The Surface Pro X: A Balancing Act Between Hardware and Software Limitations

One of the standout features of the Surface Pro X is its sim card slot, which adds to the device's versatility. However, this feature is not available on the Surface Pro 7 lineup, making it a unique selling point for the Pro X. Additionally, the Pro X boasts an M2 SSD that can be replaced, a feature that was previously exclusive to the Surface Pro lineup. While the M2 SSD size may not be common, Microsoft's willingness to incorporate this feature is a testament to their commitment to providing users with flexible upgrade options.

When it comes to hardware performance, the Surface Pro X falls short of expectations. The device uses Microsoft's new sq1 chip, which is an ARM-based system designed in collaboration with AMD. While this technology holds promise, it also brings about several limitations. One of the most significant drawbacks is the inability to run certain apps to their full potential or at all. Developers have not always made their apps compatible with ARM systems, resulting in frustrating experiences for users.

Despite these limitations, Microsoft's efforts to promote the use of ARM-based systems are commendable. However, on the consumer side of things, these limitations can still have a significant impact. The Surface Pro X is designed for those who require an always-connected PC experience, but for gamers or users with demanding apps, this may not be the best choice. It's essential to consider whether your needs align with those of the Pro X before making a purchase.

The overall performance of the Surface Pro X has been an average experience. While it has managed to maintain smooth performance for most tasks, there have been instances where the device stuttered or displayed minor lag. The most notable occurrences were when throwing up multiple tabs in Google Chrome and watching YouTube videos simultaneously. These issues are not widespread, but they do indicate that the Pro X may require some additional optimization.

In terms of battery life, the Surface Pro X fares better than its counterpart, with a rating of 13 hours compared to the Pro 7's 11. This extended battery life is a welcome feature for users who rely on their devices for extended periods.

Ultimately, the decision between the Surface Pro X and the Pro 7 comes down to individual needs and preferences. While the Pro X boasts impressive hardware and design features, its software limitations may hold it back in certain areas. The Pro 7, on the other hand, offers a more traditional Windows experience with greater flexibility and compatibility.

For those who prioritize portability and a compact design, the Surface Pro X is an excellent choice. However, for users who require more powerful specs or demand from their device, the Pro 7 may be the better option. It's essential to weigh these factors carefully before making a decision.

The Surface Pro X is a remarkable device that showcases Microsoft's commitment to innovation and design. While it may have some limitations, its unique features and impressive hardware make it an attractive option for those who value flexibility and portability. As the technology landscape continues to evolve, it will be interesting to see how Microsoft addresses these limitations and pushes the boundaries of what is possible with ARM-based systems.

The Surface Pro 7, on the other hand, remains a stalwart in the Surface lineup. Its reliability, flexibility, and compatibility make it an excellent choice for users who prioritize performance and versatility. While the Pro X may offer some advantages in terms of design and portability, the Pro 7's reputation as a solid workhorse is well-deserved.

