On January 17, the microsoft Surface Pro 8 commercial version was officially launched on the official store, with a starting price of 8088 yuan.
It is understood that the Surface Pro 8 commercial version is equipped with a 13-inch touch screen, the resolution is 2880 * 1920, and the refresh rate of 120Hz is supported. Internally powered by Intel's 11th generation Core processor, available in i3-1115G4, i5-1145G7, i7-1185G7 versions, up to 32GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD SSD.
Surface Pro 8 Business Comes preloaded with Windows 10 Pro or Windows 11 Pro and offers 4G LTE Plus. With the Microsoft 365 app pre-installed, new users sign up for a free 30-day trial. The product also comes with a limited hardware warranty of up to 3 years, which is slightly longer than other versions.
Like the Consumer Edition, the Surface Pro 8 Commercial Edition features a two-in-one body design that combines the efficiency of a laptop with the flexible portability of a tablet. You can quickly switch between tablet and notebook with the all-in-one stand on the fuselage, and use a touch stylus or detachable keyboard to get two completely different input experiences.
Microsoft Surface series products in the business market has always had a very good reputation, thin and portable, has a more efficient office experience, can well meet the needs of business travel office, mobile office and other work. Although the performance of the Surface book will be slightly inferior to that of the same price notebook or tablet, with Microsoft's specific optimization of the Windows system, it can still bring a quite outstanding user experience, dealing with complex multitasking.
Many people may think that it will be more cost-effective to choose Apple's iPad at this price point, and the M1 chip equipped with the iPad Pro is much more powerful than the Surface Pro 8. This is indeed the case, but strong performance does not mean that productivity is strong, and what affects work efficiency is not only performance but also system ecology.
At present, Windows is definitely the mainstream system platform, many people are used to working on Windows, and a large number of office software is also developed based on this platform. Although iPadOS also performs well in terms of fluency and functionality, it is still not as good as Windows in terms of office productivity. Therefore, for business people who pay attention to the office, Microsoft Surface is definitely much easier to use than the iPad, and friends in need can go to the Microsoft China official website for further understanding.