My new job gave me a brand new one with the i7, 16 gigs ram & 512 gb. They hooked me up with the LED type cover, Pen & Surface dock for my desk with two nice screens. He handed me the charger and said, make sure you never come to work without it charged... I immediately replied I get to take this home? 🤩 I 💗💗 this job.
When I want reviews that confirm what I already want to buy, I go to other channels. But for objective, unbiased, thorough reviews to start the search, I go here first.
Wow. I’m new here and I was blown away from this review. Reviewer is highly knowledgeable and the layout and pacing is great. Thank you and subbed. Incredible information and love the reviewer.
You're the only reviewer that made this product sound worth buying. Alot of others really just give it a pass because it doesn't usb-c / thunderbolt. So thank you for actually taking the time to point out all the pros and cons that use update has to offer. This really seems like a great productivity device.
I'm still using my 4 years old Surface Pro 3 with its pen and keyboard cover, and still very pleased with it. No problem whatsoever, it suits what I do perfectly. Watching Surface Pro 6 review I'm thinking to myself, should I upgrade? I mean 3 to 6 is quite an upgrade. But the more I think about it, I came to a conclusion that I don't need to updgrade, yet.
Gorgeousbronze -Madison- Cheers. One thing that I'll keep in mind is that Microsoft make good quality hardware. So my next laptop will probably be another one from Microsoft. I actually have two units of Surface, and both of them works well.
You should definitely do your research before you buy. I may be wrong but if I remember right, Pro 4 is when they changed the digitizer. I guess if you're using Wacom drivers on there and don't have to charge or replace pen batteries then you know you're in for some changes in pen tech and probably drivers as well. As someone who started out with an old Samsung ATIV 7 tablet (back when they were called 700t or something) I found the Wacom pen/drivers great back then but modern tablets are using either MS drivers or N-Trig tech (or both) and it's really hard to make the change after getting used to the Wacom stuff. Mostly, the big deal for me was being able to set the front pen button to do custom stuff (I use it for undo, and the second front button for color picker if it's available) and being able to get pressure support on multi-user drawing programs. Seems a lot of those programs don't have Microsoft driver support, and their drivers also give you very little customization to speak of, which greatly hinders the usefulness of the front buttons. Not sure those things are all still true today (drivers can always be improved via updates) but it was about a year ago I got a Surface Book and spent days trying to figure out how to get it to work for me before I had to return it. Just wanted to say be a little wary of whether the product you're buying suits your needs and make sure you buy from somewhere you can return it if needed.
Bitcoon thanks. I'm happy with my SP3. Yes, mine has N-Trig technology. I also own a Galaxy Note, which has WACOM technology. Yes I do use the pen occasionally, only for writing though. I don't draw. So the difference in the pen technology means very little to none to me. In 4 years or so, I've changed the pen battery twice. It still works perfectly fine.
If it's still sufficient for your needs then there's no need to spend money. When it's showing its age, then maybe that's the time to consider buying a new surface.
If you don't mind not using touch capabilities, you can disable the touch screen in device manager while you draw. That's what I do and pair it with the wacom express key remote so that I don't have to worry about palm rejection at all. Just reenable it whenever touch is desired.
Great review Lisa. I just recently picked up the Surface Pro 5 for significant savings at Best Buy. This is my second Surface Pro. I just love these things. The Surface Pro is here to stay.
I love the reviews on Lisa's channel, I do not know how you do it having all the time to write these scripts, record it and have it on RUclips. Now with regards to the product itself, I do not understand why MS is not inventing more on this hardware at the forefront. No USB-C, still there proprietary charger, no DDR4 at higher speeds like 2400Mhz instead if the slower DDR3 and still these awesome devices, because they are great to work on, are so high in price. I know y'all will say these things are for businesses and some students and there are cheaper models like the Surface Go. I wish this machine had two USB-C ports one on each side and leave that USB-A in place is fine. I will take a peek at iFixit what they give the serviceability I would almost think it is still all glued together. Great review Lisa, I like how unbiased you are, I am not too certain I can be....
I'm impressed with the thermals. The Surface squeezes all this into a fanless system, and gets no throttling, even with massive power spikes. It seems like something out of a dream…
obviously Core i5-8250U and Core i7-8650U with this form factor, in a slim device like this and with 15 watt TDP that can go beyond that is kinda impressive.
A lot of ultrabooks today still throttle, rendering their shiny quad core chips use-less for the real work they'd otherwise be capable of. So yeah, this is very impressive. If you really need the 6 cores, obviously not for you.
The pen lags in photoshop depending on your canvas size but in other apps it seems to work as fast as you can possibly draw/write with it. Onenote, drawboard pdf and edge all write very fast with the pen. I think it actually has something to do with the API to the pen itself so Adobe has to possibly support the pen better. I think right now Illustrator has a touch workspace and possibly supports the pen better at this time.
