Tech Advisor - UK (2020-03)

March 2020 INSIDE: HOW TO MOVE FROM WINDOWS 7 TO 10 BEST ANTIVIRUS BESTPASSWORDMANAGERS REVIEWED:WINDOWS SECURITY HOWTOREMOVEMA ...

2 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 CONTENTS 4 MicrosoftSurfaceProX 26 AppleMacBookPro(16in) 43 REVIEWS 43 Review:WindowsSecurity 52 Bes ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 3 74 93 Credit: Getty Images/sohishiistk Credit: Getty Images/Rawpixel ...

4 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 REVIEW Microsoft Surface Pro X M icrosoft’s Surface Pro X was supposed to signal a new chapter for Q ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 5 Pull the keyboard out a bit, and the Surface Pen is exposed in its charging cubby But in a baffling ...

6 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 REVIEW a new generation of tablet users. Interest in tablets has apparently diminished somewhat, giv ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 7 today. But discovering the stylus simply can’t help elicit the thought: oh, they’ve finally solved i ...

8 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 REVIEW Yes, it’s possible. Yes, the magnetic grip between the Surface Pro X keyboard and the tablet ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 9 shoehorn its 13in screen into a smaller overall profile. This is the kind of structural revision fan ...

10 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 REVIEW I was able to connect to an external 4K display perfectly well using the Surface Dock, but w ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 11 That’sa goodjumping-offpointtotalkaboutone ofthe Surface Pro X’s strengths: wireless. It’s no secre ...

12 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 REVIEW there’s something amazingly freeing about carrying arounda lightweight,all-day,always-connec ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 13 Microsoft has always believed in a bold audio experience. The Surface Pro X continues that traditio ...

14 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 REVIEW a 5Mp user-facing camera, good enough for 1080p, aswellasa surprisinglygood10Mprearcamerawit ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 15 processing, video playback, email, and so on) quickly and responsively. Slack (though just the 32-b ...

16 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 REVIEW Performance: Benchmarks Because of the limitations of the ARM architecture, we were able to ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 17 Surface Laptop 3 (Core i7). We didn’t have a Surface Pro 7 tablet to test, but the Surface Laptop 3 ...

18 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 REVIEW When the Surface Go outperforms you, that’s not a good sign Finally! Qualcomm’s Adreno core ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 19 Pro X will fare in web apps. As with the PCMark test, the Surface Pro X’s scores are unremarkable. ...

20 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 REVIEW expires, with earbuds plugged in. This simulates one experience: watching downloaded movies ...