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When a Surface Pro loaner unit arrived about a month and a half ago from Microsoft, I set out to document my attempt to move to using this device as my sole PC going forward, replacing both a tower desktop PC and my Ultrabook in the process. It’s been an interesting experience, but it’s time to wrap it up....More

Microsoft announced today that the Surface Pro and Surface RT tablets will be made available in more countries starting in late March. Surface Pro is currently particularly limited, with availability only in the US and Canada....More

When it comes time to evaluate and buy your next smart phone, you can add wireless charging to the list of “gotta-have-it” features. This is a real convenience, and one I expect to see become more and more common in all mobile devices....More

Comparing Microsoft’s Surface Pro to Apple’s iPad, you see the visions of the two companies laid bare in hardware. Where Apple sees a “post-PC” era in which traditional PCs will disappear in lieu of media tablets and other electronic devices, Microsoft sees a “PC-plus” era in which PCs coexist alongside other devices. Apple may eventually be proven right. But today, we are still most definitely in the PC-plus age....More

With years of Tablet PC experience behind me, using the Surface with Windows 8 Pro's new Surface Pen is like going back in time. It looks and works identically to the pens that PC makers used to provide with Tablet PCs over a decade ago, and it's unclear where there's anything but a niche market for such an accessory. That said, those who need such a thing should be excited by the capabilities of Surface Pen....More

A flight to Cancun, Mexico was an ideal chance to test Surface Pro’s battery life and form factor in real world conditions, and it performed like a champ. But two strange technical glitches ended up putting the day in the defeat column, though only one of them was Surface Pro related....More