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日本Microsoft Surface Pro 8 – Top 5 Pros and Cons
Every year we get closer and closer to living in a world where desktop or laptop computers become more and more replaceable. Advancements in microprocessors and technologies have allowed us to have very powerful components fit into tablets and smartphones, thus them being able to handle heavier workloads.
While we’re not there just yet, we can have a glimpse of that with the Microsoft Surface Pro 8, which comes with enough performance to emulate some parts of that experience, with its Tiger Lake U-series processors providing enough power for quick video edits and rendering work.
Today we are presenting you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the Microsoft Surface Pro 8.
Microsoft Surface Pro 8: Full Specs / In-depth Review
3 reasons to BUY the Microsoft Surface Pro 8
1. Design and build quality
Right from the start, we see improvement in the visual department, which also affects usability. The new notebook has significantly thinner bezels, resulting in a larger working area with a smaller footprint. The sides are rounded towards the display and there are vents around a large part of the perimeter, resulting in good airflow. The device comes with a hybrid aluminum/plastic body since antenna lines can’t travel through metal. Fortunately, the plastic is only used for a small part of the chassis. The design retains the kickstand, which also bears the Microsoft brand. In terms of portability, the device weighs only 0.89 kg and has a profile of 9.3 mm.
2. Display quality
The laptop uses a 12.9-inch IPS Pixelsense display with a resolution of 2880 x 1920. It comes with excellent viewing angles, a max brightness of 464 nits in the middle of the screen and 477 nits as an average for the whole area, with a maximum deviation of 11%. The contrast ratio is also quite high at 1370:1. The panel covers 92% of the sRGB color gamut and reaches very good accuracy with our Design and Gaming profile, delivering a dE value of 1.3.
Here are the results of our test with the stock settings (left) and with our profile applied (right).
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Praca biurowa
Office Work powinien być używany głównie przez użytkowników, którzy spędzają większość czasu patrząc na fragmenty tekstu, tabele lub po prostu surfując. Profil ten ma na celu zapewnienie lepszej wyrazistości i jasności poprzez utrzymanie płaskiej krzywej gamma (2.20), natywnej temperatury barwowej i percepcyjnie wiernych kolorów.
Projektowanie i gry
Profil ten skierowany jest do projektantów, którzy zawodowo zajmują się kolorystyką, a także do gier i filmów. Design and Gaming wykorzystuje panele wyświetlaczy do granic ich możliwości, czyniąc je tak dokładnymi, jak to tylko możliwe w standardzie sRGB IEC61966-2-1 dla stron internetowych i HDTV, przy punkcie bieli D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard eliminuje szkodliwą modulację szerokości impulsu (PWM) i redukuje negatywne niebieskie światło, które wpływa na nasze oczy i ciało. Ponieważ jest on dostosowany do każdego panelu, udaje mu się zachować percepcyjnie dokładne kolory. Health-Guard symuluje papier, dzięki czemu nacisk na oczy jest znacznie zredukowany.
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3. Battery life
The device offers a 51.5Wh battery pack, which is a nice number considering the high-resolution display. With that said, our tests showed that the laptop lasts for 8 hours and 49 minutes of Web browsing, or 7 hours and 56 minutes of video playback. This is done with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with.
2 reasons NOT to buy the Microsoft Surface Pro 8
1. I/O
The I/O comes with two Thunderbolt 4 ports and a 3.5 mm audio jack. There are no expandable storage options.
2. Upgradeability
Since this is a tablet, you can’t disassemble it or upgrade the memory. On the outside, there isn’t a MicroSD card slot, which would have been the minimal effort from Microsoft. However, we have to give it to them for implementing quad-channel LPDDR4x memory.
