 Microsoft has done a bunch of Surface Pros over the years. There was the Pro 3, the 4, the Kona 5, and then the 6. Now this year, they're doing two new Surface Pros. There's the Surface Pro 7, which, you know, looks like the other Surface Pros I just mentioned. But then there's this one. This, this is very different. This is the Surface Pro X. So right off the bat, there's a 13-inch display inside the same sort of 12-inch chassis, essentially, that we've seen on the Surface Pro in recent years. You can see either side of this display, the bezels have been slimmed down. Even the top bezel's slimmer. You've still got the Windows Hello camera up there and all that sort of stuff. And the bottom bezel, you don't even really notice because the type cover pushes right up against it. So the display looks considerably better from what we see on the Surface Pro today. Display resolution itself is 2880 by 1920, and it's still the same 3.2 aspect ratio that we've seen on pretty much every Surface device. So there's a lot more to talk about the hardware here. But the one thing you really need to know is that it has this little thing inside. Now this, this is a Surface SQ1 processor. It's been co-engineered between Microsoft and Qualcomm. So that means that this device is an ARM-powered Surface Pro X. Now we've seen a few of these over the years, and kind of what it essentially is is a smartphone chip inside your laptop. So you're supposed to be getting the benefits of the smartphone world in the PC world. Now what that means is supposed all-day battery life, integrated LTE connectivity, so you can just use this device wherever you are, on the train, in a coffee shop, wherever. And I've briefly tried the performance here. It feels like I'm using a regular laptop, like it's really hard to tell the difference between a Surface Pro 7 and this, just within the few minutes that I've been using it. Microsoft's also done some interesting stuff on the GPU side here with Qualcomm. So essentially the GPU that's integrated onto this chip is a 2.1 teraflop GPU. Now in real world terms, that's essentially the equivalent power of an Xbox One console. Now that doesn't mean that you're gonna be running Xbox games on here, but what it does mean is it's capable of doing sort of graphics, slightly intensive tasks, shall we say. But like current workloads, like if you wanna load a game on here, that's kind of some of the restrictions that are around Windows on ARM at the moment. That doesn't support OpenGL games, for example. Some of your apps, like Dropbox, that integrate into the folder structure of Windows won't work, and that's kind of some of the limitations that exist with Windows on ARM. So the other major hardware change here is the Surface Pen. Now this is a new Surface Slim Pen, which is, as the name implies, a lot slimmer and flatter than the Surface Pro Pens we've seen before. Now what this really means in reality is that it actually slots into the top of the keyboard where it'll charge as well. And when you actually undock it, the software will pop up and say, do you wanna use the whiteboard? Do you wanna take a screenshot, all that sort of stuff. So that's kind of new as well. You could also use the button where you double tap and get your favorite apps. So kind of the same sort of pen experience, but in a very different form factor. The other major change here is that you'll be able to remove the SSDs on this Surface Pro X. Now how you do that is just hidden behind basically the kickstand here. There's a plate that you'll pop off with a SIM tool. And then there's the, obviously the SIM slot where you get your LTE connectivity from, obviously. And then next to that is an M.2 SSD where you can just literally pull out. How this is gonna work in principle is basically for commercial customers who wanna swap out their SSDs in businesses, that's gonna be great for them. But also on the consumer side, if your device fails, like the SSD goes wrong, you can just rock up to a Microsoft store and they'll swap it out for you. So Microsoft hasn't confirmed whether they're selling these individually or not, but it seems like it could be a possibility in the future. So for this Surface Pro X specs, you're looking at eight gigs of RAM and 128 gigabytes of storage, which will then go all the way up to 512 gigabytes of storage and 16 gig of RAM. And the Surface Pro X will start at $999 and go all the way up to 1799. So in terms of ports, you won't find any USB-A here. There's actually two USB-C ports on the left-hand side of the device, right by the volume rocker. And there's no other ports aside from the Surface Connect. So Microsoft's actually keeping the Surface Connect charger port here that the company's used on the majority of its Surface products. And they've actually moved the power button from the very top that you'd normally find on the Surface Pro, around to the right-hand side. And Neelai, there's no headphone jack, so get your Bluetooth headphones ready. So this isn't the only Surface Pro today. Microsoft has also got the Surface Pro 7. Now this looks pretty much like last year's model. The real