Microsoft Surface Event - 2021

[wildest_jjk]

I was surprised not to see anything on this but Microsoft just broadcast their 2021 Surface Event.

I've been wanting a Surface for a few years now and finally might bite the bullet. The new Surface's have 120Hz displays, Thunderbolt 4 and they even released a new combination of the Surface Book and the Surface Studio called the Surface Laptop Studio. It looks pretty interesting.

Hardware available from October 5th (with Windows 11) and available for preorder today.

Did anyone else watch it?

 

[thewanted]

Yeah I watched it. I’m like you and have wanted a Surface for years but there always seemed to be something missing or wrong with them. The Pro 8 finally looks like a device I’d be willing to spend money on.

It’s a shame that it doesn’t run at 120Hz all the time. I want to see a few reviews before I take the plunge.

 

[chrismscotland]

Keen to pickup a Pro 8 having had a lot of Surface devices for work; bit annoyed they're removed the MicroSD card slot though; that was nice for cheap extra storage and while the SSD can be swapped it isn't that easy to get hold of a 2230 M.2 drive!

Looks good; battery life will be the main one for me; they're quoting 18 hours which is ludicrous; the Surface Pro 7+ had the same CPU's and was quoted at 15 hours; in reality that was 7-8 max so if 18 hours can be 9-10 in reality then fair enough.

Ideally looking to replace my Tab S7+ and work laptop with this; should be fairly easy as long as the Android support in Windows 11 is half decent!

The Pro 8 isn't available in the UK until October 28th; the US gets them on the 5th so we should at least be able to get a good handle on them before making a call on buying them.