Great review! I watched this four times, and also watched your review on the new iPad 12.9 pro as well. I have two HP Envy computers. The oldest one is three years old and the latest one I bought about three months ago. I never owned a microsoft computer before or an iPad tablet. All my laptops have been HP. I use Corel Painter and the Wacom Intuos pro medium tablet on my older computer. I wanted to have a tablet that I didn't have to be stuck sitting at my computer desk all the time. I bought an iPad pro 12.9, 2018 on Friday, thinking that this was for me, but took it back today, and ordered the Surface Pro 6 i7. I am more of a computer person than a tablet person, and since the Surface pro is like two in one, I decided to go with that instead of the iPad. Maybe down the line I will invest in an iPad, but not just yet.
Hi Lisa. Thank you for your personal contribution. Your vids are (among a rather few out there) by far, the most appealing and useful, for us laypersons, when it comes for us to get an overall idea of new products. Main reason being that, you, Lisa, know HOW to present. Period.- Cheers. George from Hellas.
Great all around review on a killer device….Most reviewers forget some aspects of this product but you covered all of them...and to be fair lack of USB-C is just negligible for me...Good job Lisa
Love you for showing the surface dock here instead of mooning over "no usb-c" like other reviewers. But please get over the pen and key cover being sold separately!
I have been seeing almost all the videos you upload from the year 2014...till now... Sometimes I feel nostalgic remembering those days of sony vaio review and comparison with Macbook air! Nothing to say about this review, too - great, for one word!
I bought 2017 i7 edition last year and this version is practically the same, other than the colour and a few minor not noticeable changes. What am I missing? Did they change anything to warrant an actual upgrade? pro4->pro 2017 was a relatively big jump although still not as significant as I hoped. This model is more of a re-brand than a new version
Anton Petrov it has a quad core processor this year. The geek bench scores for single and multi core are essentially the same as my 15" Macbook Pro from 2016. If only you could hook up a dgpu then I could ditch the Mac.
I watched your review last year and bought my surface pro i5. Through this time, I kinda wished it had USB-C to charge/data transfer. Wished new one would come with one, but didn't so will be keeping mine for a while. Btw, been extremely happy with it tho. Cheers
The reason It doesn't have USB-C because of thunderbolt 3. Thunderbolt 3 uses 2 or 4 PCIe lane. Surface connect also takes up PCIe lane as well as keyboard dock. Current 8th gen intel kaby lake refresh has limited PCIe lane like 12. Microsoft is probably waiting for intel 10nm icelake cpu which should have 16 PCIe lane.
seems like a poor excuse, they could have put just usb-c and leave thunderbolt 3 out for now...Will have to wait for Surface Pro 7 to see things change maybe
I used to ignore her videos because of the way she speaks ( she's nowhere near how mkbhd delivers his reviews). But after watching her complete videos and comparing them with others, man! The content of her videos is so damn to the point! She really tells you what you need about the product. I am really impressed with the content. Dear, just work a bit more on editing the video to make it more attractive and also on your delivery of the review and your can be the best tech youtuber.
Great review. Have a 4yr old HP laptop might get this later this year when they have sales. The 128GB currently goes for NZ$1500. So will wait for the 256GB to go down later this year during the sales period we have in NZ (Labour day, black friday). It's ultra portable and SSD storage that's what's super about it.
Your reviews are always amazing, just swapped my 2017 i7 16gb for the equivalent 6 in black and it was worth it with much snappier realtime performance especially when running a batch in Adobe Premiere! I'll be skipping the Surface dock in favor of the Kingston alternative.
I'm honestly still fine with my surface pro 3. I have a desktop for getting heavy work done, and I dont want to upgrade until they finally add some usb c ports in there.
Really starting to love the Surface line..I can see why Microsoft has recently broken into the top 5 laptop manufacturers in the US..I'll be sticking with my Pro from last year, hope to upgrade next year if they re-design the device and add USBC!
Lisa, thank you so much for yet another brilliant review. Every one is detailed, easy to understand and you really learn alot. I wanted to ask what do you recommend as the best laptop to go for this year? I'm a UX / UI designer. What do you use as a daily driver?
Whilst I think it's a little disappointing they haven't upgraded to USB-C, it's still far easier to find USB-3 peripherals than USB-C ones. At the moment, I would rather not have to buy some sort of dongle to work with all my existing equipment so I would not want them replacing the USB-3 with USB-C unless they provided a converter in the box. I'm all for them adding a 2nd USB-C port to the existing one though.
