The Surface Pro X is the computer Microsoft has tried to make for at least seven years. It is the computer Microsoft hopes will be the platform on which the future of Windows 10 is built.

Beautiful design; New stylus; Good screen

App compatibility issues; Expensive; Too slow for the price; Battery doesn't impress

“Microsoft's new Surface Pro X is the 2-in-1 I've dreamed of.”

Beautiful thin-bezel display; Absurdly thin and light; New stylus is easy to charge; LTE comes standard

Pen and Type Cover not included; Microsoft's SQ1 chip must prove itself

Outstanding design; slim Surface Pen and its hidden storage; dual USB-C ports; great display with slim bezels; speedy Windows Hello IR login

Lots of software incompatibility; no headphone jack; just OK performance; Surface Connect port needs to go

We spent some hands-on time with Microsoft's new Surface Pro tablet/laptop hybrids to discover its potential for designers and artists.

The Surface Pro X is Microsoft's latest attempt at creating a 2-in-1 using the ARM architecture. ARM is traditionally used in mobile devices but more and more laptops using the technology have begun to emerge.

The Surface Pro X is an astoundingly impressive looking and feeling Windows tablet – possibly the best yet in that department. Still, while we understand Microsoft's faith in its new ARM processor, we've yet to see an ARM-based Windows device perform to expectations for the price it will cost you.

Refinement of Surface Pro design; Fantastically bright and vibrant display; Brilliant Surface Pen implementation

ARM CPU is worrisome; No more microSD slot

, Microsoft has updated its Surface Pro devices in a rather incremental fashion, adding a few small tweaks and updated processors. That was until it outed readers, is that the Surface Pro X is running a custom ARM-based chip rather than an Intel processor, which is quite a shake-up, though one that...