I was impressed by the Surface Pro X during my brief hands-on with the new tablet, but we'll have to get the device in for review to do further testing. Still, one could argue that Microsoft's pricing is more egregious given how hard the company pushes its Surface products as convertibles that can transform from tablets into laptops. Upgrading the RAM and storage of the Pro X only raises the price even higher - up to a $1,799 model with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD.įor what it's worth, Microsoft isn't the only offender who doesn't sell you the entire experience it promises as a complete package Apple sells the iPad Pro without its Pencil ($129) and Keyboard Folio ($179) accessories, which cost even more than what Microsoft charges for those add-ons. Now you're spending $1,268 (before tax) for the base Surface Pro X, which is about what a Surface Laptop 3 with 256GB of storage costs. That's obviously a better deal than buying the stylus and keyboard separately, but Microsoft doesn't currently sell the Signature Keyboard by itself, so you have to buy the pen to get the nicer keyboard.

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