Microsoft Surface Pro X Review
Lisa Gade reviews the Surface Pro X, Microsoft’s new convertible tablet for 2019. The 13” Pro X is similar in design to Surface Pro 7, but it has a 0.7” larger PixelSense IPS 3:2 aspect ratio display, rounded edges and smaller bezels. The Surface Pro X runs Windows 10 Home on a custom Qualcomm 8cx family processor, the Microsoft SQ1 with a 3GHz top speed. This is an ARM CPU, and Lisa covers compatibility in this review. 4G LTE is built-in but as with SP7, the keyboard and pen are sold separately. The tablet itself weighs 1.7 lb / 774g and pricing starts at $999. The Type Cover starts at $140 and uses a different connector than other Surface Pro models.
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What Microsoft should have done and still should do immediately is sending those things out to software houses, also offer assistance in porting apps and contribute to some bigger open-source projects. This thing could be so nice for creatives… They need to push this, if they want ARM to be a successful platform for Windows. Some Office stuff isn't enough, not even having natively running browsers ready is a shame. Also, they should have done a smaller and cheaper version too, to sneak into more households, which would have created pressure in form of demand for native apps. With the current X this isn't going to happen anytime soon. Cool device, ahead of it's time, wrongly marketed.
Lisa, I've been using Clip Studio on my Pro X and it is like butter. Smooth, problem free, feels like working on paper. Best drawing exp I've had on a mobile tablet that isn't a Wacom. just buttery smooth.
I will sum this video up for everyone. Basically if you want to go ARM, buy a $299 dollar iPad 2019 and get over 200,000 high quality applications that run lightening fast…this laptop / tablet is a joke and is another attempt at Microsoft trying to do ARM (remember surface RT??).
Love the shirt!
Would love to see someone run a cinabench on this, proving once and for all that ARM claim that their chips are now as powerful as Intel or AMD.
Geekbench kind of favour mobile device so better throw them a full fat desmtop test suite amd see how they perform
Ultimately, it comes down to if developers will rewrite their programs to support native ARM64 for <1% of Windows' market share. As much I want Windows 10 on ARM to succeed, so that computing doesn't need to rely on Intel/AMD, I just don't see it happening. I feel that there is too much reliance on legacy applications for a device like this to truly work. Battery life also needs to be vastly improved for an ARM processor.
they needed to put this redesign on the surface pro 7 as well. i get why they didn't to entice purchases for arm to get a market but thats not going to happen unless arm catches up and only apples chips so far are putting up real performance. this will not work
Hi Lisa, appreciate your video as always. I wanted to understand which verison of Office runs native on the ARM platform? If I have Office 365 Pro subscription with work, have Microsoft released versions of Word, Powerpoint, Excel, OneDrive, Skype for Business and teams for ARM? I cannot seem to find out this information anywhere. Pretty much 90% of what I do is these apps and web applications. With the great battery life for native apps, built in LTE and the size and weight, this could be the perfect device for me.
Comfy review time with Lisa ❤️❤️❤️
Please tell me you have a side channel with videos of you reacting to Naruto episodes😂
Thanks Lisa, I really love my Pro 5 aka 2017 LTE and my wifi units. I really do a lot of remote work and LTE is a must. I just cannot jump on the Arm band wagon yet I had a Galaxy book 2 but it really sucked. My company used Google and very little Microsoft items so I have to have the power and the ability to run Chrome. Using Beta Edge Chromium which seems to be a happy medium so far. You are by far the best reviewer out there and always find you reviews truthful and helpful. Going to pass on the Arm unit this year but will continue to watch it. Would love to upgrade to the 7 pro but I have to have LTE so maybe letter in the year they might add the LTE version
Dayum! That shirt is fire!
since you do some of the best reviews, please test illustration computers with illustration programs like clip paint studio with pen stabilization 0 jitter, photoshop is not optimal for illustration. also clip has amazing intuitive touch gestures that speed up workflow alot on these machines and shares most of the adobe shortcuts so its really easy to adapt. you need a race driver to drive a formula 1 not any random joe. touche.
Lisa's sharingan is powerful
This is what the pro 7 should of been … instead they finally changed it up and it’s a stupid custom processor which kills its open platform use
Great video Lisa ! Very informative.
Another great video Lisa!
On a side note where did you get that Kakashi shirt from? I want to order one.
Windows Phone Flashbacks We have 60,000 developers on board for the best phone platform ever! Never actually happened. Now this.
thanks for the detailed review
Great review, but can we talk about that shirt. Where can one find it?
still waiting on that Razer blade 13 review 👀👀
Awesome t-shirt! Kakachi rules 😎
Seems like they were a bit ambitious putting ARM on this when it's not ready yet… Awkward! We'll se if it gets better! lol. LOVE that Kakashi shirt every time I see it! Best boy! Great job, as always, Lisa! <3
A shot in the dark product.
Pretty confusing product honestly. Ntrig still
!SHARINGAN!seems to have that wharble to it as well. Great review, but hardpass. dead-arm-runs awayThis device is a complete scam and a waste of r&d.
I am somewhat surprised they bothered before getting x64 "emulation" completed. BTW – calling it emulation, which makes people perhaps of console emulation, is at least somewhat inaccurate. There is a translation at first run for x86 code, but a lot of a what a program does requires calling Windows libraries, which are all (on devices like this) recompiled for Arm.
Also, thank you for a professional, balance review. Many of the other channels I use to frequent were rather cringey with how they covered this device.
Surely with all it’s limitations on ARM it should have been pitched as a cheaper device (maybe as the new Surface Go)? Why would anyone pay all that money when you can get a SP7 that runs ANY app.
Good review, this surface looks like a pass.
dell's 2 in 1 just released single-handedly demolished this product…
Damn, I can't even afford the mouse
Thx Lisa… I always enjoy your honest reviews. I purchased both the Surface Laptop 3 13" black metal version and the Surface Pro X base model. SPX is perfect for a student or anyone really who's needs are 'normal', such as Office, Windows Store apps, Spotify, Whiteboard, Facebook, etc. If I were editing video or pictures, I'd go for the Intel SL3 or SB2 (or wait for SB3.) I love Surface devices, and the Ryzen chip Surface Laptops are subpar imho. Go for the SL3 if you want full access to all programs or the SP7, and if you have no need for high end photo or video editing, or dont have a specific weird program you need to use, then SPX is amazing. I'm getting 9 hrs battery on SPX and the same on the SL3, and both are gorgeous machines. I also love the always-connected aspect of the SPX which is amazing, and is only about $10-20 to add on to your existing wireless carrier acct (I use T-Mobile. It works amazing, everywhere connectivity, which is a huge plus for anyone on the go!)
6:47 OMG, why does that remind me of a titan from Attack on Titan
Nice review and I like the t-shirt as well
Nope, 32-bit photoshop CC and other emulated aps DON'T work ok. It's disaster/
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DOA. next Surface RT crap.
Thank you