Microsoft Surface Pro 3

A lot of innovation has been ongoing over last couple of years in tablet PC development. We have witnessed the advent of 2-in-1 PCs. Microsoft's surface family of tablets has progressively been improved over time from Surface X series to Surface Pro X series. Surface Pro 3 is the latest and most powerful 2-in-1 tablet PC in the Surface family. It is built to offer a more powerful performance than an ordinary laptop while retaining all the features of a tablet particularly portability.

Attractive features on Microsoft Surface Pro 3

• A 12-inch Full HD plus multi touch display screen

Surface Pro 3 features a 12 inch Full HD plus 2160 x 1440 pixel display LCD screen built by Microsoft. The large multi touch screen is built to give a crystal clear display to enhance your eye comfort while working.

• Ultra-slim and ultra-light

Surface Pro 3 is the thinnest and lightest tablet in the Surface Pro family weighing only 0.8kg and 0.55 inches thick with the keyboard attached. It is a tablet built for the busy travelers. It enables you to keep in touch with friends and family on social networks as well have access to corporate and personal mail.

• Run your favorite desktop apps on Surface Pro 3

Surface Pro 3 is built to be very responsive and  fast. You can install favorite desktop apps such as a Microsoft office suite.

• Write naturally with a premium pen

The Surface Pro 3 is supplied with an aluminum pen that writes and feels like an natural pen. The palm block technology enables you to rest your palm and write naturally without leaving a trace.

• Multi position Kickstand and Type Cover

With the multi position kickstand and type cover, you can transform Surface Pro 3 from a tablet to a laptop in seconds. This makes it very convenient to work from anywhere.

Full tech specs of Surface Pro 3

• Pre-loaded with 32-bit windows 8.1 Operating System
• Intel Core i5-4300U 1.9 GHz  processor family.
• 8GB RAM
• MicroSD card support
• 256GB Solid State Drive
• 12" 2160 x 1440 WXGA display screen.
• Multi touch input screen
• Intel HD Graphics 4400 GPU
• 802.11ac/802.11a/b/g/n WLAN
• Bluetooth 4.0 low energy technology
• Digital Compass
• USB 3.0 port
• Mini DisplayPort
• Type Cover port
• Stereo speakers with Dolby Sound
• Built-in microphones
• Head phone Jack
• 5.0 Mega pixel Webcam
• 5.0 Mega pixel rear facing Camera
• Ambient light sensors for sensing light intensity
• Accelerometer sensors for orientation sensing
• Gyroscope sensor for sensing angular velocity
• Magnetometer sensor for sensing the magnetic field of the earth
• Battery that lasts up to a maximum of 9 hours of web browsing.
• 36W AC power adapter.
• Multi position kickstand
• Weighs approximately 0.8kgs.

Buying tips

• If you consider 4G LTE connectivity to be important like I do, you might choose to hold off buying the Surface Pro 3 because this option is not available. Microsoft for some reason chose to omit this important feature on it's flagship tablet PC and yet it was available on the first generation surface tablets.

• The Surface Pro 3 has no built-in HDMI port. If you want to enjoy HD movies or HD video games on your big screen via HDMI connectivity, you have to purchase separately a mini DisplayPort to HD AV adapter at about $39.99. There have been complaints that this adapter doesn't support 4K displays. I haven't tested this myself. 

• The Surface Pro 3 similarly does not have an in-built Ethernet port. By buying a Surface to Ethernet adapter you can adapt your USB 3.0 to a wired LAN of up to 1Gbps data rates.

• If you are upgrading from a first generation surface tablet PC, you might to consider carefully your requirements and how the new Surface Pro 3 will meet them. This is because it is way pricier than its predecessors. For instance if you decide to purchase in addition, a few accessories like the Arc mouse, docking station, HDMI adapter, Ethernet Adapter and Type Cover, the total cost would very nearly get to $1780.