Yes.... but he wasn't saying to replace the USB-3, He wanted the Mini Display Port Replaced, which I think is a good idea. I would love to have a USB-3 and a USB type C instead of display port (sort of like you said at the end of you comment)
Old video getting some love. The 5 and 6 only difference is DDR3 in the 5 to DDR4 RAM which is a little better, a better battery and going from dual core to quad core configuration. I've been messing with Apple ecosystem and my SP5 and have finally recommitted to the SP5. I'm debating between the 6 and the 7. The SP5 and 6 have the same Intel 620 graphics as well. I have read though that the SP6 battery does better than the new SP7 FWIW!
I did set two of those units up yesterday, core i7 version and the S6 performed well, battery life is excellent, units are fast and responsive, screen support works well in the upright position and the always valuable USB port in a tablet is a must have feature. However, once I enabled HD encryption and upon reboot for Windows update installation, I had to use a recovery key to unlock one of them (?) but fortunately this happened only once. Good business product, even if a bit on expensive side, recommended.
BTW there is a speed difference for each of the sizes of SSD. 128gb is by far the slowest, 256gb and 512gb is close, and I do not know about the 1TB version, which I could not find on the SKHynix website unless it's 2 512GBs somehow or a different chip completely
PRASHANT BISWAS in comparison to what? I have a surface pro 6 and Macbook Pro 15" and when I go to the Mac store it too is pretty barren. That maybe true of ios but I wouldn't compare surface pro to iPad. The surface is a laptop replacement not iPad. They're targeting Mac users who also use an iPad. The surface can replace a laptop and iPad. I Mac for final cut and that's it.
Very Nice Lisa review as Always :-) Microsoft did Indeed worked some magic on their cooling management system. I cannot wait for you to review the next Galaxy Book 2, i have the Galaxy Book 1 8GB/256 LTE and it is a very nice little device except for the fan : (
Great review - as always! One question: did you notice some (pinkish) blooming around your strokes when writing with the pen? I did notice that on a friend's SP6, now I'm wondering if that is common. It's only when writing with a bit of pressure. Not pushing extremely, but let's say 'strong and firm note taking'...
Awesome review! High quality as usual. btw, will you review the Galaxy book 2 that is coming out Nov 2nd? That one has Snapdragon 850 + EMR S pen and sounds ideal for note taking/sketching!
I really want to like this product, but I can't. repairability or just trying to repaste/lm this is an absolute pain to do. port selection is sad, as well.. maybe next year
Lisa, thank you for the great review--I enjoyed it so much I just picked up this black beauty in i5. I sure don't miss the spinning beach ball (or the $1900-$2500+ price tag) of MacBook Pros. Now if I can just figure out Windows 10 a little better....
My complaint is there is just no good rugged case option at the moment. Kensington is designed a little too tightly to work on Pro 5's and Pro 6's (designed for Pro 4) and the case tends to snap within about half a year from what I have seen. Not to mention, the pen holder obstructs the a USB port, but I don't know how this can be avoided except to hold the pen below of the keyboard in the pouch type design found in some of the leather folios. UAG blocks the back thermal heat sinks which is bonkers, plus makes you use their kickstand which is garbage compared to the surface but still offers *some* functionality. I-blason makes the exact same design mistakes. Kabcon looks to be a decent design but the only case maker I have never seen another product from... and with two of the four reviews saying "its good unless you want to detach the keyboard/use the ports on the sides".... pass. Finally, the last major contender... the MoKo rugged case. Cheap, very few complaints... unless your a 2017 and by extension Pro 6 user. For pro 4 users, this is the case to get unless you want a "more expensive" feeling case, in which case Kensington is the only answer I would pick.. Ah the Kensington, shame this has the same issues as the Kensington. The ports don't quite align with the newer models, and on top of that, it has the "too tight" problem of the Kensington making the case snap after repeated use within a year on the 2017 models. These cases all suck if your buying to Pro 5 or Pro 6. I wish some case manufacturer would actually design a case specifically for the Pro 5 and 6 and leave the pro 4 out of the design process. Evidently, Pro 4 cases just aren't meant to fit Pro 5 and 6, despite manufacturers claiming they do fit. Oh they do, but they break or the ports aren't alligned. If anyone sees a half decent rugged case that does not have these limitations, please let me know.
In the Windows 1809 update at least, there is a setting to ignore all touch input when using the pen. Just tested it, as soon as the pen is near the screen touch doesn't work anymore.
The surface pro 5 form factor is close to perfect, and the pro 6 with almost no design change confirmed this. This device/form factor will be the new standard for mobile computing. This is a huge breakthrough for technology. Is it a tablet or is it a computer? It is NOT a laptop. I think these will just be called "computers". This will be the new "computer" and the computer and tablet will become one. You can do SO MUCH with the pen. Ridiculous. Been waiting for something like this the first tablets came out. This is the first time tablets are computers.
