Instead of being equipped with an Intel Core CPU and integrated GPU the Surface Pro X features Microsoft’s SQ1 chip, which is based on Qualcomm’s Windows-on-Snapdragon chip, the Snapdragon 8CX. The X is slimmer and has more gently rounded corners – and in the space above the keyboard there’s a small slot in which you can stow the Surface Slim Pen, where the pen charges quietly as it sleeps. There are some small cosmetic differences between the Pro X and the Surface Pro. That means you should budget at least an extra £130 for it, because it’s optional in name (and price) only. Unfortunately, it’s still an optional extra. It has an 13in 4:3 IPS display in a slim chassis that houses all of the machine’s core hardware and there’s an integrated kickstand at the rear to prop up the screen at any angle of your choosing.Īs with the Surface Pro, the keyboard acts as a protective cover when stowed and it’s detachable from the main unit. Outwardly, the Surface Pro X looks much like any other Surface hybrid, albeit with a slightly refined design. READ NEXT: The best laptops you can buy Microsoft Surface Pro X review: What you need to know Is history about to repeat itself all over again? In 2019/20, however, Microsoft has changed its mind once again and decided it’s time for another try thus, we have the Microsoft Surface Pro X which runs full Windows 10 but, once again, can't run all Windows 10 apps. Microsoft quickly changed its mind and reinstated full Windows on its future hybrids with the Surface Pro. It was, if I’m being kind, ahead of its time, but it ultimately proved too big a step forwards.

This was a machine that was a fabulous piece of hardware but couldn’t run a lot of regular Windows apps and this, ultimately, proved its undoing. This was the year that Microsoft decided to take a leap into the unknown and unleash the Surface RT upon the world. When Microsoft first announced the Surface Pro X my mind zoomed immediately back to the year 2012.

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