Laptops, Of course, the recent ipads.

I'm interested in form factors when it comes to computers, because I mean, stuff is happening there.

And, of course, Microsoft with their surface products.

They're looking at something like this.

It's sort of a tablet.

It's sort of a laptop when you add the keyboard cover like this.

Now I've looked at surface products in the past, but nothing this small.

Nothing this portable.

This, of course, is the Microsoft surface.

Go.

My recent experience with the iPad Pro I was kind of surprised at how much I could get done on their course.

There were some walls that I bumped into, mostly software related, which may not pop up on something like this, which is running full out windows.

Is it a better kind of stopgap towards this future of computing?

Is it a better hybrid of the laptop and a tablet?

Let's crack this one open and get a sense for it.

An Intel Pentium gold processor, 44 15.

Why?

So it's nowhere near as powerful as the surface pro 128 gigs of storage eight Gigs of Ram.

Let's crack into now.

The horse power thing is an interesting discussion because obviously, this is not the most powerful system out there.

What are most people doing on these systems?

Can do the main functions?

Well, I talked a lot about typing.

That's what many people do on these systems.

Email the basic stuff.

USB Type C.

There's a headphone jack face.

Unlock.

Likely.

I like this finish.

There's a camera on the back as well.

And then, of course, the kickstand here from the side here, like this.

Look at that bill right in.

No case necessary.

No folio necessary.

Just immediately.

Stan Doble.

Pretty slender Little power brick, of course, with Microsoft Magnetic charge connector in this slim fashion, as opposed to poking out too far, it's crazy thin.

Look at how thin this keyboard cover is.

And this is something I really wish that Apple did with the iPad Pro keyboard because you still have nice clicky like plastic, like real keyboard buttons, but not much form factor at all.

Look at that.

How cool is that?

Kind of what Google was going for with the pixel slate?

Well, I just think Microsoft from a hardware perspective is a step ahead here, so the keyboard is not huge.

Nonetheless, it's still way ahead, in my opinion, when compared with the Folio, the keyboard folio that you can get on the iPad.

This is still so much better to type on.

I mean, I don't even turned the system on yet, and it's just a place that I would rather be folded up.

That's your form factor.

That's your package.

It's fatter than the iPad.

But the thing is, the keyboard cover is more slender than the two sided folio on the iPad, so you can have it down flat like that, or fold it up like that for a little angle to the deck.

There is a look at the display you can see they went with the black background, minimizing the basil effect.

But yes, the vessels air.

There you can.

You can see him if you look at the reflection.

I have to say I'm just a fan off small computing devices like this under the arm to be able to carry this and on Lee this it's the size of an actual notebook, always been a fan of portability, when it comes to devices like this.

Now this is the smallest one that they've ever made.

It's the least powerful one that they've ever made.

So I kind of see this as a note taking machine.

A Web browsing machine email machine in a package for a student or someone who travels a lot, maybe is constantly using the tray table on an airplane.

This form factor gives you tremendous flexibility toe work almost anywhere.

I mean, even if you're in a coffee shop, you can tell the footprint is tiny.

Now, the other cool thing about the surface product is just how far this hinge can go back.

Go all the way down to there.

So even if I didn't have the type cover, I could bring up on screen keyboard and I could go ahead and type with a slight angle.

Now let's go ahead and test out some multimedia.

I think some people are obviously going toe watch video on a product like this.

I'm noticing.

It looks like it has front facing speakers here in the left and the right.

Now, one thing you're going to notice is you're gonna have black bars on the top and bottom.

That's just to do with the aspect ratio of the actual display.

You can see this is video aspect ratio in the center here.

So you do have some black bars, breathe a ball, Okay, The speaker's work, they're not.

They're not blowing me out of the water.

It's Ah, it's nowhere near iPad.

Pro Territory performance wise on audio.

It's passable, it's usable.

But if I really wanted to get something pumping, I would probably use a blue to speaker or even headphone Jackson's.

At least it still has that this is 1800 by 1200 so not quite 1920 by 10 80.

It's a bit of an unusual resolution.

It's a pretty small display, so that's not such a huge deal.

But I can't put it in the same category as the 11 inch iPad pro.

Of course, that one has the smooth motion, very interactive feeling.

It's a great display.

The work on where the iPad pro, I think, really excels as a consumption device.

I feel like this would probably be a nicer place to type, so it's a bit of a trade off there.

So what's our pricing on this will.

It starts at 399 bucks, which is actually kind of amazing for something that runs a full out operating system, and you can add these types of accessories to it.

But just keep this in mind.

This thing is not a powerhouse.

The proposition here is not to go ended a bunch of videos on here or throw really hard core tasks added.

It's more set up for your day to day functionality and an entry level price point.

I think for a student, this thing is really cool.

And of course, if you wanted more power, you could step up to the surface pro.

That's an option for you.

I would love to see possibly more powerful components in this trim down form factor more on par with the surface pro.

I'm gonna use it a little bit more.

I'm gonna keep it around the office and may even switch over to it for a little while, so my thoughts will probably evolve in this department.

Microsoft is doing something here.