We'veAlso compared all five tablets using our standard benchmark suite,And present our results alongside some traditional laptops.Best Prices Today: US $2189.00 / AU$3,049 AffordabilityThe tablets we were sent for review by the four manufacturersVaried by price and configuration, but the lowest-priced baseOption is the Microsoft Surface Pro 7+—though adding a pen andKeyboard elevates the price above the Lenovo ThinkPad X12Detachable Gen 1. In this article, however, we'll provide a top-downComparison of the five we've tested, focusing on the areas thatShould be of particular interest to a Windows tablet buyer. Third-party manufacturersHaven't been as consistent, but they've offered their ownImprovements, including webcam covers, superior keyboards, andPowerful, sophisticated support utilities.Our individual reviews delve deeply into each tablet's strengthsAnd weaknesses.
The rechargeable pen is especiallyWhile we're not going to show you representative images from allOf the webcams here, one tablet stands out: the Surface Pro 7+.Both the Surface Pro 7+ and the Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen1 offer 1080p resolution on their user-facing cameras, but theColor and white balance on the Surface Pro 7+ is head and shouldersAbove the others. The Surface Pro Signature KeyboardDesigned for the Surface Pro 8 feels the same under your fingers,But grips the tablet tightly. (Keep those loose magneticConnections we referred to earlier in mind, though.) You shouldn'tNotice any substantive differences with the trackpads, either.Personally, I preferred both the Dell Latitude and Microsoft'sKeyboards over the others. Any detached BluetoothKeyboard, of course, will work just fine.Dell informed us that while the company provided us with a penAnd a tablet for our review, the Dell Latitude 7320 Detachable Travel Keyboard with an included pen costs an additional US$199.99 / AU$522.50.Lenovo's ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 1 provides a solid mix ofThunderbolt ports and biometric login options, making it a goodEvaluating a keyboard is quite subjective, but all of them—withThe exception of the HP Elite Folio and its shallow keys—wereComfortable for prolonged work. This also means that youWon't be able to use older Surface detachable keyboards (say, fromA Surface Pro 4) with the Surface Pro 8. Only the HP Elite Folio actuallyIncludes both accessories as part of the purchase price, however.Lenovo charges extra for a pen (US$51.98 / AU$94.60 at Amazon) with 4,096 levels of pressure, and Microsoft suggestsYou buy its Surface Pro Signature Type Cover (US$139 / AU$219 at Amazon)And Surface Pen (US$89 / AU$129 at Amazon)The Surface Pro 8 is designed for use with the US$129.99 / AU$189.95 Surface Slim Pen 2 and a US$179.99 / AU$249.95 Surface Pro Signature Keyboard, which accommodates the rechargeableSlim Pen 2 in a special keyboard cubby.
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Overall performanceAside from the HP Elite Folio, all of the tablets listed in ourRoundup include an 11th-gen Intel Tiger Lake Core chip inside andThe Elite Folio uses Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G, an ArmChip that doesn't quite allow you to run all of your preferredApplications, even with emulation. Neither the Elite Folio nor the SurfaceLenovo's Vantage software and Dell's suite of Dell utilities areBoth superb, providing a central repository for warrantyInformation, a hardware and software dashboard, manuals and more.While the Vantage suite is probably a bit more comprehensive,Dell's utilities are more straightforward. These appsSupplement or replace operating system tools, in that they can beUsed to update firmware, drivers, or other utilities withoutWindows getting in the way. Two of them shippedWith their own vendor-developed system utilities. All of them were refreshingly freeOf the bloatware cheaper PCs come saddled with. Image: Mark Hachman / IDG System utilitiesYou may not care about what sort of applications are bundledWith these tablets, but we do.
For a deeperDive into other benchmarks, our Dell Latitude 7320 Detachable review and Surface Pro 8 review includes results of allFour tablets, save for the specialized Elite Folio results. Cinebench is aSynthesized CPU test, but it tells us how well a more genericIn the graphs below, we've highlighted the four key tablets,Alongside some older tablets and a couple of laptops. (PCMark 10 provides aMore up-to-date, comprehensive test suite, but it won't run on theElite Folio.) PCMark Apps is a test of pure Office performance inWord, Excel, PowerPoint, and the Edge browser. PCMark 8 Creative tests everything from general officeWork to light gaming and video/image editing. All three apps ran onAll four tablets, giving us a comprehensive view of theirPerformance.