcheck. Surface Pro 5 Surface Pro Series. Intel Core iU 2 x 2. Note: The manufacturer may use components from different suppliers including display panels, drives or memory sticks with similar specifications. CalMAN grayscales before calibration. CalMAN grayscales after calibration. Cinebench R10 Rendering Single 32Bit. System Performance. Storage Devices. CrystalDiskMark 3. Sequential Read: Sequential Write: CrystalDiskMark 5.
CDM 5 Read Seq: CDM 5 Write Seq: AS SSD. Access Time Read: 0. Access Time Write: 7. Score Read: Points. Score Write: 52Points. Score Total: Points. Intel Extreme Utility Score. The Microsoft Surface RT for example, is able to hold out for more than twice this time despite its smaller battery. During the more realistic WLAN test power saver mode, approx. With the Battery Eater Classic Test minimum possible battery life, maximum brightness, everything on, high performance profile , which more or less represents continuous conversion of audio or video files, our test device ran out of juice after hours.
Microsoft's attempt to combine a tablet and an Ultrabook has been a success in almost every respect when it comes to the Surface Pro. The significantly improved processing power which is effectively identical to that of an Ultrabook, comes at the expense of a few significant disadvantages though.
In terms of the mobility , a comparison to the established tablet rivals reveals a considerable amount of compromise, while the battery life is about half as long and the weight is almost double. The actively cooled system is another issue as the Surface Pro is a pretty noisy device compared to the other tablets in its class.
But, users are able to put to use a full-fledged version of Windows 8 , which allows you access to the full gamut of applications that are applicable to x86 hardware. Accessories are easy to find and are light on the wallet.
The limited number of ports and the low graphics performance are some disadvantages that many might be able to overlook if they are looking for a tablet that is able to offer the same performance as an Ultrabook. Many buyers would be definitely looking at the GB option of the Surface Pro as a lot would run out of the storage space available on the 64 GB version. There is no way that a user can increase the storage capacity and there is also some performance issues associated with the capacity that needs to be left free on the SSD to enable its maintenance functions.
The display doesn't provide anything out of the ordinary with the exception of the Full-HD resolution. Brightness, contrast and of course, the glossy display surface are standard for this class of device.
Along with the obligatory touch surface, there is provision for control with an input pen which is included with the standard delivery not tested here and should prove to be better suited to some tasks. The Touch Cover keyboard which also serves as a protective cover for the display, improves the typing experience considerably when compared to using the on-screen keyboard. On the other hand, the additional weight means that the device is almost as heavy as an Ultrabook and mobility is furthermore hampered by an additional grams.
Altogether, buyers of the Microsoft Surface Pro will received a potent tablet with unique characteristics for an estimated price of at least Euros. Mobility, storage capacity and the system noise are parameters that a user needs to keep in mind when considering that this is a first-generation device. High performance, input pen included, x86 version of Windows 8 for compatibility.
More storage capacity, lower system noise, lighter weight and longer battery life. The Surface Pro is an interesting concept tablet that Microsoft developed to showcase the strength of the Windows 8 platform on a touch-capable device. This is another Wintel collaboration that is able to use the ecosystem of apps available for the X86 Windows platform.
This review points out the strengths and weaknesses of this form-factor. Tablet Windows Business Ivy Bridge. Left: Headphone output, volume control, USB 3. Bottom: Magnetic docking port. Right: Mini DisplayPort, magnetic power input, card reader.
Communication Microsoft has incorporated a rare WLAN module from Marvell that features two antennae and is able to work on both the 2. Maintenance The case is not intended to be opened by the end users.
Input Devices. Touchscreen The high resolution of the display provides the opportunity to display a larger amount of data compared to the iPad 3 and 4. On-Screen Keyboard The display keyboard only has a curtailed selection of keys in its standard configuration, although this should still be enough for many tasks and also provides for relatively large key sizes.
Separated keyboard. Single keyboard. Keyboard that is a protective cover. The keys don't provide any haptic feedback. Native resolution. SEC, HL Color space. Color accuracy. Color saturation. Greyscale calibrated. Color accuracy calibrated. Color saturation calibrated.
Viewing angles of the Microsoft Surface Pro. MP3 conversion. Video conversion. Cinebench R10 Rendering Single 32Bit. System Performance.
Samsung Galaxy Note Sunspider - 0. Calculations per second. Memory RAM. Memory operations per second. Desktop performance for Windows Aero.
Gaming graphics. Primary hard disk. Disk data transfer rate. PCMark 7 Score. Storage Device. HD Tune. Transfer Rate Minimum: Transfer Rate Average: That is a hard question to answer and will depend on your computing requirements. It can probably be best answered by looking at the target customer. This is not a tablet for the average consumer whose main activities will be consuming media, email and web browsing. For the power user who needs to work with powerful business programs like Outlook but who may also be mobile and requires portability it will fit their needs nicely.
It has the power, connectivity, portability and flexibility to meet a lot of power users computing needs but has the one drawback of battery life, at least when looked at in the context of mainstream consumer tablets. We think the idea is sound. The finished product? Not so much. It's a landmark marriage of computing power and portability. The question is: do you need a miraculously portable tablet with the computing power of a Core i5 laptop inside? That's for you to answer, and I know many of you do crave extreme portability on the road.
It also makes a pretty good laptop. But as a tablet it's not match for the best iOS or Android devices, and as a Windows laptop it can't compete with Ultrabooks.
It's portability and performance will be perfect for a few, and okay for most. So that makes it a good but not perfect device, which feels about right as a verdict. The problem is that it is still too much of a work around for that capability. Compared to tablet it isn't quite as portable and certainly not as friendly when having to switch between native and desktop modes. If you need a very portable tablet that has full Windows 8 compatibility, powerful components, and a p touch screen, the Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro is your tablet.
The digitizing stylus is an added boon for those who would like to take notes, draw art, or fill out forms right on their tablet screen.
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