Testseek.co.uk have collected 260 expert reviews of the Microsoft Surface Pro G1 12.3 inch - Intel CPU and the average rating is 75%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Microsoft Surface Pro G1 12.3 inch - Intel CPU.
March 2013
(75%)
260 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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2320 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Screen
Processing power
Responsiveness
Design and finish
Weight (910 g)
Touchscreen is precise and fluid (with or without the stylus)
Weight (910 g alone and 1.13 kg with the keyboard)
Bright touchscreen
Full Windows 8 compatibility
Good performance
Beautiful HD screen
Full Windows 8
Excellent screen
Full Windows 8 Pro
Excellent build quality
MicroSD expansion slot
USB 3.0 for fast transfer
Smaller and lighter than Ultrabook competitors
Great power
Perfect for working on the move
Touch Cover keyboard is impressive.
Full HD screen
Ability to play games
Nice industrial design
Incredible power
Secondtonone for working onthego
Touch Cover keyboard is still excellent
Runs traditional Windows programs
Intel processor
Wacomstyle pen input
Windows 8 in a tablet
Fantastic pen
Up to 2TB expandable storage
Touch and Type Cover keyboards
Outstanding screen
Innovative design
Windows 8 at its best
Comes with Wacom digitser pen
Compact
Full 1080p 10finger touchscreen
Comes with pressuresensitive stylus
Ultrabook components
Sturdy build
Tough kickstand
Fine screen
Terrific keyboard covers
Fullsize USB port
Good battery life
The editors didn't like
Keyboard not included
Heat issues
Battery life (3½ hours)
Almost no connectivity for a laptop
Only 24 GB storage available to the user on the 64 GB version
Bulky and heavy
Shorter battery life than the Surface RT
Office isn't built in
Expensive for a tablet
Inflexible kickstand
Too heavy
Expensive
Virtually unserviceable
Soso battery life
No keyboard included
So-so battery life
Chunkier and heavier than many tablet competitors
Stated storage isn't realised (128GB is approx 85GB)
Decent system performance; Interesting design; Solid heft that makes it feel well built; Includes a pen stylus; Power pack includes a USB port to charge devices;
A heavy tablet; Falls over when used in a moving environment; Bad battery life; The pen stylus will likely go missing very quickly; Expensive;
Microsoft's first proper attempt at a Windows 8 tablet is an interesting one.There are a lot of things to admire about it, as aspects of the design are very cool, the innards are reasonably powerful, and when setup on a desk with a keyboard cover case, yo...
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Published: 2013-06-17, Author: Luke , review by: gizmodo.com.au
The undoing of the Surface Pro can be found in the opening line of this review: “after months of waiting”...
Abstract: It was almost a year ago at a confused Los Angeles event, Microsoft unveiled its upcoming Surface Pro and RT tablet computers where irritated reviewers were allowed to look at, but not touch, early versions of the new products.The botched launch lead many...
If it fits your professional needs, you'll at least want to consider it. Same goes if you have enough scratch to take a flyer on a secondary computer (that also happens to represent the future of computing). For anyone else, the Surface Pro probably isn't...
Brilliant design, Great touchscreen display, Excellent add-on keyboard connector
Significant, inescapable compromise inherent in form factor, Mediocre battery life for a notebook, terrible for a tablet, Frustrating power connector
Microsoft's full-fat Windows 8 tablet is hugely compromised, but that's part of its design. We found its versatility useful, but limiting at the same time...
I don't think that the Surface Pro will overtake the iPad overnight, but it should have Apple worried. Not worried about sales numbers or consumers changing their spending habits and buying something with a Windows logo on the back instead of an Appl...
Published: 2013-07-01, Author: Courtney , review by: futurefive.co.nz
Intel i5 Processor – has all the power of a laptop but is tablet sized, the specially designed groove around the edging provides air to the fans when required – even then the fans are very quiet, 10.6”1920×1080 pixels set in a 16:9 widescreen HD display,
Battery life is not as impressive as the RT, however it does charge up quickly, Kickstand is handy but only set at one angle, great for when seating but not so much if viewing when standing up, Type cover is sold separately – personal preference between t
Abstract: A portable powerhouse – but the Surface Pro's keyboard, grunt and battery life don't quite measure up to its Ultrabook rivalsHaving very sensibly concluded that nobody is going to beat Apple at making iPads, Microsoft has come up with a strikingly origina...
Abstract: F or me and for the broad audience, Microsoft is a software company . And I think it's fair to say that besides a few hardware products, they don't have too much experience in this field. Albeit this sounds amateur-ish, I think that in hardware, in touch-...
We talk a lot about the future whenever anyone does something new. While the Surface Pro might not be the future, exactly as it is, it's absolutely full of ideas and functions that are just off the horizon, or just in from it. A pro-level stylus, touch-ba
You'll need to tinker. Tinker tinker tinker. The process of getting and keeping the Surface Pro into a state that's comfortable and efficient is involved, largely because of Desktop scaling/sizing issues. Desktop is just too small and hard to control on t
If it fits your professional needs, youll at least want to consider it. Same goes if you have enough scratch to take a flyer on a secondary computer (that also happens to represent the future of computing). For anyone else, the Surface Pro probably isnt...
