Tech Advisor - UK (2020-01)

36 TECH ADVISOR • JANUARY 2020

MICROSOFT SURFACE EVENT

(either on Edge or the Chromium-based Edgium) felt

fast, but we weren’t allowed to load Google’s Chrome

to compare, nor run other benchmarks. Netflix ran

fine, as did YouTube, subject to the constraints of

the demo Wi-Fi.

The traditional concerns with running on ARM

chip on top of Windows are the lack of performance

and the limitations of Windows emulation. Microsoft

has been working to mitigate each, but we think that

there’s still some emulation taking place.

All in all, the Surface Pro X is the thinnest, lightest,

fastest-charging, and most powerful Surface Pro ever,

Microsoft claims. We can believe all the labels except

the last, which we can confirm when we have the

Surface Pro X in to test. Mark Hachman

Specifications

• 13in (2,880x1,920; 267ppi) touch PixelSense display


• Windows 10 Home (consumer)/Windows 10 Pro
  (business)


• Microsoft SQ1 processor


• Adreno 685 graphics


• 128GB/256GB/512GB SSD


• 8GB/16GB LPDDR4x RAM


• 2x USB-C, 1x Surface Connect port, Surface Keyboard
  connector port, 1 x nano SIM


• 802.11ac Wi-Fi


• Bluetooth 5.0


• Windows Hello face authentication camera


• 5Mp front-facing camera with 1080p full HD and
  4K video


• 10Mp rear-facing autofocus camera with 1080p full

36 TECH ADVISOR • JANUARY 2020

MICROSOFT SURFACE EVENT

(either on Edge or the Chromium-based Edgium) felt

fast, but we weren’t allowed to load Google’s Chrome

tocompare,norrunotherbenchmarks.Netflixran

fine,asdidYouTube,subjecttotheconstraintsof

thedemo Wi-Fi.

The traditional concerns with running on ARM

chipontopofWindowsarethelackofperformance

andthelimitations of Windows emulation. Microsoft

hasbeenworkingtomitigateeach,butwethinkthat

there’sstill some emulation taking place.

All in all, the Surface Pro X is the thinnest, lightest,

fastest-charging, and most powerful Surface Pro ever,

Microsoft claims. We can believe all the labels except

the last, which we can confirm when we have the

Surface Pro X in to test. Mark Hachman

Specifications

• 13in(2,880x1,920;267ppi)touchPixelSensedisplay


• Windows 10 Home (consumer)/Windows 10 Pro
  (business)


• MicrosoftSQ1processor


• Adreno 685 graphics


• 128GB/256GB/512GBSSD


• 8GB/16GBLPDDR4xRAM


• 2x USB-C, 1x Surface Connect port, Surface Keyboard
  connectorport,1 x nano SIM


• 802.11acWi-Fi


• Bluetooth5.0


• WindowsHellofaceauthenticationcamera


• 5Mpfront-facing camera with 1080p full HD and
  4Kvideo


• 10Mp rear-facing autofocus camera with 1080p full