Now, do I fit in this category? I think so because for the past 16 years I’ve been working from coffee shops all over the globe. The way gig economy is spreading all over the globe and more and more people are employed in a per project basis, it makes total sense for Microsoft to release a machine aimed at ultimate mobility. Still, many people working in tech jobs or corporate environments are increasingly mobile working from anywhere and everywhere. This device is aimed at digital nomads, which is more of a marketing term and a hashtag to post photos from fancy coffee shops with your laptop in the frame, than a real thing. Am I in the target audience for this device? The fact that it is running a new custom processor that is not based on x86 ISA is important and will play a role later in this review. Suffice to say that it is a sleek, black metal, thins, 2-in-1 machine with a neat custom ARM chip and LTE always-on connection. Most people consuming tech news are already aware of what this device is so I will spare you from having a lengthy section about its hardware. The CPU is based on a Snapdragon 8cx that was customised for the Surface Pro X by Microsoft, who called the new CPU Microsoft SQ1. I’m providing you with a handy table of contents in case you want to go directly to topics that you’re curious about. That being said, read on for the nitty and gritty details. This is a personal account and ecosystem commentary of how it has been working for a single person and what this person (me!) is feeling about it. Be aware dear reader that this is not a review with benchmarks, graphs, and comparisons with alternative machines. What follows is review of my experiences with it as a try to set it all up for it to become my main machine. I’ve spent a bit more than a week with my new Surface Pro X.
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