Microsoft Surface Book Vs Surface Pro

Microsoft beefs up its Surface Lineup

If you've been waiting for a Microsoft Surface tablet with more storage capacity, today is your day. Boasting a terabyte of storage, a Core i7 processor and sixteen GB or RAM, the 1TB Core i7 Surface Volume and a 1TB Surface Pro 4 may appeal to you if you're looking a serious laptop replacement. Along with the upgraded devices, the company also announced a new gilded-colored Surface Pen.

The Surface Volume, which was released last yr, is the visitor'due south first endeavor to produce a hybrid device that is more notebook than tablet. Meanwhile, the latest Surface Pro iv is the latest iteration in the visitor'south increasingly popular Windows ten tablet lineup. The Surface Pen, which is included with both devices, offers no new features beyond being gilded. It still has ane,024 levels of pressure sensitivity and works with the customizable Surface Pen Tip Kit.

These new high-powered Surface devices are on sale in the United States and Canada. The new devices can but exist purchased online and at select retailers, but they volition price you a premium. The 1TB with a 6th generation Core i7 Surface Book retails for $three,200, while the same version of the Surface Pro 4 starts at $ii,700.

Purchased separately, the Gold Surface Pen retails for $59.99 and is available in the United States, Canada, Kingdom of denmark, Republic of finland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden starting today. The pen also comes with the additional Pen Tip Kit, if you buy it separately from the Surface device. With the Pen Tip Kit, yous can get a range of unlike tips for a more natural writing and drawing experience. Other colors already available from Microsoft include the original silver color likewise as blackness and navy blue.

Air conditioning ability string recall for Microsoft Surface Products

In other Microsoft news, the visitor announced a recall of its Surface Pro power cords, allowing you to trade in you lot ability cord for a new one. According to a web log from Microsoft, while there aren't whatsoever imminent safety concerns, "If the cord is wound too tightly, twisted or pinched over an extended period of fourth dimension there is a potential risk for the Air-conditioning string — the cord that connects the power supply unit to the electric socket — to overheat."

The retrieve specifically applies to Air-conditioning ability cords for the Microsoft Surface Pro, Microsoft Surface Pro 2 and the Microsoft Surface Pro iii devices sold prior to March 15, 2015. The recall excludes the Microsoft Surface RT, Microsoft Surface two, Microsoft Surface 3, Microsoft Surface Pro 3, Microsoft Surface Pro four and the Microsoft Surface Book devices sold after March 15, 2015. The think also does not include any DC power cords for whatsoever device, or the AC power cords for docking stations for whatever of the Surface Pro devices or the Surface 3.