Lisa what do you think about Samsung Galaxy book 2 with LTE? It has a Qualcomm snapdragon 850 processor and it claims 20 hours of battery life and is always connected
Was looking at one of these, but no USB-C or SIM card slot = no purchase. I was goin to replace my Surface Go but it has everything I wanted in the Pro so I spose I keep that. Surprisingly it has proven itself above and beyond how I thought it would be seeing as it is hugely lower specced than the Pro. Save my money then I reckon.
Great review! However the SP6 is pretty disappointing. Although I'd like to replace my SP4 with the i7 in the near future, I see not much of an incentive. Better thermal design simply isn't gonna cut it for me. Having a quad core CPU is nice but on the other hand I'd loose the Iris graphics. Hopefully the next iteration of Surface Pro will have a Thunderbolt/USB-TypeC port, that would be a reason to upgrade. By the way, is it true that they only ship the SP6 with Windows 10 Home edition?
I still can’t believe this channel has less than 1 million subs when click bait Lew has millions. The reviews here actually make sense and are geared towards the general public. This is channel, Dave2D, and Marquez are the only RUclips reviewers that I would ever trust.
i love your reviews honest and fair... I have 1 question (I know uu hear all the time).. with a $$600 - $800 budget on laptops.. i live the Surface pro 6 2018 edit. but what would recommend . light work on office and stuff. and some real light beginners photo edit. nice battery too.. TY??
Lisa, I know there's a new iPad pro coming out soon and we don't know everything about it yet, but as of now, for an artist which do you think actually works better and helps get work done? A surface pro or an iPad pro?
Good review. I can't afford to follow these small incremental upgrades, but I love my Surface Book Pro 4. I think the Surface Pro 7 will be worth the upgrade, so I'll wait.
Does the bottom-right corner of the trackpad dip down a little bit? My red cover and some at the Microsoft Store did this so I don't know if it's by design. If so, I found it to be a little concerning.
My new job gave me a brand new one with the i7, 16 gigs ram & 512 gb. They hooked me up with the LED type cover, Pen & Surface dock for my desk with two nice screens. He handed me the charger and said, make sure you never come to work without it charged... I immediately replied I get to take this home? 🤩 I 💗💗 this job.
dream job
this is the best tech review channel out there...why is there not more subscribers
Tell your friends to sub :)
I don't know but I know this is the FIRST place I go for all tech video reviews. Well spoken, covers the points I care about, and always spot on!
Awesome review from the one tech channel I can trust. 👍
i wanna see some of her drawings, some of them i would 100% use as a desktop wallpaper!
@@massiveoni Thanks for the compliment!
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I have the surface pro 4. Love it. No problems at all. Great review lisa.
When I want reviews that confirm what I already want to buy, I go to other channels. But for objective, unbiased, thorough reviews to start the search, I go here first.
Wow. I’m new here and I was blown away from this review. Reviewer is highly knowledgeable and the layout and pacing is great. Thank you and subbed. Incredible information and love the reviewer.
You're the only reviewer that made this product sound worth buying. Alot of others really just give it a pass because it doesn't usb-c / thunderbolt. So thank you for actually taking the time to point out all the pros and cons that use update has to offer. This really seems like a great productivity device.
I enjoyed this review. Four years later, I'm still enjoying mine in 2022!
I'm still using my 4 years old Surface Pro 3 with its pen and keyboard cover, and still very pleased with it. No problem whatsoever, it suits what I do perfectly.
Watching Surface Pro 6 review I'm thinking to myself, should I upgrade? I mean 3 to 6 is quite an upgrade. But the more I think about it, I came to a conclusion that I don't need to updgrade, yet.
Gorgeousbronze -Madison-
Cheers. One thing that I'll keep in mind is that Microsoft make good quality hardware. So my next laptop will probably be another one from Microsoft. I actually have two units of Surface, and both of them works well.
You should definitely do your research before you buy. I may be wrong but if I remember right, Pro 4 is when they changed the digitizer. I guess if you're using Wacom drivers on there and don't have to charge or replace pen batteries then you know you're in for some changes in pen tech and probably drivers as well. As someone who started out with an old Samsung ATIV 7 tablet (back when they were called 700t or something) I found the Wacom pen/drivers great back then but modern tablets are using either MS drivers or N-Trig tech (or both) and it's really hard to make the change after getting used to the Wacom stuff.
Mostly, the big deal for me was being able to set the front pen button to do custom stuff (I use it for undo, and the second front button for color picker if it's available) and being able to get pressure support on multi-user drawing programs. Seems a lot of those programs don't have Microsoft driver support, and their drivers also give you very little customization to speak of, which greatly hinders the usefulness of the front buttons. Not sure those things are all still true today (drivers can always be improved via updates) but it was about a year ago I got a Surface Book and spent days trying to figure out how to get it to work for me before I had to return it.
