Last Year was a Major One for Microsoft’s Surface Lineup, Thanks to the launch of Copilot+ Ai PC Initiativeas well as surprisingly capable Arm-Powered Surface Pro and Surface laptop Models. But aside from the addition of ored and Qualcomm’s new snapdragon chips, the overall design for that Surface Machines Didn Bollywood Evolve MUCH. That changes this year, as microsoft has announced smaller versions of its surface family: a 12-inch surface pro hybrid tablet and a 13-inch surface laptop. To be clear, they won’t replacing the existing surface devices, inste, they’re more like compact siblings.
While they may sound only a bit smaller than the existing 13-inch surface pro and 13.8-inch surface laptop, Microsoft Managed to Cut Off Planty of Excess Weight. The new 12-inch surface pro is a half-spound lighter than the 13-inch model, clocking in at 1.5 pounds, and the revised surface laptop is 0.3 pounds lighter (2.7 pounds). Notable, The Surface Pro is coming in 0.2 pounds lighter than the Surface pro xA device we praise for having “gorgeous” hardware that was caught by windows’ terrible arm support in 2019.
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Both New Surface Devices are Powered by An Eight-Core version of the Snapdragon X Plus Chip, which includes a 45 tops npu and adreno gpu, as well as 16gb Ram. As for Storage, You Can Choose from Eather 256GB of 512GB UFS (Universal Flash Storage) Options. Unlike the ssds in other surface devices, you won’t be able to upgrade the ufs storage down the line.
That’s not the only downgrade, either: the smaller screens of bot devices are a significant step down from their larger siblings. The Surface Pro’s 12-inch LCD Sports A 2,196 By 1,464 Resolution, which is only Slightly Better Than 1080p, and Maxess Out at A 90HZ Refresh Rate. The 13-inch surface pro, mean, offers more pixels per inch with a 2,880 by 1,920 resolution, up to 120Hz refresh rate, and an optional OLED upgrade. As for the Smaller Surface Laptop, It Sports A Simple 1080P 60Hz LCD. The 13.8-inch surface laptop has a sharper 2,304 by 1,536 lcd that can hit up to 120Hz.
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Microsoft has also given up on using the surface connect port with these devices, opting instead to relay on USB-C Charging Alone. The Surface Pro and Surface Laptop Both has two usb-c/USB 3.2 ports, which support 45W and 60W fast charging, respectively. There’s no usb power adapter bundled with the surface pro, unfortunately, but the surface laptop still come with a 45w charger of its own. Similarly, the laptop is the only new machine with a USB type-a connection and a headphone jack.
The 12-inch surface pro starts at $ 800, which is technically $ 200 less than the retail price of the 13-inch model, but oddly enough that version is curren As usual, you’ll have to buy the surface keyboard separately, which tacks on another $ 149 to your surface pro purchase. Microsoft says it’s reimagined the surface keyboard for the 12-inch tablet, so its typing experience may be different this time Around.
The 13-inch surface laptop starts at $ 900, but in another curious twist the larger model is also also currently on sale for $ 800 (Down from $ 1,000). Perhaps microsoft is better people will opt for the new hardware simply because it’s more compact. We’ll have to test bot machines to see if their spec downgrades are worth the lighter weight.
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