Microsoft’s “large” Surface Pro with Intel Core i5 CPU is still a very compact device with a 10.6-inch display diagonal and a weight of 900 grams. It is only four millimeters thicker than the “small” Surface RT with Tegra-3 processor released half a year ago. Although it is about twice as expensive with 980 euros without a smartcover, it offers a very good full-HD display, a fast 128-GB SSD, a full-fledged Windows 8 pro as operating system and, above all, a computing performance at the Ultrabook level.
Conclusion
If you want to work with the device really well, you should invest 130 euros in the type cover, a magnetically dockable keyboard with touchpad, which also serves as protection for the display. The precise Wacom pen is already included, making the surface a digital note pad or tablet. Unpractical: The magnetic power supply connection is used as the pin holder. If you want to load the tablet, the pen must go.
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In performance measurement the Surface Pro cuts very well for such a light device, the 3 048 points in the 3DMark benchmark can also be seen. However, the Surface Pro in the Powermark test only has a running time of less than three hours. The Acer-Tablet Iconia W700, which is also equipped with a Core i5 processor, runs for more than five hours.
The quality and performance of the Microsoft Surface Pro are very good and also details like the pen or the magnetic holder for the keyboard can be enjoyed. There is currently no more compact device, which can score with such a concentrated performance. A big minus is the battery life.
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