And it's also a place to clean off your finger oil. It's something akin to walking on luxury carpet.
The front and back of the cover is made of some felt-like material. I bought the SP4 Type Cover as well and it's amazing. I also like the inclined cutting on the sides that makes it easy to pick it up when it's laying flat on the table. The built in stand is incredibly convenient as you don't need to buy additional accessories to make the tablet stand. You can use the stand in any position between the closed and maximum inclined position as shown in the photo on the right. But once you start adding the Type Cover, it becomes close to the weight of a 12-inch laptop.īehind the tablet is the kickstand that helps prop itself up. It weighs 786g which is a nice weight for a 12-3 inch tablet. The body is made of magnesium with a matte surface finishing that feels nice to touch. If you're just going for digital painting, sketching, the i5 is more than adequate. If you are into 3D work, it makes more sense to get the i7 models. However, the i7 models have significantly better graphics performance with the Intel Iris 540 versus Intel HD graphics 520 with the i5 models, like up to 55% better. To me, performance difference between i5 and i7 processors are not that significant.
Here are the different configurations of Surface Pro 4 and their official retail price. Windows OS also uses RAM and recommends 2GB alone. 128GB of storage is not a lot especially after installing Windows OS and the software which will take up around 20GB. If you're getting a computer to create art, I recommend at least 8GB of RAM and a good i5 processor. i5 processor (2.4Ghz duo-core) with Intel HD graphics 520. Mine's the model with 8GB RAM, 256GB of storage.
Surface Pro 4 is a significant upgrade to the Surface Pro 3, especially as a tablet for drawing. The Surface line of tablets from Microsoft is promising and with every new model, improvements were significant. For this article, I want to focus on the Surface Pro 4. I'll write a comparison review for these two tablets in the future, and also compare the Surface Pro 4 with the iPad Pro. I'm upgrading from the Surface 3 because I wanted a larger screen. Yeah, just like the Surface 3 I reviewed weeks ago, I bought mine as a secondhand unit and saved a significant amount of money. I've finally gotten myself a Surface Pro 4 after months of waiting.