Just wanted to say be a little wary of whether the product you're buying suits your needs and make sure you buy from somewhere you can return it if needed.
Bitcoon thanks. I'm happy with my SP3. Yes, mine has N-Trig technology. I also own a Galaxy Note, which has WACOM technology. Yes I do use the pen occasionally, only for writing though. I don't draw. So the difference in the pen technology means very little to none to me. In 4 years or so, I've changed the pen battery twice. It still works perfectly fine.
I have the OG Pro and the pen is terrible on it. It's like an inch off. Wanna sell me your 3?
If it's still sufficient for your needs then there's no need to spend money. When it's showing its age, then maybe that's the time to consider buying a new surface.
yes Mr. Wayne, it does come in black :))))
I still have my SP3. Not worth it to upgrade yet. Your reviews have helped me make sound decisions with tech purchases. Thank you very much!
If you don't mind not using touch capabilities, you can disable the touch screen in device manager while you draw. That's what I do and pair it with the wacom express key remote so that I don't have to worry about palm rejection at all. Just reenable it whenever touch is desired.
The remote can be used on this?! That is incredible. I am sold. Thank you for this information.
This lady touches my geek heart.
Lisa is the one review on this that I was looking forward to. Thanks as always for your comprehensive tech reviews!
You're welcome :)
Great review Lisa. I just recently picked up the Surface Pro 5 for significant savings at Best Buy. This is my second Surface Pro. I just love these things. The Surface Pro is here to stay.
I love the reviews on Lisa's channel, I do not know how you do it having all the time to write these scripts, record it and have it on RUclips. Now with regards to the product itself, I do not understand why MS is not inventing more on this hardware at the forefront. No USB-C, still there proprietary charger, no DDR4 at higher speeds like 2400Mhz instead if the slower DDR3 and still these awesome devices, because they are great to work on, are so high in price. I know y'all will say these things are for businesses and some students and there are cheaper models like the Surface Go. I wish this machine had two USB-C ports one on each side and leave that USB-A in place is fine. I will take a peek at iFixit what they give the serviceability I would almost think it is still all glued together. Great review Lisa, I like how unbiased you are, I am not too certain I can be....
Shout out Lisa. Like your videos.
Whenever Lisa make a video... I always like before watching ! What an amazing reviewer !
I'm impressed with the thermals. The Surface squeezes all this into a fanless system, and gets no throttling, even with massive power spikes. It seems like something out of a dream…
obviously Core i5-8250U and Core i7-8650U with this form factor, in a slim device like this and with 15 watt TDP that can go beyond that is kinda impressive.
A lot of ultrabooks today still throttle, rendering their shiny quad core chips use-less for the real work they'd otherwise be capable of. So yeah, this is very impressive. If you really need the 6 cores, obviously not for you.
The pen lags in photoshop depending on your canvas size but in other apps it seems to work as fast as you can possibly draw/write with it. Onenote, drawboard pdf and edge all write very fast with the pen. I think it actually has something to do with the API to the pen itself so Adobe has to possibly support the pen better. I think right now Illustrator has a touch workspace and possibly supports the pen better at this time.
"A great improvement in battery life." Jesus, this thing is a beast.
Great review! I watched this four times, and also watched your review on the new iPad 12.9 pro as well. I have two HP Envy computers. The oldest one is three years old and the latest one I bought about three months ago. I never owned a microsoft computer before or an iPad tablet. All my laptops have been HP. I use Corel Painter and the Wacom Intuos pro medium tablet on my older computer. I wanted to have a tablet that I didn't have to be stuck sitting at my computer desk all the time. I bought an iPad pro 12.9, 2018 on Friday, thinking that this was for me, but took it back today, and ordered the Surface Pro 6 i7. I am more of a computer person than a tablet person, and since the Surface pro is like two in one, I decided to go with that instead of the iPad. Maybe down the line I will invest in an iPad, but not just yet.
I don't know how you don't have over a million subs but you should. Perfect reviews as always. Don't ever stop. Much love!
Hi Lisa.
Thank you for your personal contribution.
Your vids are (among a rather few out there) by far, the most appealing and useful, for us laypersons, when it comes for us to get an overall idea of new products.
Main reason being that, you, Lisa, know HOW to present.
Period.-
Cheers.
George from Hellas.
As usual another superb review. You don't pad the runtime of the video and you give it to us straight, no matter what brand you are reviewing.
230 likes, 0 dislikes. Thats all you need to know about mobiletechreview
I thumbed down for this (nothing to do with the video, I think it's great) lol
@@dnguyenmis ahem cough cough.
yes blame it all on me :)))) sorry Lisa
One of the trusted reviewers when it comes to tech.
