Microsoft Surface event 2022: Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, and more Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5i: which 2-in-1 is best? But when I look over the fence into the iPad world, and see Apple fitting a more powerful M2 processor into the body of an 11-inch iPad, that excuse has much less of a leg to stand on.

We got a bigger, bulkier Surface Pro 9 5G that is more powerful and has better battery life, but as the cost of its futuristic design.Īnd if you think the Surface Pro X would need to be thicker to house the SQ3 anyway, that might be true. That's pretty much all I wanted out of a Surface Pro X with SQ3, but sadly, that's not what we got. My ideal Surface Pro X successor would have been something that maintains the same thin and seamless design, but with the more powerful SQ3 and a 120Hz display. And I fully admit that these complaints are a serious first world problem, but as someone who bought into the Pro X line for its design, the Pro 9 5G is disappointing. The Surface Pro X had charm that the Surface Pro 9 5G lacks.ĭon't get me wrong, the Microsoft SQ3 is a great upgrade over the SQ2, but I don't think 'more performance' is enough reason to change up the perfect design of the Surface Pro X. It's back to being like the older Surface Pros, which I didn't enjoy. The Surface Pro 9 5G feels bigger and heavier, and I enjoy using it less as a result. It still looks like a seam, so the design is less concise compared to the Surface Pro X. So I don't see why the Surface Pro 9 5G needs to be the same thickness and weight as the Intel Surface Pro 9.Įven the 'seam' for the fan on the Intel version is carried over to the Surface Pro 9 5G, just without the actual vents. I've never found the Surface Pro X to have poor battery life or slow performance for the workloads I use it for, nothing that would warrant it being thickened for a bigger battery or better cooling anyway. But the changes made to Surface Duo 2 were arguably needed, whereas I don't think the same can be said for the Surface Pro X and Surface Pro 9 5G. The Surface Duo 1 is incredibly thin and light, and when compared to the thicker and heavier Surface Duo 2, feels like it's from the future.

It's kind of similar to how I feel about the Surface Duo 2 compared to the Surface Duo 1. Surface Pro X (left) and Surface Pro 9 (right) (Image credit: Windows Central)

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