SURFACE PRO 9 DON'T BUY THE WRONG ONE! Intel or Arm with 5g?

[@foreverbless11]

Hi, im starting nursing school just now and im conflicted still.😢 which one would be best.

[@TabletPro]

Did you make a choice yet? I think if battery life is REALLY important go with the Arm one. if speed is more important and you can plug the device in a few times a day if needed or work while plugged in get the intel. Although there is likely a refresh to the surface line in a few months that could be a good solid jump forward.

[@SuperDesignguy]

Any idea when reviewers will get their hands on the 9? Do they need to wait until release date or do they get them prior to release date?

[@theo5675]

They have a embargo ull have to wait till next week

[@KeinNiemand]

Kinda sucks tat you can't get both an x86 cpu and 4/5g, which is why I'll stick to my surface pro 7+ with an i5 and 4G. There really aren't that many native windows on ARM programs and I imagine any emulation or whatever they use to make normal programs work at all is not 100% compatible and has worse performance. Only having 5G on the arm one kinda makes me worried about upgrades, I need x86 and I need 4 or 5G connectivity (using WiFi hotspot or usb tethering with my phone is way to annoying and drains my phones battery) and there really aren't many options when it comes to x86 2 in 1 tablets with 4 or 5G connectiviy, so I really hope microsoft goes back to offering 5G on their X86 surfaces (don't care if it's intel or if they go AMD), otherwise I have pretty much no upgrade path other then buying a years old surface pro 8 in a few years when I decide to upgrade.

[@ronaldb77]

Is the Surface Pro 9 ARM version powerful enough to drive dual external displays? Possibly using a Surface Dock.

[@mrt.7146]

Microsoft says yes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5TbhJt3opppbJI Dual 4K on the previous version Arm-powered Surface Pro 🎉

[@ronaldb77]

Awesome! Thank you@@mrt.7146

[@gocoolraj8577]

Hi, is photoshop/ Artcam / coreldraw can work properly in Surface pro 9 5G ???

[@TabletPro]

good question. I'm not sure. I remember a while ago testing a version of coreldraw that worked on the ARM version. But I don't remember if it was hard to find. I almost want to recommend to people that if they aren't decently tech savvy and if they install more than 3-5 new programs a year to just avoid the Pro 9 5g. But it may be better than it used to be by a lot. Idk.

[@louisnk9914]

Do emulators like cemu and dolphin work on ARM also Android apps through emulation - because that’s the only gaming I would use on it

[@TabletPro]

I’m not sure. My guess would be no

[@louisnk9914]

@@TabletPro it’s a shame if not because the idea of no fan and longer battery are appealing

[@mrt.7146]

The Android sub-system works on Windows for Arm. Dolphin has an Arm-native version for Windows Arm. Cemu looks to work emulated on Windows for Arm, albeit very, very slow on a Snapdragon 845. All in all: you should be good to go :-)

[@louisnk9914]

@@mrt.7146 thanks for that 🙂

[@muskwasis1705]

Dolphin has worked on Windows on ARM for four years now. Not sure about cemu

[@christophwimmer8271]

I love the Pro X. But it lacks a bit of processing power and I would love to get an upgrade. BUT : The Pro 9 5G ist about 2mm thicker and about 100g heavier. This sucks I think. Really bothers me that they made the intel and arm version with the same case ..... Question: MS states on their website the Pro 9 5G supports SSDs up to 512GB. The Pro 9 (Intel) supports SSD up to 1TB. Is this only what MS offers or can I rly not put a 1TB SSD in the Pro 9 5G. If i buy the Pro 9 5G for smoother and faster photo editing I want to put a big SSD in it. 512GB wouldn't be enough.

[@TabletPro]

I believe @cbutters would have an idea on the Pro 5g ssd swap. He is planning on putting a 2tb ssd into the intel Pro 9. I'm talking to him soon. I can ask his thoughts as well.

[@DojiKing]

The statement on there website is they offer up to 512g on 5g and up to 1tb on the intel one. Yes I know you can upgrade the intel one to a 2tb cause I just did it on one I was setting up for a friend. So I’m sure the 5g can be upgraded as well. I don’t think there be a limitation cause even phones have 1tb versions now. My advice is get a 1tb or even a 2tb 2230 ssd and try it. Tip find one that has the ability to return it if you don’t like it. So worse case it don’t work you can just get your money back. Also some bought on eBay are DOA so if it don’t work first try to switch it out and try again. If the 2ed one don’t work just get money back and put the factory one back in.

