Tech Advisor - UK (2020-03)

22 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020

REVIEW

the Surface Pro X, connect it to the tried-and-true

Surface Dock – and then discover that the mouse cursor

showed up extremely intermittently. (It later fixed itself

after an update.) We also use a third-party VPN to

connect to our domain, which refused to connect at

all either over cellular or ethernet. Then the Microsoft

Movies & TV app (which we use for our video rundown

battery test) started glitching, starting and stopping

over and over. What more gotchas lie in wait?

Verdict

After years of cookie-cutter upgrades, the Surface

Pro X delivers a well-thought-out physical redesign.

Thisis whatWindows’sPowercfgservice

reported while using the Surface Pro X on the go

08:06:50 Connectedstandby AC 71% 27,650mWh

08:08:30 Connectedstandby Battery 71% 27,830mWh

08:19:17 Active Battery 72% 28,160mWh

09:43:59 Connectedstandby Battery 55% 21,590mWh

10:08:59 Active Battery 55% 21,480mWh

10:48:14 Connectedstandby Battery 38% 14,980mWh

10:53:28 Active Battery 38% 14,710mWh

12:08:45 Connectedstandby Battery 14% 5,640mWh

12:11:59 Active Battery 14% 5,510mWh

12:49:21 generatedReport Battery 4% 1,750mWh