Great all around review on a killer device….Most reviewers forget some aspects of this product but you covered all of them...and to be fair lack of USB-C is just negligible for me...Good job Lisa
Love you for showing the surface dock here instead of mooning over "no usb-c" like other reviewers. But
please get over the pen and key cover being sold separately!
Right now you can grab a pro 6 w/pen & type cover from Costco for 800 flat.
this is my favorite tech channel! You are so informative and concise. Thank you for your reviews and great videos!
MS could have kept one USB C in the dock connector at least 🤔
I have been seeing almost all the videos you upload from the year 2014...till now... Sometimes I feel nostalgic remembering those days of sony vaio review and comparison with Macbook air! Nothing to say about this review, too - great, for one word!
I can remember the surface 2 you were reviewing from about 5 years ago. Ur channel is growing and Microsoft is improving...
My day always gets better when I see a new review by Lisa, especially when Civ6 is involved!
I bought 2017 i7 edition last year and this version is practically the same, other than the colour and a few minor not noticeable changes. What am I missing? Did they change anything to warrant an actual upgrade? pro4->pro 2017 was a relatively big jump although still not as significant as I hoped. This model is more of a re-brand than a new version
Double the performance with the same battery life.
Anton Petrov it has a quad core processor this year. The geek bench scores for single and multi core are essentially the same as my 15" Macbook Pro from 2016. If only you could hook up a dgpu then I could ditch the Mac.
I watched your review last year and bought my surface pro i5. Through this time, I kinda wished it had USB-C to charge/data transfer. Wished new one would come with one, but didn't so will be keeping mine for a while. Btw, been extremely happy with it tho. Cheers
The reason It doesn't have USB-C because of thunderbolt 3. Thunderbolt 3 uses 2 or 4 PCIe lane. Surface connect also takes up PCIe lane as well as keyboard dock. Current 8th gen intel kaby lake refresh has limited PCIe lane like 12. Microsoft is probably waiting for intel 10nm icelake cpu which should have 16 PCIe lane.
seems like a poor excuse, they could have put just usb-c and leave thunderbolt 3 out for now...Will have to wait for Surface Pro 7 to see things change maybe
This is one genuine tech channel! Can't wait for surface laptop 2 review!
Great review as always Lisa.
Do you prefer the surface pro 6 over the surface laptop 2??
Always Love this Microsoft Device 🙋🙌🙆
I used to ignore her videos because of the way she speaks ( she's nowhere near how mkbhd delivers his reviews). But after watching her complete videos and comparing them with others, man! The content of her videos is so damn to the point! She really tells you what you need about the product.
I am really impressed with the content.
Dear, just work a bit more on editing the video to make it more attractive and also on your delivery of the review and your can be the best tech youtuber.
Great review. Have a 4yr old HP laptop might get this later this year when they have sales. The 128GB currently goes for NZ$1500. So will wait for the 256GB to go down later this year during the sales period we have in NZ (Labour day, black friday). It's ultra portable and SSD storage that's what's super about it.
Your reviews are always amazing, just swapped my 2017 i7 16gb for the equivalent 6 in black and it was worth it with much snappier realtime performance especially when running a batch in Adobe Premiere!
I'll be skipping the Surface dock in favor of the Kingston alternative.
Best detailed reviews, for techies & average guy. Always get the details I need thanks! Looking to buy iPad pro or surface pro this month.
Lisa, you are my favorite tech reviewer. You have a wonderful talk track.
I hope that your Surface Laptop 2 review is coming soon!
Honestly I just wanna say that you are the best tech reviewer on RUclips. Thank you very much for being so helpful!
Thank you so much for these reviews on these products. You do such a superb job explaining each component.
Imma get this Microsoft surface 6 pro tommorow on Christmas
In Lisa we trust!
I wish she was my mom.. I would never be asked to stop being on technology so much !
I think it's time to upgrade my surface pro 4. Great review!
I'm honestly still fine with my surface pro 3. I have a desktop for getting heavy work done, and I dont want to upgrade until they finally add some usb c ports in there.
Really starting to love the Surface line..I can see why Microsoft has recently broken into the top 5 laptop manufacturers in the US..I'll be sticking with my Pro from last year, hope to upgrade next year if they re-design the device and add USBC!
From 899 to 1199 for a 128gb bump? What the hell??
I feel like everyone is gouging their consumers for storage.
Love the Mickey back in black shirt to go along with the theme...very cool choice!
Lisa, thank you so much for yet another brilliant review. Every one is detailed, easy to understand and you really learn alot.
I wanted to ask what do you recommend as the best laptop to go for this year? I'm a UX / UI designer. What do you use as a daily driver?
