When you consider that Microsoft managed this while still upping battery life by up to 20%, it’s quite impressive, indeed.
Fifth generation model with a slim, modern design that makes it easy to take along wherever you go. Weighs less than two pounds. Responsive touchscreen. Great for light personal use.
As an incremental update to the Surface Pro 4, the new Surface Pro undoubtedly succeeds. It’s faster, lasts longer, and looks better than the model it replaces.
Microsoft is using a 45 watt-hour battery in the Surface Pro, which is an increase from the 38 watt-hour battery that was packed into the Surface Pro 4.
It's the longer battery life that impressed me most, jumping to eight hours and 15 minutes in the 2017 Surface Pro, versus only about five hours in the 2015 model.
Battery life has long been a pain point for the Surface line, so Microsoft focused on providing much longer stamina than before.
The Pro is completely fanless. It was never a loud machine, but now it's a silent one.
The most noticeable difference between the old Surface Pro 4 and the new Surface Pro 2017 is the latter’s improved battery life: more than 12 instead of 7 hours in our Wi-Fi test.
The Surface Pro packs in Intel's seventh-generation CPUs, which, in addition to being faster than the last model, also add new features like hardware 4K video decoding.
These look great and add a certain softness to the Surface's look - making it ultimately similar to the look of the Surface Laptop.
Iris Plus GPU gives it the graphics oomph of a discrete GPU.
The cooling vents are less noticeable, too, and the Core m3 and i5 versions don’t have a fan so run silently.
Once you get past these flaws, the Surface Pro is a beautifully designed thing.
That's notable, considering the Surface Pro's excellent benchmark results and its higher-resolution screen, both of which tend to negatively affect battery life.
One additional change I noted is a beefier power supply, offering 15V and 2.58A of output, which is 25 percent greater than the previous Surface Pro charger.
It's a great, little, lightweight, touchscreen Windows 10 laptop that's perfect for road warriors and creative types.
In fact, despite the older generation CPU, it wouldn't be a stretch to state that the Surface Pro 4 was still the top of its category, with the best display, good battery life, and great performance.
Battery life is all-day now and doesn't deplete in stand-by.
Microsoft has tweaked the kickstand hinge to enable the Surface Pro to lie almost flat when set in Studio mode, making the device a little more comfortable to draw on than the Pro 4.
The new Surface is the fastest model yet, and it purports to have a longer battery life than ever.
It gets a set of new Kaby Lake processors, potentially longer battery life, and both the Type Cover and Surface pen have been revamped.
The Surface Pro boots up crazy fast, needing only 15 seconds to reach Windows home screen.
Microsoft Surface Pro line-up is designed for new age mobile workforce. It is build to offer high-end PC performance without restricting you to one place.
The keys are satisfyingly bouncy. I had no problem using it all day to type (and typing is 95% of my job).