Ultimately, the decision between these two devices comes down to individual needs and preferences. Whether you opt for the Surface Pro X or the Pro 7, one thing is certain: both devices have the potential to excel in their respective categories. By understanding the strengths and limitations of each device, users can make informed decisions that align with their unique requirements.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's going on guys your average consumer and pretty recently Microsoft dropped a ton of new surface devices one of the most interesting to me being the new surface pro X and since it's so similar to the rest of the surface pro lineup I figured why not do a showdown between the new surface pro X and the new surface pro 7 to see which one is worth picking up so what makes the new surface pro X so interesting well personally I think that the design language that Microsoft went with for this device is a lot better than the regular surface pro lineup we've got slightly more rounded edges on the body and the corners of the screen much smaller bezels around the display not to mention a slightly bigger display with this coming in at 13 inches compared to the surface Pro's twelve point three inch display the surface pro X is thinner than the seven and because of its bigger size it feels lighter but they're really actually the same weight another difference between the two is they're kickstands the X can go quite a bit further back which allows it to be a better canvas if you look to do a lot of work with the surface pen I gotta say though both are very portable devices but the X seems a bit more welcoming it also feels nicer in the hand when you're using in tablet mode but once you throw on the type cover keyboard on both of these and you use them in laptop mode you're pretty much getting the same experience but overall both of the displays are great colors are nice and vibrant and gets plenty bright I think most people will have no problem with this place at all especially since they're touchscreen you can use them in tablet mode there they're good displays what can you say but for me personally I do like having that bigger screen so the 13 inches is a winner for me a lot of displays are similar and both awesome where we see a big difference is actually in the speaker quality the speakers on the X sound quite a bit better than the 7 to me one thing that I really like that these both have are those new front facing cameras and mics those are definitely better and they have Windows hello so you can unlock the device just by turning it on and using your face to scan it definitely good additions there but going back to that type cover keyboard that we mentioned earlier the X now has a signature keyboard that works really well with the new slim pen the keyboard is awesome to type on just like the standard type cover keyboard that the seven uses but it does have anything trick up its sleeve with the ability to store the new slim pen right inside of the flap that connects to the surface to strap the pen to the side of the surface which I personally love I always get a little bit of anxiety when I'm traveling with the surface because you can knock off the pen or it'll come loose in my backpack and I'm like where is that pen until I dig in a little bit deeper and find it so knowing that it's in a stored location is definitely a nice touch so not only is having that little spot better for traveling but it'll also double as a wireless charger for the pen so that you no longer need to go and replace the batteries it now recharges and it charges right inside of the spot that you store it in that just makes complete sense and pricing between the keyboards and the pen vary a bit but once you bundle them together band them costing the same thing between both devices so I got to give it to the surface pro X for having the overall better design but again I do feel like the overall typing experience and using the trackpad are pretty much equal so when it comes to the quality of the overall user experience I think most people will be happy now there isn't a long list of i/o on either device with the surface pro 7 you're getting a USB a port which is typical as well as a USB C port which people have been dying for for a long time Microsoft has finally listened and additive you'll also get a surface connect port and a headphone jack now with the surface pro X you're getting two USB type-c ports and the surface can there pour it and that's about it no headphone jack a little bit weird to me in my opinion anything that's supposed to function as a laptop I feel like should have a headphone jack there's plenty of space for it I know some people probably won't care because Bluetooth headphones are getting way more popular but still I find it a little bit odd that they couldn't put a headphone jack in this but I am kind of curious about what you guys think under the Vice like this which is like a tablet and laptop are you expecting to have a headphone jack with smartphones that's pretty much dead but when it comes to this category let me know what you think in the comments below guys now something that the surface pro X does have that you won't find on the seven is the ability to go under the kickstand and throw in a SIM card so the surface pro X is an always connected PC once you throw in that SIM card you'll have mobile data just like you would with a smartphone which is completely awesome I am a huge fan of having this feature because you can essentially use the device anywhere and not be tethered to Wi-Fi or anything like that so I'm a really really big fan of this how many people out there would actually go out and buy them all the plans for the laptop that I'm not sure about but it's great to have the feature so definitely bonus points to the pro-x for that but interestingly enough in the same area that you can find the sim card slot on the surface pro X you'll also find the m2 SSD that you can actually replace now this is interesting because you've never been able to do that on the surface pro lineup this is the first for that now I don't really think that the m2 SSD size is common so I'm not really sure how you'd go about getting a replacement for it if you wanted to upgrade the storage capacity but the fact that it's there and it's available maybe Microsoft will sell them in the future not sure but it's just cool that it's there I personally feel like in the hardware department the surface pro X does a lot of things better than the pro 7 but things kind of fall apart when you start talking about the specs and not necessarily the specs but the software side of things now when it comes to the specs on the surface pro 7 you get quite a few options in terms of how you want to configure