In addition, you have 2 USB-C ports with both USB 4.0 and Thunderbolt 4 support, so you can simply connect a docking station and monitor to the surface. For example, you can run Adobe InDesign or Adobe Photoshop and work on your graphic design projects on the go as well. Thanks to the combination of the 11th generation Intel Core i5 Evo processor and 8GB RAM, you can start multitasking or photo editing. This laptop and tablet in one has Windows 11, so you have access to all new software from the start. The Microsoft Surface Pro 8 - i5/8/256 (Graphite) is a small powerhouse. If your company would be better suited by a Surface Pro with a big hard drive and better battery life, you might want to wait a few months to see if a Haswell refresh is incoming.Note: the type cover isn't included by default and has to be purchased separately. Considering the tablet’s lackluster battery life, that’s a bit disappointing. Yes, the 256GB model rocks the same Intel Ivy Bridge Core i5-3317U Ultrabook CPU as the original Surface Pro.

One other thing is notably missing from the bigger, badder Surface Pro: An energy-efficient Haswell processor.

(The Office 2013 Home & Student version that comes with the Japanese iteration of the tablet isn’t licensed for business use, in any case.) will be available only to distributors and resellers, who will then sell the tablets to schools, companies, and other organizations.

Microsoft, however, says that the Japanese offer was targeted toward consumers, whereas the 256GB Surface Pro available in the U.S. Rumors of Office bundles for Windows 8 slates have been swirling up a storm the past few months, and you can find Office included in the Acer Iconia W3, the first 8-inch Windows tablet. The Japanese tablet also included Office 2013.

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