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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor

Surface Pro 11 review: Microsoft’s big Arm leap almost pays off

Microsoft Surface Pro 11 review desktop shown on a wooden table.
Top-end tablet’s new OLED screen is stunning, but comes at a very high cost. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian

Microsoft’s latest Surface tablet promises to be a generational upgrade that goes beyond just being faster, quieter and more efficient – all down to a change in the type of processor at its heart.

The Surface Pro 11 is not the first Microsoft machine to swap traditional Intel or AMD PC processors for Arm-based chips, similar to those in your smartphone or Apple’s recent Macs and iPads. But it is by far the most successful, leaving even recent editions such as the 2020 Surface Pro X and last year’s Surface Pro 9 5G in the dust.

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