it not so much on the surface pro x the surface pro x actually uses microsoft's news sq1 chip which they work with AMD on it's an ARM based system so that actually leads to a few limitations and these limitations are basically not being able to run some apps to their full potential as well as not being able to run some apps at all some developers haven't made their apps compatible with arm systems so that can lead to a lot of downloading an app thinking is going to work only to get a pop-up saying it can't be installed on the system I've run into it quite a few times with like Dropbox even Geekbench pretty standard stuff that you'd expect to use on a regular everyday basis that you just can't have on the system which definitely causes it to lose quite a bit of points and while Microsoft is making great strides in making arm systems more widespread and they're doing a lot to push it as of right now on the consumer side of things it does have its limitations so that's something you definitely have to be aware of and it makes it really hard to say that this is a better overall system than the surface pro 7 with the surface pro 7 you're getting full blown windows you can install pretty much whatever you want on it as long as your machine expect out to support the apps you want and that's about it but if you don't plan on doing anything super intensive with the Pro X you should be fine but you're not gonna be able to do in these crazy gaming and you're definitely gonna want to check on your most used and must-have apps to see if they're compatible so basically if you're someone who lives in your browser and you can benefit from an always connected PC that might not be much of a compromise now when it comes to the overall performance of the Pro X it's been an OK experience smooth for the most part but there were some instances where I didn't notice a bit of stuttering throwing up multiple tabs on Google Chrome and trying to watch some YouTube videos cause the machine to stutter a little bit for me not something I experienced a lot but I did notice it a few times and in terms of battery life the surface pro X is rated for 13 hours while the surface pro 7 is rated for 11 so you're gonna get a little bit more from the X but overall guys here are my feelings about these two I love everything about the Pro X I think Microsoft knocked it out of the park in terms of the hardware the design the thought process with the keyboard and the slim pen it's all a really nice experience but it's just that that arm side of Windows I think kind of holds it back surface pro 7 is what we're used to especially if you spec it out you're gonna get a powerful portable machine that hasn't changed much but honestly I just wish that Microsoft kind of just scratched the surface pro 7 and made the X take over completely new design same internal same ability to upgrade the specs that would be ideal when it comes to recommending these if you're not gonna do anything super crazy I feel like the Pro X might do a pretty decent job but you want to make sure your must-have apps work with it but for the overall safe experience you're gonna want to go with the pro 7 but I want to know what you guys think do you think that the overall hardware and the design of the Pro X still lets it Trump V 7 or is the reliability of the 7 and the extra specs that you can put into it to make it a bit more powerful make it Trump the Pro X let me know what the comment down below hopefully you guys enjoyed this video and this helped out a little bit with your decision but till the next videos ravage consumer basewhat's going on guys your average consumer and pretty recently Microsoft dropped a ton of new surface devices one of the most interesting to me being the new surface pro X and since it's so similar to the rest of the surface pro lineup I figured why not do a showdown between the new surface pro X and the new surface pro 7 to see which one is worth picking up so what makes the new surface pro X so interesting well personally I think that the design language that Microsoft went with for this device is a lot better than the regular surface pro lineup we've got slightly more rounded edges on the body and the corners of the screen much smaller bezels around the display not to mention a slightly bigger display with this coming in at 13 inches compared to the surface Pro's twelve point three inch display the surface pro X is thinner than the seven and because of its bigger size it feels lighter but they're really actually the same weight another difference between the two is they're kickstands the X can go quite a bit further back which allows it to be a better canvas if you look to do a lot of work with the surface pen I gotta say though both are very portable devices but the X seems a bit more welcoming it also feels nicer in the hand when you're using in tablet mode but once you throw on the type cover keyboard on both of these and you use them in laptop mode you're pretty much getting the same experience but overall both of the displays are great colors are nice and vibrant and gets plenty bright I think most people will have no problem with this place at all especially since they're touchscreen you can use them in tablet mode there they're good displays what can you say but for me personally I do like having that bigger screen so the 13 inches is a winner for me a lot of displays are similar and both awesome where we see a big difference is actually in the speaker quality the speakers on the X sound quite a bit better than the 7 to me one thing that I really like that these both have are those new front facing cameras and mics those are definitely better and they have Windows hello so you can unlock the device just by turning it on and using your face to scan it definitely good additions there but going back to that type cover keyboard that we mentioned earlier the X now has a signature keyboard that works really well with the new slim pen the keyboard is awesome to type on just like the standard type cover keyboard that the seven uses but it does have anything trick up its sleeve with the ability to store the new slim pen right inside of the flap that connects to the surface to strap the pen to the side of the surface which I personally love I always get a little bit of anxiety when I'm traveling with the surface because you can knock off the pen or it'll come loose in my backpack and I'm like where is that pen until I dig in a little bit deeper and find it so knowing that it's in a stored location is definitely a nice touch so not only is having that little spot better for traveling but it'll also double as a wireless charger for the pen so that you no longer need to go and replace the batteries it now recharges and it charges right