New Smaller, Lighter, Cheaper Surface Pro and Surface Laptop Arrive Soon

Microsoft announced Tuesday new additions to its Surface Pro and Surface Laptop lines of Copilot Plus PCs. Like last year's models that introduced the Copilot Plus PC concept, the new models are based on Qualcomm Snapdragon X series CPUs. But each is smaller, lighter and cheaper than the 13-inch Surface Pro 11th Gen and 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 7th Gen that we reviewed last year. The newly added Surface Pro features a 12-inch display, and the new Surface Laptop is based on a 13-inch screen. Microsoft Surface Pro, 12-inch Viva Tung/CNET The 12-inch Surface Pro has the familiar two-in-one detachable design but with a smaller display and kickstand keyboard. Inside, it supplies an 8-core Snapdragon X Plus CPU and 16GB of RAM. You can opt for a 256GB or 512GB SSD. The 12-inch touch display features a 2,196x1,464-pixel resolution and up to a 90Hz refresh rate. The included Slim Pen can be attached magnetically to the back of the tablet, a feature that wasn't offered on the previous mode ... Read full article.