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Surface Pro 12-inch review: A downgrade, but it sure is cute


The Surface Pro is light, thin and can handle basic work just fine. It's also as cute as a button, so you probably won't mind that it has sub-par performance and a lesser screen than the 13-inch model.

In your hands it feels a lot more like a genuine tablet, whereas previous Surface devices have always felt a bit clunky, as if they were laptops shoved into a slate-like case (which, admittedly, they were). It’s not a tablet that I’ll casually browse like an iPad, instead I typically use the Surface Pro in laptop form and then yank off the keyboard to read longer articles. You may find a handful of light games that work on the Surface Pro, but due to its Arm architecture, popular titles like Fortnite and Overwatch 2 won't even launch.

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