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reviewing the surface pro 4 is so much easier than previous generation I don't have to spend half the video explaining what it is is it a tablet replace your desktop desktop that can go with you is it a foldable dockable transformer tablet top type device you already know with the surface pro is its in its fourth iteration it's gotten thinner it's got lighter it's gotten faster it's brought a few high tech friends with it that make it a complete laptop or tablet experience most importantly is it the device that you want to buy I'm going to do my best NFL coach impersonation and show you everything there is to know about the surface pro 4 I'm John render from TechnoBuffalo if you haven't guessed it yet this is our review of the surface pro 4 as I do with all my reviews let me start with a disclaimer I use this as my daily computer at home for 13 days I want to make sure I really knew everything about it how it performs especially how it performed versus the previous generation surface pro 3 so let's start with the design it's very familiar design but Microsoft has improved but already was a pretty impressive look and feel it weighs very little 1.73 pounds or 786 grams by comparison the iPad pro weighs 1.5 seven pounds or 713 grams so for not much extra weight you're getting a full fledge computer and that's what the service is all about it's no compromises you've a tablet when you want it and a full computer when you want it using Windows II was a little bit simpler I think as a tablet you have that a large Start menu it's changed a little bit with Windows 10 but it's much easier for actual everyday usage opposed to just normal media consumption so if you want to do anything that's not watching Netflix or Hulu you're really going to appreciate think with the surface pro can do other than that it's thinner and lighter than previous generation but it's going to look very familiar still a big fan of the kickstand you now have infinite angles hello so you can keep it on your lap really any way you want you find a position that's comfortable it goes relatively flat too so if you want to kick up into the surface pen and do some OneNote action you can I'm not a graphic designer I can barely draw a stick figure I don't never been that into the OneNote ecosystem but if you are you're going to appreciate the redesigned surface pen as well one simple click going to go ahead and launch OneNote and if your student for example go in scribble notes and it work really well one thing I appreciate it was a handwrite condition I was very easily able to translate my chicken scratch into actual writing and save it on the device that's important to you it'll work well and also now can attach the aMAG Mnet's on the side of the tablet and so what about performance almost something this size it's kind of tough to think what is good for and what it's not good for but I've boiled it down for you and who this would be right for if you're the kind of person sitting a lot of three rendering where you do a lot of video editing or heavy gaming this is not going to be the device for you for the day at first it does a lot of we're processing maybe a place of light games you watch a lot of YouTube videos if you do some spreadsheet work where you're not doing anything heavy 3d is going to be a really capable computer and it's not to say that it can't do some light gaming a very easily able to get some Starcraft going you could download Steam play some Arkham Knight if you want to on average settings you can do it but it's not really what it's meant for and even when I was playing games and those kicking up the processor I really happen to many heat issues either there's vents all the way along the sides of this which is a petite and also I very rarely ever heard any sort of fan noise this thing ran extremely cool which is not the case in surface pro 3 one big difference versus surface pro 3 is in the screen Microsoft's calling the new technology pixel sense which is just Microsoft lingo for the screen looks awesome and it does there is leashed of 27 36 by 18 24 and it's got a 2090 7 ppi and it looks incredible I never thought the surface pro 3 screen looks bad looking at it next to this looks incredible picture it like chopping for a TV and you got two TVs up on the wall in the store one is showing like a good 1080 picture one showing like a ridiculously awesome 4k picture that's it this looks like it looks like the 4k screen it is absolutely incredible the difference at is astounding colors are rich blacks are really black even better visibility in direct sunlight as well if you're a student or you like to work outside I think you're gonna appreciate that I also like the three-point to asset ratio on the surface pro 4 as well something that's it in the light is obviously concerned about battery life how is it going to be I got a little less battery life than advertised I got about five to six hours of battery-life out of here as opposed to the eight or nine should get with video usage but again that's going to vary on your usage we set the screen brightness at without your things running the background or not so for that let's say you've got a surface pro 3 or older you might be like a birth sign out here think your type covers so awesome but you have not yet experienced the type cover for its dinner it's got new typing mechanism and the trackpad actually feels good I suppose you could say the only thing that's changed is everything so it's not cheap though 129 bucks it should probably be rolled into the price and is even a more expensive option that includes a fingerprint sensor to unlock your keyboard we don't have that one here but everything you liked about the older generations it's just better here typing experience feels more traditional keyboard new mechanism underneath can gonna make it feel like an actual laptop keyboard the improved trackpad from size the multi-touch is just smooth the best thing I can say about it he's not even gonna notice that it's an external accessory I will say though if you do want to use it it's gonna be pretty strong the magnet can hold it so I'm too worried about dropping it I was really always concerned about then I was gonna drop it and in fact I was a little nervous when I did this demonstration but as you can see it's pretty good it's supportive and it clicks on with really satisfying and it clicks off and puts a really satisfying clicky noise which I like I like noises if you're thinking about getting a surface pro for the type cover is it must-have accessory we didn't have the one in though fingerprint sensor so I can't verify how well that works but I will say this coupled with the backlight on it now makes for really enjoyable typing experience so Microsoft's known throwing in the buzzword or two the one for this guy though is laughs ability which is their made-up marketing term for how else isn't gonna fit on your lap because you look at it you wouldn't think this is going to be overly like economic on your on your lap will friends so one way to test lap ability and that's to put on your lap to the lap ability 'mobile what about value starting at about 900 bucks and going over well over 2,000 this is not the most reasonably priced computer you can get it's not the cheapest computer you can get it's probably not even the best value that you can get if you want a nice touchscreen windows 10 convertible type device who should get this if you want a premium feeling high-performing device the surface pro is still the king of that pack the magnesium feel looks absolutely incredible the screen is gorgeous getting device is going to wear well I can attest for a generation to this wearing extremely well over a lot of travel I traveled all over my surface pro 3 and it looks brand-new you're going to appreciate what this can do but again the caveat if you're doing a lot of 3d rendering you want to do heavy games on it then this is not going to be the one you want to look for maybe you want to look at the surface book or another option but if you just want a computer to do general computing things on it that may don't involve gaming this is going to be a great device so the question asked the beginning would I buy it this gets a very solid recommendation to buy it's an incredible device performed as well as expected it's faster than the last generation screen is gorgeous battery life was good enough to last for a full day it does charge quickly I should mention this is a great computer one I would happily carry with me for the next year or two years or through four years if I was going to university or college you can get a ton of configurations I'd recommend getting at least a core i5 model I think that's going to give you the best performance for value that's actually what we have here that would test it core I thought it gigs a ram and it worked very very well so what'd you guys think about the surface pro 4 is it is it worthwhile is it good for you I'll tear your thoughts on it I've been a big fan the surface line and this one just continues that trend one caveat dota considered tour by recommendation is you might want to consider now discount at surface pro 3 which is still a very solid a performing computer and I think you guys for watching hope you enjoyed until next time I'm John render from TechnoBuffalo I'll see you guys the next video