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Zac Bowden

The Surface Pro 9 5G is not the Surface Pro X successor I was hoping for

Surface Pro 9 with 5G powered by Qualcomm

I've never really been a huge fan of the Surface Pro line. I always preferred the Surface Book or Surface Laptop over the 2-in-1 tablet-first form factor from Microsoft. That was, until the Surface Pro X came along in 2019. The design of the Surface Pro X was the first to really tempt me away from the Surface Book 2 I was using at the time, but it wasn't until 2021 that I finally took the plunge.

Since then, I've used a Surface Pro X for all my light computing needs. Whenever I'm just writing, or doing a bit of traveling, or partaking in a workload that I know Windows on ARM can handle, I'm using the Surface Pro X. I love its thin and lightweight design, with zero seams and excellent battery life. In its platinum colorway, it's arguably the best-designed Surface PC.

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