{"id":15059,"date":"2024-07-09T06:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T04:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/surface-pro-11-review-microsofts-big-arm-leap-almost-pays-off\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T06:44:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T04:44:01","slug":"surface-pro-11-review-microsofts-big-arm-leap-almost-pays-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/surface-pro-11-review-microsofts-big-arm-leap-almost-pays-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Surface Pro 11 review: Microsoft\u2019s big Arm leap almost pays off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dumping Intel for Qualcomm chips delivers big boost in speed but not battery life and breaks some apps<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s latest Surface tablet promises to be a generational upgrade that goes beyond just being faster, quieter and more efficient \u2013 all down to a change in the type of processor at its heart.<\/p>\n<p>The Surface Pro 11 is not the first Microsoft machine to swap traditional Intel or AMD PC processors for Arm-based chips, similar to those in your smartphone or Apple\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2020\/dec\/09\/apple-macbook-air-m1-review-gamechanging-speed-and-battery-life\">recent Macs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/may\/15\/ipad-pro-m4-review-ludicrously-good-hardware-thats-total-overkill-for-most\">iPads<\/a>. But it is by far the most successful, leaving even recent editions such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2020\/mar\/12\/microsoft-surface-pro-x-review-not-yet-ready-for-prime-time\">2020 Surface Pro X<\/a> and last year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jan\/23\/surface-pro-9-review-microsofts-best-tablet-if-you-pick-the-right-one\">Surface Pro 9 5G<\/a> in the dust.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/jul\/09\/surface-pro-11-review-microsoft-arm-qualcomm-speed-battery\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4166e0cab8d2e9fb86686914492c27f1c2dc56d0\/307_458_4831_2899\/master\/4831.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=182f538414a23293f5b3903edaf732ce\" title=\"Surface Pro 11 review: Microsoft\u2019s big Arm leap almost pays off\" \/>Dumping Intel for Qualcomm chips delivers big boost in speed but not battery life and breaks some apps<br \/>\nMicrosoft\u2019s latest Surface tablet promises to be a generational upgrade that goes beyond just being faster, quieter and more efficient \u2013 all down to a change in the type of processor at its heart.<br \/>\nThe Surface Pro 11 is not the first Microsoft machine to swap traditional Intel or AMD PC processors for Arm-based chips, similar to those in your smartphone or Apple\u2019s recent Macs and iPads. But it is by far the most successful, leaving even recent editions such as the 2020 Surface Pro X and last year\u2019s Surface Pro 9 5G in the dust. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dumping Intel for Qualcomm chips delivers big boost in speed but not battery life and breaks some apps Microsoft\u2019s latest Surface tablet promises to be a generational upgrade that goes beyond just being faster, quieter and more efficient \u2013 all down to a change in the type of processor at its heart. The Surface Pro &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/surface-pro-11-review-microsofts-big-arm-leap-almost-pays-off\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Surface Pro 11 review: Microsoft\u2019s big Arm leap almost pays off<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15059"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}