If the DP port was replaced with USB C, I'd have been out to buy already. It's very frustrating how limited the ports still are.
in which way limited? tell us more....
Whilst I think it's a little disappointing they haven't upgraded to USB-C, it's still far easier to find USB-3 peripherals than USB-C ones. At the moment, I would rather not have to buy some sort of dongle to work with all my existing equipment so I would not want them replacing the USB-3 with USB-C unless they provided a converter in the box. I'm all for them adding a 2nd USB-C port to the existing one though.
Yeah its ports are so outdated. Thunderbolt 3 is a must for such devices.
Yes.... but he wasn't saying to replace the USB-3, He wanted the Mini Display Port Replaced, which I think is a good idea. I would love to have a USB-3 and a USB type C instead of display port (sort of like you said at the end of you comment)
As usual, very informative review. For the nitty gritty, i always come to this channel
Old video getting some love. The 5 and 6 only difference is DDR3 in the 5 to DDR4 RAM which is a little better, a better battery and going from dual core to quad core configuration. I've been messing with Apple ecosystem and my SP5 and have finally recommitted to the SP5. I'm debating between the 6 and the 7. The SP5 and 6 have the same Intel 620 graphics as well. I have read though that the SP6 battery does better than the new SP7 FWIW!
Great review as always, Lisa! My Pro 6 does have the same light bleed as you described and it is mostly on the bottom which isn't too bad
I suspect witchcraft for how good the surface pro 6 is. The battery life is great and so are the temperatures.
so thorough. Your review tell sme everything i need to know! Thanks Lisa!
Dell Latitude 5290 2in1 forever!!!
But Lisa how does the pen experience compare between those devices?
Nice review Lisa (as always) 👍
I did set two of those units up yesterday, core i7 version and the S6 performed well, battery life is excellent, units are fast and responsive, screen support works well in the upright position and the always valuable USB port in a tablet is a must have feature. However, once I enabled HD encryption and upon reboot for Windows update installation, I had to use a recovery key to unlock one of them (?) but fortunately this happened only once. Good business product, even if a bit on expensive side, recommended.
Thanks for another excellent and honest tech review.
Great review! I always enjoy watching these reviews!
BTW there is a speed difference for each of the sizes of SSD. 128gb is by far the slowest, 256gb and 512gb is close, and I do not know about the 1TB version, which I could not find on the SKHynix website unless it's 2 512GBs somehow or a different chip completely
Microsoft is way ahead in hardware, but way back in windows store apps
PRASHANT BISWAS in comparison to what? I have a surface pro 6 and Macbook Pro 15" and when I go to the Mac store it too is pretty barren. That maybe true of ios but I wouldn't compare surface pro to iPad. The surface is a laptop replacement not iPad. They're targeting Mac users who also use an iPad. The surface can replace a laptop and iPad. I Mac for final cut and that's it.
Long live the Queen.
Ultra-thorough as usual!! Thanks!
Very Nice Lisa review as Always :-)
Microsoft did Indeed worked some magic on their cooling management system.
I cannot wait for you to review the next Galaxy Book 2, i have the Galaxy Book 1 8GB/256 LTE and it is a very nice little device except for the fan : (
Great review - as always!
One question: did you notice some (pinkish) blooming around your strokes when writing with the pen? I did notice that on a friend's SP6, now I'm wondering if that is common. It's only when writing with a bit of pressure. Not pushing extremely, but let's say 'strong and firm note taking'...
Awesome review! High quality as usual. btw, will you review the Galaxy book 2 that is coming out Nov 2nd? That one has Snapdragon 850 + EMR S pen and sounds ideal for note taking/sketching!
MS sells a USB-C adapter (not TB3) that connects to the power port and will do USB-C charging.
Nice review. I'm still using a surface pro 4. I still see no need to upgrade and I'm using the core m edition.
You make the best reviews
I really want to like this product, but I can't. repairability or just trying to repaste/lm this is an absolute pain to do. port selection is sad, as well.. maybe next year
@@UnrealRPGMastery agreed, but one can hope lol
Lisa, thank you for the great review--I enjoyed it so much I just picked up this black beauty in i5. I sure don't miss the spinning beach ball (or the $1900-$2500+ price tag) of MacBook Pros. Now if I can just figure out Windows 10 a little better....
How good is this for drawing? Or is there some other mobile drawing tablets that are better for the price?
I'd like to know as well everybody says iPad iPad but I'm looking into other alternatives.
