But for portability and tablet usage ie consuming media then smaller size is superior imho. However if using mostly as laptop stationary then larger screen 13' would be a better choice. As such my preferred form factor for a Tablet that can be a laptop is the Surface Go and given how much smaller and lighter that is it would be a preferrable portable 2-in-1 device easy to actually hold as a tablet. I'd argue the same of the Surface Pros too. However, for a tablet, it's too big imho: It's much more of a 'laptop with touch & orientation sensitivity ie portrait and landscape' than a Laptop that converts into a Tablet. Performance sq1 was fine for all tasks I used it for: MS Online Office Web Apps, a bit of coding in VSstudio and Onenote extensively which worked very well using the stylus for notes and diagrams and annotations. I avoided non-arm apps to avoid battery drain. It's really thin which is enjoyable and 13' screen is good.īattery under constant wifi/multiple web office apps open did suffer and seemed to have about 6 hours of usage which I did not feel was enough for a full day of work ie 8 hours. I found typing mostly comfortable on the typecover. It was useful as I needed 2-in-1 for work for a variety of tasks using OneNote. I got an SPX half-price so it was massive saving.

Surface pro sq1