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S HYBRID TABLETS
VERSUS S

Windows 10 threw
up several issues
with the Surface
Pro 4, but there are
no such problems
with its successor.
from
£799

A threesome that’s
totally safe for
work? It’s the Pro,
Type Cover and
Surface Pen,
of course.

Leave it to the Pros

Microsoft’s laptop-slaying Surface Pro is back and better than ever in its new,
numberless evolution. But is it strong enough to see off Apple’s latest iPad Pro?

I f the latest Surface Pro Grant might in a Richard Curtis either, but an iPad that’s been
retooled in all the right places
were on Tinder, its bio
rom-com. With Intel’s latest
would probably go Kaby Lake processors, 4G – enough to make choosing
like this: “Slim build, versatile potential and those Surface between both of these Pros
workaholic with a creative Pen smarts, this Pro seems a quandary on a par with when VERSUS…
side and 13.5 hours’ worth to strike the perfect balance Ross was torn between Rachel
of stamina”. And if that alone between office workhorse and and any other woman who The newest addition
didn’t make you swipe right, creative maestro. But, just like happened to be around at to Apple’s tablet
a profile picture showcasing a caddish Hugh in Bridget Jones the time. family, the iPad Pro
the Pro’s eye-popping screen mode, there’s another hybrid So can the Surface steal 10.5 is absurdly
would do the job. vying for our attention. our hearts for good? Will this powerful, has a
So yeah, we’ve fallen Apple’s smallest iPad Pro has torturous metaphor ever end? fantastic screen and
for Microsoft’s new laptop been reborn in 10.5in form. This Read on for the answer to at supports a slew of
replacement harder than Hugh is no quick nip-and-tuck story least one of these questions. apps that the Surface
would kill for.

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