When the Surface Pro 9 was released, it marked 10 years of the Surface 2-in-1 form factor, and boy could you tell. I was never a huge fan of this form factor when it first launched, as I didn't feel like it could "replace your laptop" as Microsoft said it would. But ten years later, with a lot of form factor refinement under its belt, I think Microsoft finally did it with the Surface Pro 9.
The Surface Pro 9 is excellent in almost every way, even in 2024. It's so good, in fact, that I gave it a full 5/5, and to this day, I think it's the best piece of hardware Microsoft has ever released. It is only superseded by the newer Surface Pro 11, which utilizes the same design but with updated, more powerful, and energy-efficient chips.
