The Surface Pro 8 is the first Microsoft tablet to receive Intel Evo certification, a marketing program that’s intended to help shoppers identify powerful Windows mobile PCs that have long battery life. How Do the Pro 8 and Pro 7 CPU Options Differ? The new Slim Pen 2 will work with the Surface Pro 7, but you’ll lose out on this haptic functionality. The Surface Pro 7 has slightly thicker screen bezels than the Surface Pro 8, and a slightly smaller screen. That gives it a 13-inch screen in an enclosure that’s essentially the same size and weight as the Surface Pro 7, which has a 12.3-inch screen. Like the Pro X, the Pro 8 has adopted thin screen bezels, which are all the rage on many consumer-electronics devices these days. The Pro 8 is the beneficiary of years of design lessons from both the original Surface lineup as well as the sleek Surface Pro X introduced a few years ago. The most obvious difference between the Surface Pro 7 and Surface Pro 8 is the latter’s physical redesign.

Still, a glance at its specs and other features can tell you a lot about whether you should spring for it or choose the current Surface Pro 7, which is still for sale and likely will continue to be for a while. The Surface Pro 8 hasn’t begun shipping yet, and we haven’t had the opportunity to fully test and review one out of PC Labs. The Surface Pro 7 and its business-focused sibling, the Surface Pro 7+, could be better tablets if you’re on the hunt for the latest computing power but don’t plan to take advantage of the improved pen support, higher screen refresh rate, or other new features that the Surface Pro 8 offers.

The new Surface Pro 8 has a larger screen and full support for the new Surface Slim Pen 2 (Opens in a new window) digital stylus, among other improvements.īut if you’re in the market for a premium Windows tablet, choosing the latest Surface Pro 8 might not always be the best decision.

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