inside of the spot that you store it in that just makes complete sense and pricing between the keyboards and the pen vary a bit but once you bundle them together band them costing the same thing between both devices so I got to give it to the surface pro X for having the overall better design but again I do feel like the overall typing experience and using the trackpad are pretty much equal so when it comes to the quality of the overall user experience I think most people will be happy now there isn't a long list of i/o on either device with the surface pro 7 you're getting a USB a port which is typical as well as a USB C port which people have been dying for for a long time Microsoft has finally listened and additive you'll also get a surface connect port and a headphone jack now with the surface pro X you're getting two USB type-c ports and the surface can there pour it and that's about it no headphone jack a little bit weird to me in my opinion anything that's supposed to function as a laptop I feel like should have a headphone jack there's plenty of space for it I know some people probably won't care because Bluetooth headphones are getting way more popular but still I find it a little bit odd that they couldn't put a headphone jack in this but I am kind of curious about what you guys think under the Vice like this which is like a tablet and laptop are you expecting to have a headphone jack with smartphones that's pretty much dead but when it comes to this category let me know what you think in the comments below guys now something that the surface pro X does have that you won't find on the seven is the ability to go under the kickstand and throw in a SIM card so the surface pro X is an always connected PC once you throw in that SIM card you'll have mobile data just like you would with a smartphone which is completely awesome I am a huge fan of having this feature because you can essentially use the device anywhere and not be tethered to Wi-Fi or anything like that so I'm a really really big fan of this how many people out there would actually go out and buy them all the plans for the laptop that I'm not sure about but it's great to have the feature so definitely bonus points to the pro-x for that but interestingly enough in the same area that you can find the sim card slot on the surface pro X you'll also find the m2 SSD that you can actually replace now this is interesting because you've never been able to do that on the surface pro lineup this is the first for that now I don't really think that the m2 SSD size is common so I'm not really sure how you'd go about getting a replacement for it if you wanted to upgrade the storage capacity but the fact that it's there and it's available maybe Microsoft will sell them in the future not sure but it's just cool that it's there I personally feel like in the hardware department the surface pro X does a lot of things better than the pro 7 but things kind of fall apart when you start talking about the specs and not necessarily the specs but the software side of things now when it comes to the specs on the surface pro 7 you get quite a few options in terms of how you want to configure it not so much on the surface pro x the surface pro x actually uses microsoft's news sq1 chip which they work with AMD on it's an ARM based system so that actually leads to a few limitations and these limitations are basically not being able to run some apps to their full potential as well as not being able to run some apps at all some developers haven't made their apps compatible with arm systems so that can lead to a lot of downloading an app thinking is going to work only to get a pop-up saying it can't be installed on the system I've run into it quite a few times with like Dropbox even Geekbench pretty standard stuff that you'd expect to use on a regular everyday basis that you just can't have on the system which definitely causes it to lose quite a bit of points and while Microsoft is making great strides in making arm systems more widespread and they're doing a lot to push it as of right now on the consumer side of things it does have its limitations so that's something you definitely have to be aware of and it makes it really hard to say that this is a better overall system than the surface pro 7 with the surface pro 7 you're getting full blown windows you can install pretty much whatever you want on it as long as your machine expect out to support the apps you want and that's about it but if you don't plan on doing anything super intensive with the Pro X you should be fine but you're not gonna be able to do in these crazy gaming and you're definitely gonna want to check on your most used and must-have apps to see if they're compatible so basically if you're someone who lives in your browser and you can benefit from an always connected PC that might not be much of a compromise now when it comes to the overall performance of the Pro X it's been an OK experience smooth for the most part but there were some instances where I didn't notice a bit of stuttering throwing up multiple tabs on Google Chrome and trying to watch some YouTube videos cause the machine to stutter a little bit for me not something I experienced a lot but I did notice it a few times and in terms of battery life the surface pro X is rated for 13 hours while the surface pro 7 is rated for 11 so you're gonna get a little bit more from the X but overall guys here are my feelings about these two I love everything about the Pro X I think Microsoft knocked it out of the park in terms of the hardware the design the thought process with the keyboard and the slim pen it's all a really nice experience but it's just that that arm side of Windows I think kind of holds it back surface pro 7 is what we're used to especially if you spec it out you're gonna get a powerful portable machine that hasn't changed much but honestly I just wish that Microsoft kind of just scratched the surface pro 7 and made the X take over completely new design same internal same ability to upgrade the specs that would be ideal when it comes to recommending these if you're not gonna do anything super crazy I feel like the Pro X might do a pretty decent job but you want to make sure your must-have apps work with it but for the overall safe experience you're gonna want to go with the pro 7 but I want to know what you guys think do you think that the overall hardware and the design of the Pro X still lets it Trump V 7 or is the reliability of the 7 and the extra specs that you can put into it to make it a bit more powerful make it Trump the Pro X let me know what the comment down below hopefully you guys enjoyed this video and this helped out a little bit with your decision but till the next videos ravage consumer base\n"