Microsoft’s smaller Surface Pro has a 12-inch display and starts at $799

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is launching a new Surface Pro tablet today that has a 12-inch display and lots of design changes over the larger 13-inch Surface Pro 11. The Surface Pro 12-inch, as Microsoft is calling it, is an Arm-powered device that is a spiritual successor to the even smaller Surface Go tablet that Microsoft tried to popularize in the past. This time around Microsoft is going fan-less, ditching its Surface Connect charging port, and making some big keyboard changes so that this Surface Pro is less compromised than the 10.5-inch Surface Go 4 that came before it. I got to spend some time with the new Surface Pro 12-inch model at Microsoft’s headquarters last month, and I’m intrigued by all the changes that the company has made to this smaller model. The Surface Slim Pen magnetically attaches to the rear of the Surface Pro 12-inch. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The ... Read full article.