changes here is inside. So Microsoft is updating the Surface Pro 7 with Intel's latest 10th-gen processors. Now what that means is you'll be able to select from an i3, i5, or the Core i7 as well. So pretty much the same sort of options we've seen on the Surface Pro before. Just obviously gonna be better battery life perhaps, better performance, all the sort of stuff you'd expect from Intel's latest chips. Aside from that, the Surface Cover is pretty much the same. There's some new colors though. There's this like red color, which looks a little bit more orange than red, I'd say. And then there's this cobalt blue color, which is essentially a sort of lighter blue color of the blue that we had last year. And then the standard gray color has actually got a little bit darker, like slate gray almost, at least on the keyboard area. The major hardware change here though is that Microsoft's finally gone USB-C on the Surface Pro. So while we've got two USB ports on the Surface Pro X, this particular Surface Pro 7 has a single USB port in place of where the mini display port was last year. So you've still got the regular USB-A port as well. And Microsoft's still using the Surface Connect connector here as well. So you'll be able to use all the sort of old accessories and docks and all that sort of stuff that you would have used previously. There's also a headphone jack. So you're getting that over the Surface Pro X. So in terms of raw Surface Pro specs, you're getting four gig of RAM, which goes up to 16 gigabytes as well. You've also got the base level 128 gig of storage, which will go all the way up to one terabyte of storage. So not really that different from last year's options. So in terms of pricing, it will start at $749 and that will go all the way up to $2,299. And that's if you want the Core i7 processor, 16 gig of RAM and one terabyte of storage. So the very top. So you'll be able to pre-order both the Surface Pro X and the Surface Pro 7 today. But the Surface Pro 7 will arrive on October 22nd and the Surface Pro X, we don't know exactly when it's gonna arrive, but it's sometimes later in the holiday season. Microsoft launched a bunch of new Surface hardware today. We've got hands-on videos of all of that. So you should definitely go check out that, but definitely check out theverge.com too.
 Microsoft has done a bunch of Surface Pros over the years.
 There was the Pro 3, the 4, the Kona 5, and then the 6.
 Now this year, they're doing two new Surface Pros.
 There's the Surface Pro 7, which, you know,
 looks like the other Surface Pros I just mentioned.
 But then there's this one.
 This, this is very different.
 This is the Surface Pro X.
 So right off the bat, there's a 13-inch display
 inside the same sort of 12-inch chassis, essentially,
 that we've seen on the Surface Pro in recent years.
 You can see either side of this display,
 the bezels have been slimmed down.
 Even the top bezel's slimmer.
 You've still got the Windows Hello camera up there
 and all that sort of stuff.
 And the bottom bezel, you don't even really notice
 because the type cover pushes right up against it.
 So the display looks considerably better
 from what we see on the Surface Pro today.
 Display resolution itself is 2880 by 1920,
 and it's still the same 3.2 aspect ratio
 that we've seen on pretty much every Surface device.
 So there's a lot more to talk about the hardware here.
 But the one thing you really need to know
 is that it has this little thing inside.
 Now this, this is a Surface SQ1 processor.
 It's been co-engineered between Microsoft and Qualcomm.
 So that means that this device
 is an ARM-powered Surface Pro X.
 Now we've seen a few of these over the years,
 and kind of what it essentially is
 is a smartphone chip inside your laptop.
 So you're supposed to be getting the benefits
 of the smartphone world in the PC world.
 Now what that means is supposed all-day battery life,
 integrated LTE connectivity,
 so you can just use this device wherever you are,
 on the train, in a coffee shop, wherever.
 And I've briefly tried the performance here.
 It feels like I'm using a regular laptop,
 like it's really hard to tell the difference
 between a Surface Pro 7 and this,
 just within the few minutes that I've been using it.
 Microsoft's also done some interesting stuff
 on the GPU side here with Qualcomm.
 So essentially the GPU that's integrated onto this chip
 is a 2.1 teraflop GPU.
 Now in real world terms, that's essentially
 the equivalent power of an Xbox One console.
 Now that doesn't mean that you're gonna be
 running Xbox games on here,
 but what it does mean is it's capable of doing
 sort of graphics, slightly intensive tasks, shall we say.
 But like current workloads,
 like if you wanna load a game on here,
 that's kind of some of the restrictions
 that are around Windows on ARM at the moment.
 That doesn't support OpenGL games, for example.
 Some of your apps, like Dropbox,
 that integrate into the folder structure of Windows
 won't work, and that's kind of some of the limitations
 that exist with Windows on ARM.
 So the other major hardware change here
 is the Surface Pen.
