

The pen’s cubby, in addition to charging the pen, magnetically flips it if you insert it incorrectly. If you remove the Slim Pen, a popup offers to launch the Microsoft Whiteboard app. I have no idea what the pen’s battery life is, because it’s essentially always being charged when not in use. But discovering the pen simply can’t help elicit the thought: oh, they’ve finally solved it. In a few years, this design detail (first spied in January, in Dell’s Inspiron 13 Black Edition laptops) may be duplicated enough to become ubiquitous, much like tablet kickstands today. That’s the price of a Chromebook or a cheap desktop. But Microsoft’s Surface tablets are known for their sleek, stylish physical designs, and the Surface Pro X lives up to its legacy.ĭon’t forget, however, that you’ll be tacking on an outrageous $270 for just the keyboard (and pen), a virtual necessity. Interest in tablets has apparently diminished somewhat, given the lack of third-party Windows tablets we’ve seen recently.

Little has changed from our first impression of the Surface Pro X: It’s a Surface Pro tablet, revved up for a new generation of tablet users.

Ports: 2 USB-C, 1 Surface Connect, 1 nanoSIM, Surface keyboard connector.Display: 13-inch (2880×1920) PixelSense display, multi-touch.Pull the keyboard out a bit, and the Surface Pen is exposed in its charging cubby.
