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surface pro 2 was probably my favorite tablet of all time the new surface pro 3 has quite a few upgrades compared to the surface pro 2 but there are also a couple down rays that you may not realize this is a Delaine from pocket now and you're watching our comparison between the surface pro 3 and the surface pro 2 first we'll start with the new features that are just fantastic and make the surface pro 2 look like old news the screen I love the 12 inch screen on the surface pro 3 this is the size of the screen that have been used to on my older Windows tablets the running Windows XP Vista and Windows 7 the 3 by 2 aspect ratio may seem too roomy and some of the Metro apps but in desktop programs like Premiere Pro InDesign and illustrator it's perfect surface pro 2's ten point six inch wide angled HD display can feel a bit cramped vertically in programs like that another plus in terms of Metro apps is that that with the surface pro 3 you can snap up to four side-by-side as opposed to only two on the surface pro 2 next is the thickness and weight the surface pro 3 puts the surface pro 2's thickness to shame I was actually very happy with the surface Pro's thickness and weight it made my older Windows tablets feel enormous the surface pro 3 now makes the surface pro 2 feel enormous the surface pro 2 is about thirteen point five millimeters thick the surface pro 3 reduces that by four point four millimeters that's close to a 30% reduction in thickness the 2 is also 907 grams versus the pro threes 800 grams now let's look at the new kickstand like the surface to the surface pro 2 had two angles that the kickstand could click into with the surface pro 3 Microsoft has extended the variable viewing angles for the kickstand considerably the first angle pops out very easily but then adjustments become much stiffer as you'll need a bit more force to find your desired kickstand angle that's not a bad thing at all since you've got much larger amount of control for your viewing angle in terms of performance both my surface pro 2 and surface pro 3 have very similar configurations they have fourth generation Core i5 4300 u 2.5 gigahertz Haswell processors eight gigs of ram 256 gigs of storage and the battery life can generally last all day without having to plug in both have the same Intel HD 4400 GPU as well but the surface pro 3 is available in other configurations that offer even more horsepower if that's what you're looking for the charger for the surface pro 3 is much better than previous charger the no one uses a completely new slot like magnetic connector and it's much easier to connect to the device those still pretty difficult in the dark both Chargers still have the awesome extra USB port on the brick for charging a phone in terms of other specifications the surface pro 3 has five megapixel cameras on the front and back while the surface pro 2 has two 720p HD cameras the surface pro 3 also gives you front-facing speakers which give you great stereo audio the surface pro 2 speakers while nice and loud were on the sides because the surface pro 3 has a larger screen area than the pro 2 and previous surface tablets Microsoft had to make it larger type covers to the new type covers are still sold separately so that you can choose the color you want or just not get one and use some other keyboard instead it still has the backlit keys and a nice soft material on the back but now there's a new trackpad because the keyboard is bigger Microsoft was able to make the trackpad 68% larger and it's also nice smooth plastic instead of cloth like material so if for some reason you actually would rather use a trackpad instead of the much more efficient touchscreen or stylus you'll like the improvements here that brings us to the new stylus on the surface pro 3 the original surface pro and surface pro 2 both used in an inexpensive version of Wacom Cintiq digitizer technology Wacom stylus tablet tech has been the gold standard for graphic artists since the 20th century personally I swear by it with the surface pro 3 Microsoft switched the stylus digitizer technology to an intrigue version the advantages include a thinner screen less of a visual gap between the size tip and pointer display and supposedly better accuracy another advantage is a new button at the end of the stylus that allows you to instantly launch into OneNote when the tablet is in sleep mode that feature can be extremely useful and brings tablet very close to being able to replace the ease of picking up a pad of paper and writing on it on the other hand this new pen has three batteries inside or as welcomes technology does not need any battery in the pen at all the surface pro 3 is stylus only sports 256 levels pressure sensitivity whereas the pro 2 had 1024 levels of pressure why comes synthetic companion Windows 8 tablet supports double that as well as tilt sensitivity after installing intrigues wind tab drivers from the intrigue website all of your professional graphics programs will support the new pens pressure sensitivity seven hundred something levels of pressure sensitivity seems like a big difference but in reality the pressure sensitive drawing in Photoshop and illustrator seems to be working quite well I'm having difficulty seeing any noticeable difference between drawing on the surface pro 3 and the surface pro 2 I've got the latest Wacom drivers on surface pro 2 as well and I see only minor differences between the pointer position accuracy on the two tablets at the edges of the screen however the surface pro 3 is definitely a little more accurate in its pointer placement the surface pro 2 stylus pointer can be out of alignment just a bit at the edges the only really annoying change that I can find in the surface pro 3 is that the capacitors start button has moved from the center of the bottom edge bezel to the right edge I've accidentally pressed it quite frequently while using the stylus in my right hand and I really wish I could just disable it completely overall despite the minor issues of having to someday replace the batteries in the pen and having to deal with the capacitive Start button in the right bezel the surface pro 3 is a significant upgrade over all previous surface tablets including the excellent surface pro 2 that's it for now be sure to give this video a thumbs up and thanks for watching