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You can get the most out of your Surface Pro X with the corresponding type cover and pen, which you can purchase separately. Simply leave the charger at home, because the battery lasts up to 15 hours. The Surface Pro is just 7.3mm thick, so you can easily put it in your bag. The Microsoft SQ1 processor and 8GB RAM provide enough power combined to let you get started with multitasking. Thanks to the 2880x1920 resolution, the 13-inch touch screen of the Surface Pro X is suitable for graphic design tasks like photo editing. I am well aware that my Microsoft Surface Pro X is just for taking notes.Note: the type cover isn't included by default, so you'll have to purchase it separately.Įdit your photos down to the smallest details on the sharp touchscreen of the Microsoft Surface Pro X SQ1/8GB/256GB Platinum. Most of the times the software will fail to install. Then, once you find a vendor who ships a 32-bit version of their software, don't expect the software to be emulation-ready.

Even after all this time, you will still be quite limited in options in the Microsoft Store, which is already limited even for Intel users. Given that Windows for ARM has been around for a few years now, it doesn't feel like there is a future for a Windows ARM ecosystem. Most of the ARM applications that will run with the Surface Pro X are written by wannabe programmers offering cheap copycats of well known Intel-compatible software. For example: Dropbox will not offer file system integration. Very few software vendors actually compile their software in two versions of 32 and 64 bits, so far from my antivirus to my VPN to virtually every single vendor I came across, almost nobody won't offer a 32-bit version to emulate, the more a version that runs natively in ARM processors.īeware that many of the ARM compatible apps in the Microsft Store have serious restrictions in terms of functionality when compared to their 'desktop' versions. Great piece of hardware, beautiful looking and it won't bend as easily as an iPad Pro but resign to the fact that you will be left with very very very restricted options of software to use even with emulation of 32-bit applications.

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