 Now this is a new Surface Slim Pen,
 which is, as the name implies, a lot slimmer and flatter
 than the Surface Pro Pens we've seen before.
 Now what this really means in reality
 is that it actually slots into the top of the keyboard
 where it'll charge as well.
 And when you actually undock it,
 the software will pop up and say,
 do you wanna use the whiteboard?
 Do you wanna take a screenshot, all that sort of stuff.
 So that's kind of new as well.
 You could also use the button where you double tap
 and get your favorite apps.
 So kind of the same sort of pen experience,
 but in a very different form factor.
 The other major change here is that you'll be able
 to remove the SSDs on this Surface Pro X.
 Now how you do that is just hidden behind
 basically the kickstand here.
 There's a plate that you'll pop off with a SIM tool.
 And then there's the, obviously the SIM slot
 where you get your LTE connectivity from, obviously.
 And then next to that is an M.2 SSD
 where you can just literally pull out.
 How this is gonna work in principle
 is basically for commercial customers
 who wanna swap out their SSDs in businesses,
 that's gonna be great for them.
 But also on the consumer side,
 if your device fails, like the SSD goes wrong,
 you can just rock up to a Microsoft store
 and they'll swap it out for you.
 So Microsoft hasn't confirmed
 whether they're selling these individually or not,
 but it seems like it could be a possibility in the future.
 So for this Surface Pro X specs,
 you're looking at eight gigs of RAM
 and 128 gigabytes of storage,
 which will then go all the way up to 512 gigabytes
 of storage and 16 gig of RAM.
 And the Surface Pro X will start at $999
 and go all the way up to 1799.
 So in terms of ports, you won't find any USB-A here.
 There's actually two USB-C ports
 on the left-hand side of the device,
 right by the volume rocker.
 And there's no other ports aside from the Surface Connect.
 So Microsoft's actually keeping
 the Surface Connect charger port here
 that the company's used on the majority
 of its Surface products.
 And they've actually moved the power button
 from the very top that you'd normally find
 on the Surface Pro, around to the right-hand side.
 And Neelai, there's no headphone jack,
 so get your Bluetooth headphones ready.
 So this isn't the only Surface Pro today.
 Microsoft has also got the Surface Pro 7.
 Now this looks pretty much like last year's model.
 The real changes here is inside.
 So Microsoft is updating the Surface Pro 7
 with Intel's latest 10th-gen processors.
 Now what that means is you'll be able to select
 from an i3, i5, or the Core i7 as well.
 So pretty much the same sort of options
 we've seen on the Surface Pro before.
 Just obviously gonna be better battery life perhaps,
 better performance, all the sort of stuff
 you'd expect from Intel's latest chips.
 Aside from that, the Surface Cover is pretty much the same.
 There's some new colors though.
 There's this like red color,
 which looks a little bit more orange than red, I'd say.
 And then there's this cobalt blue color,
 which is essentially a sort of lighter blue color
 of the blue that we had last year.
 And then the standard gray color has actually got
 a little bit darker, like slate gray almost,
 at least on the keyboard area.
 The major hardware change here though
 is that Microsoft's finally gone USB-C on the Surface Pro.
 So while we've got two USB ports on the Surface Pro X,
 this particular Surface Pro 7 has a single USB port
 in place of where the mini display port was last year.
 So you've still got the regular USB-A port as well.
 And Microsoft's still using
 the Surface Connect connector here as well.
 So you'll be able to use all the sort of old accessories
 and docks and all that sort of stuff
 that you would have used previously.
 There's also a headphone jack.
 So you're getting that over the Surface Pro X.
 So in terms of raw Surface Pro specs,
 you're getting four gig of RAM,
 which goes up to 16 gigabytes as well.
 You've also got the base level 128 gig of storage,
 which will go all the way up to one terabyte of storage.
 So not really that different from last year's options.
 So in terms of pricing, it will start at $749
 and that will go all the way up to $2,299.
 And that's if you want the Core i7 processor,
 16 gig of RAM and one terabyte of storage.
 So the very top.
 So you'll be able to pre-order both the Surface Pro X
 and the Surface Pro 7 today.
 But the Surface Pro 7 will arrive on October 22nd
 and the Surface Pro X,
 we don't know exactly when it's gonna arrive,
 but it's sometimes later in the holiday season.
 Microsoft launched a bunch of new Surface hardware today.
 We've got hands-on videos of all of that.
 So you should definitely go check out that,
 but definitely check out theverge.com too.