[@Frank-rh5nh]

Eyes tracking and all these cool features are only on 5g version only. For me also, i really like the battery, the no fan hardware also. I hope that also it will be less hot than the surfce pro 8. I have the i7 version...and OMG it can become so hooot ! i hate that when u have to write something it's really a bad feeling. As u said..the intel version will be more compatible, and more efficient than the ARM version.... The price increase of 3/400 $ no ?

[@tuckercoffin2164]

This is why I switched to an iPad. These things get so damn hot for opening two browser tabs…

[@develentsai3215]

When they take away the headphone jack, I'm not buying it:(

[@andycc1989]

Who will gaming on surface pro? Surface pro is not a gaming laptop....even Intel version. The temperature will kill the device...

[@theo5675]

U can game on it even tho it's not gaming laptop it'll game kinda like a steam deck with low setting

[@andycc1989]

@@theo5675 yes you can, but the experience is suck. If you really want to play games, surface laptop studios, surface laptop, rog flow z13 should be better. I think surface pro should focus on connectivity, mobility, and battery life. SQ3 is better than Intel in surface pro series.

[@SahilP2648]

@@andycc1989 you can attach an eGPU and you can play games on it. The CPU performance is pretty decent. Get a surface dock 2 which has 199W power output and 2 thunderbolt USB-C ports among others. It's definitely possible.

[@KeinNiemand]

I do light gaming on my Surface Pro 7+ (mostly indie games that aren't that heavy), because a gaming laptop would be way to heavy to carry around everywhere, even a normal laptop just isn't portable enough. I primary use a tablet to do things like watching youtube or browsing on the go (I could use my phone but the screen of a phone is so small that it's just annoying to use for these things), and the surface let's me do that, while also beings able to run some less demanding gaming, while a gaming laptop or even just a normal laptop that's not a tablet isn't really useable in like a car where you don't have the space to use the keyboard. I also have a desktop gaming at home for more demanding games. None of the Surface Pro 9 version do what I need tough, I need X86 for the light gaming, but also 4/5G for browsing the web and watching youtube on the go (to lazy to use WiFi hotspot every time).

[@DarthTigris]

It's an opportunity to be negative about it, so it'll get brought up. Tired of this ...

[@grisevg]

It's really much simpler - just don't get the ARM version. Just don't. There's no benefit. Qualcomm is not great at CPUs, Microsoft is not great at x86-64 on ARM emulation.

[@asdbef3667]

Lol delusional

[@_Chad_ThunderCock]

@@asdbef3667 I think your the only delusional one here, the Qualcomm chip isn't advanced as M1 and the everyone knows that Microsoft sucks at operating systems. I mean they don't even use their own software for servers lol!

[@johnkon2810]

No more Surface Pro for me. I am still annoyed no micro sd. I use it & I don't want to have an adapter (defeats the purpose of a tablet). And yes, I already use the 1TB version w/ a 500gb micro sd. * Time for a ipad... at least I can use pro create. * Also, Windows 11 sucks for a Surface. It's not too bad for the PC but, Windows 10 was so much better. Microsoft really needs to stop trying to be Apple &/or Android. Every other operating system sucks & I bet Win 12 is more like Win 10. * If we wanted Windows to be like Apple or Android, there would be no need for Windows at all!!!

[@protongmail711]

Reading your comment, i see myself months ago. Go for the Samsung Book 2 pro 360 13", less weight than a Surface Pro 8 + Keyboard. Give it a try. Im extremely happy, even being 60 Hz

[@eyhtwozed2606]

@John Kon ah yes. Surface without microsd and you think an ipad have it? 😂😂what drugs are you on about? I have an ipad and even with that the ipadOS and powerful chip it suck balls with its limited watered down app. No full adobe, not even blender can run on this thing!

[@Frank-rh5nh]

uselss comment... go put your sdcard on ipad LOL

[@johnkon2810]

@@eyhtwozed2606 ... Obviously the iPad doesn't have a micro SD. That's the point. Use your brain 🧠

[@johnkon2810]

@@protongmail711 ... I definitely will look into it. Thanks for the tipi! I know as of this moment, my next digital Sketchbook won't be a Surface & it won't be an iPad either (though I am tempted just for Procreate); only said that because I'm not happy that there's no micro sd (Microsoft trying to be Apple & Win11 trying to be like our phones). You would think Microsoft would learn after Windows 8. Apparently not. Any device needs a Micro SD & I would prefer Wacom pen tech (I use a Wacom Cintiq Pro w/ my main computer & love the Wacom accuracy).

[@DEADMEDIC]

You need to start taking iodine guy. Bad

[@TabletPro]

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