- #Microsoft pro 3 vs pro 4 full#
- #Microsoft pro 3 vs pro 4 windows 10#
- #Microsoft pro 3 vs pro 4 pro#
- #Microsoft pro 3 vs pro 4 windows 8.1#
#Microsoft pro 3 vs pro 4 pro#
Up $100, the Pro 4 starts at $899, before you pick up a Type Cover. The core complaint that I have with the Surface Pro 4 is that Microsoft boosted the price compared to the Pro 3 generation. If you are on the go constantly, and don’t want to carry a heavier, larger device, it could be a good fit.
#Microsoft pro 3 vs pro 4 full#
So, as with every iteration past, if you need something with full power, it isn’t for you. The Pro 4, for all its improvements, is still a tablet that wants to do more than tablet. That said, the Surface Pro 4 answers some former complaints, while building on past strengths. We’ve done enough Surface reviews together, you and I, that I feel like I am something akin to a broken EP player with a dull needle. You can’t fully replicate the advantages of a stiff computer body to house a keyboard with the full metal, but you can get close, and the Surface Pro 4’s keyboard does. Keeping our comparison thread alive, it is nearly as nice to type on as the Surface Book’s keyboard. That’s not to say that you don’t notice that you are typing on a thinner keyboard. Essentially, it kept the core design coupling features present in every Cover for Surface, but baked in chiclet keys, and improved stability for typing. The Surface Pro 4’s Type Cover is far and away the best Type Cover to date. If you type for a living, even small keyboard annoyances can become daily devils. The useful Type Covers improved over time, but never managed to reach the level of functionality that we nerds require. My core complaint with the Surface Pro 3, aside from Windows 8.1, was its keyboard setup. The Surface Pro 4 is by far the best of the traditional Surface line. I’ve used every major Surface iteration aside from the Surface Mini, which was axed before it made it out of the cradle. The Pro 4, on your desk, hooked up to monitors feels like a device at the ends of its internal horsepower, while the Surface Book, in tablet mode, feels a bit like Microsoft wanted to eat its cronut and keep it to boot. Happily in practice they feel quite different. Both want to straddle the divide between tablets and laptops, device categories sufficiently different that you would be forgiven if you miss the varying emphasis.
If that is slightly confusing, I understand. The Surface Book is larger, heavier, less mobile, and far more expensive.The Surface Pro 4 is smaller, lighter, more mobile, and far less expensive.The two devices size, screens, battery setup, keyboards, and price underscore each point: The Surface Book is a laptop-hybrid that wants to be your daily driver, and also cut a second device out of your bag.The Surface Pro 4 is a tablet-hybrid that wants to replace your light laptop, and tablet.
Testing both the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 simultaneously was a decent way to get to know both. But with improved hardware, and most importantly an improved Type Cover keyboard, the Pro 4 felt in testing that prior compromises were either fully abated, or mostly so. With the Pro 3 and prior builds of Windows, working was mostly possible. (Proof of that ranges from the iPad Pro, to Google’s Pixel C.) Finding synthesis between go, and stop is not easy.īut, with the Pro 4, for the first time with any Surface Pro I felt comfortable working, without the feeling of fehlend. The fusion of productivity and mobility is a hard fucking intersection. That might sound slightly reductive, but it is true all the same.Īfter some time with the new Pro, it became clear that it is the culmination of what Microsoft originally set out to build with the Surface RT - it just took some time.
#Microsoft pro 3 vs pro 4 windows 10#
With the improvements of Windows 10 over its predecessor, the Surface Pro 4 is stronger out of the box, even before you take into account its hardware improvements.
#Microsoft pro 3 vs pro 4 windows 8.1#
The Surface Pro 3 was a Windows 8.1 device, something that was, in my view, a material weakness.
With the Pro 4, Microsoft has built its best tablet to date, coupled to its best touch-friendly operating system, Windows 10. However, it’s key strength remains that it is a tablet-first device. The Surface Pro 4 is a thinner, more powerful version of its predecessor, with a few improvements that are worth your time.