At a mere 7.6mm thin, it weighs in at an improbably light 0.77kg (which goes up to 1.09kg with a keyboard attached). Looks aside, the Surface Pro 7 is highly portable. With laptop makers like HP moving to edgeless OLED displays, the Surface Pro 7 looks a little dated. While the overall design is gorgeous, the Surface Pro 7’s bezels seem a tad chunky. The kickstand is dead easy to extend yet able to stay firmly put, so the tablet stays propped up. The kickstand can extend out to 165 degrees, allowing the user to use the Surface Pro 7 either as a laptop or with the display almost flat in what Microsoft calls “studio mode”. Many of the original kickstands are still working fine today after years of use. While phone makers grappled with hinges on their folding phones, Microsoft had long perfected the kickstand. The kickstand is a brilliant yet under-appreciated piece of engineering. In short, the Surface Pro 7 comes in a design that is similar to the sleek design of the Surface Pro 6. That said, the only real giveaway to the untrained eye that this is a whole new Surface Pro is the USB-C port on its side and the shiny Microsoft logo on its rear kickstand. Not only is it incredibly portable, but also it is also durable. The Surface design has been highly praised for quite some time, and there are good reasons for this. For power users, there is the option of a model with 16GB of RAM a Core i7 CPU and a 1TB SSD, which sports the sticker price of $4199.įrustratingly, Microsoft continues to sell the Type Cover keyboard separately, so you’ll need to fork out an extra $239.95 to make the Surface Pro 7 you’ve bought into a genuinely usable PC. In the middle of the pack sits a version with an Intel Core i5-1035G5 CPU, 8GB of RAM and a larger 256GB SSD. These start with the base model which sports an Intel Core i3 CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD, which retails for $1399 The Surface Pro 7 comes in multiple configurations, each with a different sticker price. This is in part due to a well thought through and solidly executed design, a crisp and vivid display and a Tardis-like keyboard.
These criticisms aside, the Surface Pro 7 is one of the best convertibles money can buy. They also say that while the addition of 10th generation Intel CPUs gives a hefty performance boost, battery life as a consequence takes a bit of a hit. Still, I was curious to see what it was like.Īfter spending a solid fortnight with it as my daily driver, here’s what I found.Ĭritics have argued that the Surface Pro 7 is all but identical to the Surface Pro 6, save for the addition of the USB-C port.
Microsoft’s newest hybrid PC/Tablet, the Surface Pro 7 might not have got the same attention as the Surface Pro X when Microsoft recently showcased it. PAT PILCHER test drives Microsoft’s Surface Pro 7 and finds that a few bugbears slightly taint what is otherwise a superb hybrid tablet and PC.
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