Review Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro

Everything in the portable world is a tradeoff. You can get 10+ hours of battery life, but then you need to run a low-power processor that either runs a mobile OS (Windows RT, Android, iOS) or it runs Windows 8 slowly. You can permanently attach the keyboard for convenience and make the screen do acrobatics, but then the system will be heavier and only let you use the screen as a tablet part of the time. 

Then there are systems like the Surface Pro, which balance the price/performance/feature equation well. It's one of the faster ultrabook-class devices out there, it's much more portable than an ultrabook convertible, and it runs the Windows XP/Vista/7/8 programs your household or business needs to run. 

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Design and Features
From the front, the Surface Pro resembles the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT $649.99. It has the same height and width (7 by 11 inches), but it's just a bit over a quarter-inch thicker than the 0.37-inch thickness of the ARM-powered Surface RT. The screen size is an identical 10.6 inches, but the Surface Pro's screen has a resolution of 1,920 by 1,080 (true 1080p HD). The screen is bright, and Microsoft has done a good job tweaking the zoom scaling settings on the Surface Pro to make the Windows 8 UI (Start screen) and the desktop mode on the tablet both readable and usable with your fingertips. 

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Review Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro