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Microsoft Surface Pro – First Look

I recently had a chance to get to the Microsoft store and test out the original Surface tablet. You can find my review of the original Surface here. Just this past week, Microsoft announced that the Surface Pro would be released in January. Microsoft also provided more details on price and specs. I wanted to take a look at the new Surface Pro and compare it to the original surface.

Essentially a Small Laptop

The original surface had limitations in which you couldn’t just install any program you wanted. You had to find the program as an App. Most popular programs have an App in the App store already. However, if you needed a specific business software, you were out of luck. The Surface Pro has the full version of Windows 8. So, now, you can find any program you want and install it. To support the full Windows 8, the Surface Pro has a beefed up processing core. This more powerful CPU will also allow the Surface Pro to run more intense programs. read more

Microsoft Surface Tablet Review

I had a chance to do some research and play around with a Microsoft Surface tablet. The Surface tablet is the newest tablet from Microsoft. It is a little bit bigger than an iPad, uses the Windows RT OS, and offers a snap on keyboard.

Surface Specs

As I noted above, the surface is about the same size as an iPad. It is 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37in and weighs in at 1.5 pounds. The screen itself is 10.6″ and the resolution goes up to 1366x768px. It employs a quad-core NVIDIA CPU and comes with 2GB of Ram. When it comes to storage, there are 2 options: 32GB and 64GB. It has 2 cameras, one on the front and one on the back. It also has a number of input ports. It has a Full-size USB 2.0, microSDXC card slot, a Headset jack, a HD video out port, and a Cover port. read more