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  • - Hey, what's going on guys?

  • This is the Surface Pro X.

  • And I really want to like it,

  • but I don't.

  • At least for right now.

  • Now I've been really intrigued about this product

  • since I saw it a few weeks ago at the launch event

  • because it is a totally new Surface.

  • It has thinner bezels,

  • it has a slimmer form factor.

  • The keyboard actually has this really neat party trick

  • where it hides the pen and charges it at the same time,

  • which is a great improvement over the previous Surfaces.

  • But it also, again, has stuff that the Surface is known for,

  • so the really cool hinge.

  • And kickstand that's on the back.

  • You can play around with all different kinds of modes,

  • especially useful for, you know, say when you're drawing.

  • Again, things that Surface is known for.

  • But perhaps the biggest change of them all

  • is under the hood.

  • But first, a little bit of perspective.

  • So this is the Surface Pro 7

  • and I've been using it as my daily driver

  • over the past couple of weeks over my 13 inch MacBook Pro

  • with touch bar.

  • And that's because I don't really edit video much anymore.

  • I don't need Final Cut Pro.

  • All I do is web browse, I check email,

  • and most importantly I've been making our channel thumbnails

  • using Photoshop.

  • And honestly the killer feature of it all is the pen.

  • It just way more intuitive to use with Photoshop.

  • It's probably the reason why I've stuck with this Surface

  • for the past couple of weeks.

  • But of course using Photoshop

  • and the pen aren't really exclusive

  • to this generation of Surface.

  • But what is, is the fact that this year,

  • there's a USB-C port,

  • which is obviously great for hooking up peripherals

  • or even charging.

  • And on the topic of charging,

  • this thing will actually top off

  • at up to 80% within an hour which is great

  • because the battery life isn't particularly special.

  • In fact it's a little bit worse

  • than last year's Surface Pro 6.

  • And that's one of the biggest things

  • that Microsoft hopes to improve on with the Surface Pro X.

  • And it plays into that big change

  • that I was talking about earlier.

  • So inside this is the Microsoft SQ1,

  • which is an ARM-based processor

  • that they co-developed with Qualcomm,

  • that's based on their 8cx system on a chip.

  • I mean this stuff is all really cool

  • because we already see the benefits of ARM hardware

  • in stuff like smartphones and tablets.

  • Things like peak power efficiency, better battery life,

  • balancing all of that with really good performance.

  • And all that on top of the fact

  • that it's running full Windows,

  • at least with some caveats.

  • Now to be clear, this isn't the first time

  • that Microsoft has dabbled with ARM and PCs.

  • The first two generations of the Surface

  • were running Tegra hardware,

  • which is essentially the grandfather

  • of what's in the Nintendo Switch.

  • And a few years ago we took a look at this thing,

  • which has a Snapdragon 835 in it.

  • It kinda almost looks like a Surface.

  • And it was running full Windows,

  • but the performance wasn't really that great.

  • But nowadays, ARM hardware is really really good.

  • And the case in point of that is the iPad Pro.

  • And for all of the advantages that that device has,

  • it's not hard to see why Microsoft

  • would want to take advantage of that.

  • Truth be told, app compatibility is what's

  • on a lot of people's minds

  • when it comes to the Surface Pro X.

  • Unlike it's AMD and Intel counterparts,

  • you can't exactly run every single Windows app,

  • so there is a compatibility mode for 32-bit apps

  • and you can also find ARM compatible apps,

  • but for the latter,

  • those are a little few and far in between.

  • A lot of people might not even notice though,

  • I mean, running 32-bit Chrome,

  • not exactly that bad.

  • You, I personally didn't really notice much of a difference.

  • For apps like Photoshop,

  • I've actually had to go back I think a year

  • in terms of versions to find one that was compatible

  • with this.

  • And there's just straight up no optimization.

  • I mean it's kinda obvious it wasn't meant

  • for a device like this,

  • but I think that kinda speaks to where this is at right now.

  • It's definitely not perfect.

  • Adobe said, at the Microsoft press conference,

  • that they're fully committed to supporting Windows

  • on ARM.

  • And we have to kinda take their word for it.

  • There's no launch dates or anything like that.

  • They're just working on it.

  • And that's kinda the story with a lot of apps in general.

  • There's just not a lot of support out there,

  • but where the potential lies is in the future.

  • Microsoft of course wants many people to buy the Pro X

  • as much as possible,

  • so that there can be more incentive

  • for app devs to support Windows on ARM.

  • So as an early adopter,

  • you have to be willing to accept the compromises

  • that Windows on the Pro X has today,

  • in hopes that it will get better at some point

  • in the future.

  • Which is also understandably a tough sell,

  • even considering that there are more

  • Snapdragon ARM-based laptops coming in the next few months.

  • It's not to say that Windows on ARM

  • and the Surface Pro X are unusable.

  • In fact I think if you can, you know,

  • live inside of a web browser,

  • you know say you use Google Docs, Google Sheets,

  • if you're just web browsing,

  • if you're doing pretty much all that I was doing

  • sans Photoshop.

  • You know for lightweight tasks,

  • this thing is really usable,

  • and the benefits again of ARM are there to help that.

  • Take away the romantic aspects of the Pro X's future

  • and what you get is a really nice and well-designed product.

  • It feels really nice in hand,

  • the fit and finish is great.

  • I love the fact that Microsoft embraced the future,

  • and finally put two USB-C ports on it.

  • I don't love how it doesn't have a headphone jack on it,

  • but the engineers did say, to shrink the bezels,

  • they needed to give that up,

  • which I'll take their word for it

  • because I am definitely 100% not an engineer.

  • And on top of all of that,

  • they've thought this through and through.

  • You can actually swap out the SSD through a door on the back

  • that's really easy to access.

  • As well as put in a little SIM card over there.

  • Again, this design is really well thought out,

  • but if you start looking at the price of it,

  • it's not really that appealing.

  • So as configured with 16 gigs of RAM,

  • and 256 gigs of storage,

  • this unit costs $1,500.

  • And that does not include this signature keyboard cover,

  • and the pen as well.

  • Add on these two things,

  • you're looking at a package that costs little less

  • than $1,800.

  • Which I guess on paper is kinda similar to a...

  • Comparably spec-ed and packaged iPad Pro,

  • but you're getting way more with the iPad Pro

  • than you're getting with this,

  • at least in my opinion.

  • - [Austin] Ooh hot take!

  • - But it's kinda true.

  • Now that might seem a little harsh

  • but I think the better value of the Pro X

  • comes with the base model,

  • which comes with 8 gigs of RAM and 128 gigs of storage

  • for $1,000.

  • Now all of the models of the Pro X come with LTE,

  • so on paper at least, this spec for spec is priced up better

  • than the 12.9 inch iPad Pro.

  • As I said earlier, I really want to love the Surface Pro X,

  • but the reality of it is that I don't.

  • I'm gonna be sticking with the Surface Pro 7

  • because it has the app compatibility

  • and the performance that I need right now.

  • And maybe for some people,

  • the Pro X will be good.

  • If you do lightweight tasks,

  • if you're willing to buy into this future and take a gamble,

  • maybe it could pay off.

  • But for me personally,

  • at least for right now, I don't think it's worth it.

- Hey, what's going on guys?

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1700元的Windows誤區--Surface Pro X。 (The $1700 Windows MISTAKE - Surface Pro X)

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    林宜悉 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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