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As a basic productivity device, the Arm-powered Surface Pro X makes a compelling case.
Those are all fairly minor issues, the sort of annoyance you run into every other month. To restore the operating system, I had to create a recovery drive on a USB-C flash drive. That configuration works on the Surface Pro 8, but for the Pro X it refused to boot. For example, I had no trouble connecting Logitech's nifty little K400+ keyboard/touchpad combo to the Pro X via Bluetooth, but I couldn't run the configuration utility to tweak the touchpad's scrolling direction.Īnd, oddly, I couldn't boot the Pro X using a recovery drive with a USB Type-A to Type-C adapter.
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That's true of network and file system drivers as well as for hardware.
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Most x86 apps install and run just fine, but drivers have to be compiled for Arm or they won't work. In fact, drivers are the Achilles heel of Arm-based Windows. I wanted to use the highly rated ExpressVPN, but as I found out after an hour or two of tinkering and Googling, its network drivers don't work on Arm-based devices, and there's no workaround. The Arm-equipped model has a built-in 5G modem, while at this time there's no mobile connectivity option at all for the Intel-based device.Įvery remote worker should consider a virtual private network to stay safe online.įor example, when I was in Portugal a few months ago, I needed to use a VPN to convince some US-based websites that they should show me the content I subscribe to. On the Surface Pro 9, those options are very different. If you want mobile data on the Surface Pro 8, you'll need to buy from the Surface for Business store, and you'll pay $250 extra for the privilege. The Surface Pro X includes a cellular option (with support for physical SIMs and eSIM) for any model, for an extra $150. Microsoft confirms that the Arm and Intel versions of the Surface Pro 9 will indeed have the same size battery, with a design capacity of 47,700 mWh, so it's reasonable to expect the Arm-powered device to achieve dramatically better real-world battery life. Review: Surface Pro 8 with LTE: Still in love
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