My complaint is there is just no good rugged case option at the moment. Kensington is designed a little too tightly to work on Pro 5's and Pro 6's (designed for Pro 4) and the case tends to snap within about half a year from what I have seen. Not to mention, the pen holder obstructs the a USB port, but I don't know how this can be avoided except to hold the pen below of the keyboard in the pouch type design found in some of the leather folios. UAG blocks the back thermal heat sinks which is bonkers, plus makes you use their kickstand which is garbage compared to the surface but still offers *some* functionality. I-blason makes the exact same design mistakes. Kabcon looks to be a decent design but the only case maker I have never seen another product from... and with two of the four reviews saying "its good unless you want to detach the keyboard/use the ports on the sides".... pass. Finally, the last major contender... the MoKo rugged case. Cheap, very few complaints... unless your a 2017 and by extension Pro 6 user. For pro 4 users, this is the case to get unless you want a "more expensive" feeling case, in which case Kensington is the only answer I would pick.. Ah the Kensington, shame this has the same issues as the Kensington. The ports don't quite align with the newer models, and on top of that, it has the "too tight" problem of the Kensington making the case snap after repeated use within a year on the 2017 models.
These cases all suck if your buying to Pro 5 or Pro 6. I wish some case manufacturer would actually design a case specifically for the Pro 5 and 6 and leave the pro 4 out of the design process. Evidently, Pro 4 cases just aren't meant to fit Pro 5 and 6, despite manufacturers claiming they do fit. Oh they do, but they break or the ports aren't alligned. If anyone sees a half decent rugged case that does not have these limitations, please let me know.
you are awesome, you do the best reviews!
cool review and subscribed immediately after seen Civ! :D
Favorite tech channel!
MS should add one button to instantly enable/disable touchscreen, so when user want to draws with pen, they don't have to worry about their palm.
In the Windows 1809 update at least, there is a setting to ignore all touch input when using the pen. Just tested it, as soon as the pen is near the screen touch doesn't work anymore.
The surface pro 5 form factor is close to perfect, and the pro 6 with almost no design change confirmed this. This device/form factor will be the new standard for mobile computing. This is a huge breakthrough for technology. Is it a tablet or is it a computer? It is NOT a laptop. I think these will just be called "computers". This will be the new "computer" and the computer and tablet will become one. You can do SO MUCH with the pen. Ridiculous. Been waiting for something like this the first tablets came out. This is the first time tablets are computers.
Ryan James i said the same thing lol
Please review the surface laptop 2 Lisa. And smack it down with MBA. Great review as always!
Lisa what do you think about Samsung Galaxy book 2 with LTE? It has a Qualcomm snapdragon 850 processor and it claims 20 hours of battery life and is always connected
I'm not hugely excited by Windows on ARM since the computing power and app possibilities are limited and there isn't much (if any) price break.
Was looking at one of these, but no USB-C or SIM card slot = no purchase.
I was goin to replace my Surface Go but it has everything I wanted in the Pro so I spose I keep that.
Surprisingly it has proven itself above and beyond how I thought it would be seeing as it is hugely lower specced than the Pro.
Save my money then I reckon.
Excellent review Lisa, still no excuse not to have the fastest SSD drives at the highest price point
Great review! However the SP6 is pretty disappointing. Although I'd like to replace my SP4 with the i7 in the near future, I see not much of an incentive. Better thermal design simply isn't gonna cut it for me. Having a quad core CPU is nice but on the other hand I'd loose the Iris graphics. Hopefully the next iteration of Surface Pro will have a Thunderbolt/USB-TypeC port, that would be a reason to upgrade. By the way, is it true that they only ship the SP6 with Windows 10 Home edition?
What was your graphics/video settings for CIV 6? for example resolution, anti-aliasing, shadow/water quality etc.? thanks in advance.
Yay more Lisa!
Would be nice to have a Type C and Nvida Graphic in next Surface Pro 7.
Did you know when they sell Sp 7
I still can’t believe this channel has less than 1 million subs when click bait Lew has millions. The reviews here actually make sense and are geared towards the general public. This is channel, Dave2D, and Marquez are the only RUclips reviewers that I would ever trust.
i love your reviews honest and fair... I have 1 question (I know uu hear all the time).. with a $$600 - $800 budget on laptops.. i live the Surface pro 6 2018 edit. but what would recommend . light work on office and stuff. and some real light beginners photo edit. nice battery too.. TY??
I like her reviews.
Lisa, I know there's a new iPad pro coming out soon and we don't know everything about it yet, but as of now, for an artist which do you think actually works better and helps get work done? A surface pro or an iPad pro?
Good review. I can't afford to follow these small incremental upgrades, but I love my Surface Book Pro 4. I think the Surface Pro 7 will be worth the upgrade, so I'll wait.
The Surface Book is different than the Surface Pro...
You're the best lisa ,i love you.
Does the bottom-right corner of the trackpad dip down a little bit? My red cover and some at the Microsoft Store did this so I don't know if it's by design. If so, I found it to be a little concerning.
Hey great review. Have you heard about a surface pro6 LTE coming any time soon?