And that, for many, will be a little too off-putting given the price of this machine. Yes, it looks fantastic, and, yes, it performs great when it’s running in its designated envelope, but step outside of this narrow corridor and you’ll be left hanging. For this reason, if you’re using the Surface X Pro, you’ll want to limit your work-load/activities to cloud-based software and “official” apps from the Windows Store.įor many, myself included, this is the real deal-breaker for the Surface X Pro concept. Microsoft has developed an X86 emulator of sorts which you can use to run things like Photoshop, for instance, but performance is laughable when compared to even a moderately specced X86 laptop.
If you want to run any applications or software that is designed for use on X86 chips (Intel and/or AMD ones), the Surface X Pro will struggle. In order to give you a better idea of how this machine fits in with the hundreds of other devices vying for your attention, let’s take a look at the good, the bad, and the unknown elements of the Surface Pro X in more detail.Īnd we might as well start with the bad… Microsoft Surface Pro X Review – “The Bad” Stuff If you want to run things like Photoshop and video editing software, the Surface Pro X is not a good option. And I still don’t really have an answer because, as always: it all really hinges on what you want to do with the device.
This is the question I’ve been asking myself as I tested out both the Surface Pro 7 and the Surface Pro X. Why would anyone do this? Surely, you’d be better off with the Surface Pro 7, a device that runs Intel chips and works just like a standard laptop (but can also do all the same tablet stuff that the Surface Pro X can do). Or, for the same money (maybe even a little more), you could get Microsoft’s Surface Pro X – a sort of hybrid, tablet/laptop device that runs on ARM chips and cannot run legacy X86 software. It has a rich ecosystem, the best in its class, a powerful ARM chipset, it works with a stylus ( Apple Pencil), and it now has trackpad and mouse support, thanks to iOS 14. If you were going to drop $1000/£1000 on a tablet (OK, hybrid) device that didn’t run on X86 chip architecture most, I think, would be looking at the iPad Pro. But not like Windows RT – this is different, apparently… Microsoft’s Surface Pro X is thin, great looking, and it costs an arm and leg.
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