Hi, Nick from finder, we're here checking out the new Surface Pro
so basically what they've done is taken the Surface Pro 4
and rebuilt it from the ground up.
And what that has allowed them to do is make it faster, cooler, better temperature management,
and also lighter.
It's ridiculously light for what's included
and offers a pretty solid experience from both a touchscreen and also
a keyboard perspective.
There's a lot of give, given how thin the case is.
Each key on the case actually has a fair amount of give.
And it feels really
comfortable to type on.
It does feel a little bit different to typing on a full-size
keyboard on a laptop, but it is still remarkably responsive.
You can feel each key move.
And it feels comfortable, it's a full-size keyboard, despite the fact that it is basically
a cloth attachment to a tablet.
I'm not an artist.
I wish I was, but I'm not an artist.
But one of the things that they made a big deal of at the launch
was the fact that the kickstand here goes all the way around
to about a 15 degree angle, so if you are an artist, if you do like to draw,
you can pop it down on a table, on your lap, get the Surface Pencil,
and actually draw pictures, or write letters, if you're into that kind of thing.
And it basically gives you just that little bit of elevation for a more responsive experience.
There's also a new Surface Pen which we haven't had a chance to test out today.
But it will increase the number of pressure points to over 4,000 as opposed to the 1,000
that the current pen uses.
So basically what that means is you can get incredible
lifelike representation for what you're actually using the pen for.
Like you would from a real pen or pencil.
So the new Pen has a 9 gram of force minimum to actually give you a response,
and that actually lets you tilt the Pen and do really fine shading, or colouring.
With a real little amount of effort.
Much like you would get from a real pencil,
or crayon, if you're like me or my kids.
If you've had a look and seen the Microsoft Surface Studio and the Dial device,
that lets you put on the screen and engage with your creativity through that,
that Dial will actually work with the new Surface Pro as well, so
you'll be able to take the Dial, stick it on your Surface Pro, and
depending on the application that you use, actually rotate it and do
all kinds of crazy, creative things.
If you are a crazy, creative person.
So one of the things with the Surface Pro is that it has a 3:2 aspect ratio.
It's still over 12 inches, you get plenty of real estate,
but the aspect ratio isn't as widescreen.
It's not that 16:9 widescreen.
Which is great if you use it for real commercial purposes.
Things like architecture, design, things like that where you need that extra vertical real
estate.
So basically it makes it quite versatile.
This is the new Microsoft Surface laptop, part of the Surface family from Microsoft.
Specifically aimed at students.
Mainly university, but also a little bit younger.
It has a few key developments that make it a really good investment,
at least from early impressions, for the university crowd.
Super thin and light, it has a lot of the same features that Microsoft Surface products
have offered for a little while now.
It's got a really good hinge,
that is really easy to open.
It uses the Windows 10 ability to log you in from your photo.
So as soon as you open it up, if you've registered your face, it will detect and log you straight
into
a custom version of Windows, called Windows 10 S,
which is basically the same as Windows, except instead of being able to download
apps from the worldwide web, you have to go through the Microsoft App Store.
In terms of the computer itself, the laptop is fairly light, it's 1.2 kilos,
the keyboard itself is really good to press, you get plenty of give with each key.
The trackpad is nice and large, and seems to react fairly well.
They use a fabric here which is the same fabric that they use in expensive sports cars.
And it's treated to resist spills and the like, but it actually gives a nice contrast
to the plastic or metallic feel that you generally get with laptops.
Pricing for this starts at just over $1,400, and it's designed to last you for pretty much
your entire university career,
if you're a student.
Which, three to four years, works out to be pretty good value.
Microsoft also has WIndows 10 S, which is a custom version of Windows, that is designed
to only run apps off the Microsoft Store.
So you can't download apps off the web, but the benefit of that is that
because it's quite separate, they promise that Windows will run exactly the same
at the end of your four years as it is the day that you open it up and use it for the
first time.
Making it a pretty solid solution for university students.
Look out for our full review of the Microsoft Surface Pro and the Microsoft Surface Laptop
on finder.com.au