Surface Pro X – 13” Touch Screen – Microsoft SQ2 – 16GB Memory – 256GB SSD

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01-20-2022 at 07:05 AM #2

I just CANNOT recommend this device at this price with its ARM processor limitations and the ability to get a much better Intel Surface Pro 8 for the same or a few hundred more.

I paid $999 a few weeks back at Bestbuy for an SP8 i5/8/256 which is even a better unit and includes 2 x Thunderbolt 4 and 120Hz refresh.

Specs for the SQ2 processor which is pretty terrible: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu....Hz&id=4131

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01-20-2022 at 07:13 AM #3

I bought this exact device last summer when TigerDirect had it for $700. I sold it because it wouldn't print to a color LaserJet on a Jet direct card, and there was no version of MS Office Professional Plus 2019 that functioned on ARM.

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01-20-2022 at 07:24 AM #4

Can you get this without the touch screen?

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01-20-2022 at 07:31 AM #5

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Can you get this without the touch screen?

No, it's a tablet.

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01-20-2022 at 08:39 AM #6

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No, it's a tablet.

An $1100 tablet? You have to be kidding me.

Better have a x64 processor and run full on Windows.

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01-20-2022 at 09:38 AM #7

Okay,this seems like a good place to ask my totally semi-off topic question. Longer version below.

My need is to have the most portable version of a windows device to run a native windows application while on the go. I was going to jump on a Surface Go 3 bundle from Costco and give it a try, then I saw this and instinctually thought it might be more powerful with a near similar level of portability. I clearly don't NEED more power or ports or else I wouldn't be considering the go, but when they come close in price it makes me think. Anyone want to offer an opinion?

I have a very specific use case making me need a very portable MS Windows device. I basically need to use it to run streaming software (likely Streamlabs) while on the go but I need the full desktop version for a few small features. I'd been using an Android phone and the remote app but i can't add a couple of key features this way.

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01-20-2022 at 09:58 AM #8

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I have a very specific use case making me need a very portable MS Windows device. I basically need to use it to run streaming software (likely Streamlabs) while on the go but I need the full desktop version for a few small features. I'd been using an Android phone and the remote app but i can't add a couple of key features this way.

Sounds like you want a 7" windows tablet.

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01-20-2022 at 10:21 AM #9

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An $1100 tablet? You have to be kidding me.

Better have a x64 processor and run full on Windows.

Wait, you've been a member of this forum for over ten years, and you didn't know a Microsoft Surface was a tablet? You need to get out in the world a little more.

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01-20-2022 at 01:10 PM #10

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Wait, you've been a member of this forum for over ten years, and you didn't know a Microsoft Surface was a tablet? You need to get out in the world a little more.

Sorry I'm too occupied buying $1000+ gpus and building PC's to pay attention to Microsoft's products. Last good thing they made was the Trackball Explorer.

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01-20-2022 at 01:19 PM #11

There is almost nothing redeeming about this tablet. It's 13", which is nice (though 3:2, so less area than a similarly sized iPad), but that's where the value ends. It has all the drawbacks of a non-Intel CPU, a cloud-only use case 256GB of storage, no included keyboard for an OS that isn't really designed for touchscreen as the primary input, and - even if you bought a stylus separately - all the drawbacks of an nTrig digitizer. This might be a curious device at $500-$600. At $1100 it's just throwing money away.

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