The Surface Pro 3 and the Surface Pro 4 Head to Head
I was recently fortunate enough to have an extended hands on with a friends, Surface Pro 4…
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The Settings – System – About screen for the Surface Pro 4 | The Settings – System – About screen for the Surface Pro 3 |
Over the past ten (10) months, I’ve been working with a Surface Pro 3. It’s been a good supplemental work PC for me, in that I can use it to take hand written notes in meetings… that is, when I can get it to do that without the ink disappearing.
The Surface Pro 3 is a GREAT machine (again, when it works correctly and when it has a stable OS, but I most certainly digress. That’s a rant for another day, another time…), but nearly everyone is wondering if the Surface Pro 4 is compelling enough for those that own the Surface Pro 3 to upgrade.
Again, I’ve been fortunate enough to be friends with someone in the office who has purchased a Surface Pro 4. I was able to place the two devices head to head today and have the following to report.