Surface Pro 11 Review

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00:00 Intro
00:27 The Good
01:40 Sound
02:53 Webcam
02:58 The Bad
03:16 Ergonomics
05:26 Application Support
06:14 Weight
06:24 Battery Life
07:42 Miscellaneous
08:38 Pricing
09:17 Conclusion
09:46 Outro

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[linkfang]

All the reviews, including this one, I have watched so far all mention that Surface Pro is heavier than iPad and Yes it is, BUT it is actually lighter when you use the device with keyboard. Apple's magic keyboard is magically heavier than iPad itself, making it heavier than Surface and some thin laptops.

And I think this is really worth mentioning because when people want to use it for productivity purposes, they will most likely use it with a keyboard.

[moussagacem]

I know the title is supposed to mean "The Surface pro 13 inch" but considering that all the surface pro are 13 inch I think calling it the surface pro 11 is better so no one will confuse it with the surface pro 9, 8 or 10.

[aljosacebokli]

Used a surface pro 8 for 2 years a s a CGI artist having to visit family home for longer periods of time, plugged it into two monitors and connected with my workstation in my flat. Worked like that for 6 months and then another 2 very successfully.

While at home I used it as media device, music listening (dac and headphones), for reading comics, on holidays for watching movies in hotel room with my gf....I mean, I LOVE this thing

And it proved suprisingly well built, running 2 extra screens at 1440p for teamviewer + native screen for youtube distraction while working, got really hot during summer but never failed me once..

[NonnakornMangklasiri]

Target audiences: Teachers, Educators, Students, Tutors

[kevinkasp]

The use case that works for my wife is as a student. First as a tablet with a stylus to take notes in class, then later in the library with its keyboard cover to type things up, and then finally at home as a desktop replacement, with it connected to a 27 inch monitor and full size keyboard. The drawback is when it comes to taking notes in class using it as a tablet, it weighs a ton compared to iPads.

[ye_mother]

Just call it the 11, the 13 confused me thinking a new surface just released today

[samratspeaks]

I am a student. The ability to carry one single device, use pen to jot notes. Come home and plug that to monitors with excellent battery life. There is no device like it.

[Frank-rhnh]

usually quite agree with ur review but today not really with yours..
i have the surface pro 11 and its the best surface pro ever (i have SP2/4/6/8)
u need something that can replace ur laptop with a stylus, and doing some work outside home, with the comfort of a touchscreen + pen..
no other device can do that.

[chrism]

Josh you got 5 hours at full brightness because display consumes most power at those high nits. Even MacBook can't last most than 8hrs at full brightness. It's MS fault to not have good anti reflective coating because, with that coating, you can get by with 350 nits indoors. That would double the battery life

[chriscollins]

I normally agree with Josh but having used this machine travelling extensively between europe, USA and niddle east, I have left my M4 iPad at home as it could not compete with the surface pro and my macbook pro stays with it. I use it for heavy duty content development, presentations, database management and management of resesrch programs. Battery life, speed are all amazing and when in the office it easily runs two extra screens. I'm not a reviewer but a practical user, and the surface pro has been worth every bit of investment.

[moist_ointment]

Surface Pro is an amazing device for college. I used an SP4 for my undergrad. Light, thin, and small. Took the keyboard off and handwrote all my notes in onenote. Attached the keyboard when i needed to code (comp sci major).

Also, digital artists

[Psicoeducazione]

Actually, there is a precise target for this device: 2 in 1 portability. The iPad (with iPad OS) simply cannot do so.

[rogerpriestwell]

I really like tiny incremental light adjustments. It helps dial in the brightness just right

[deltax]

I think this device is best for students. I bought the SP7 years ago and have used it throughout my undergraduate studies in statistics, and now my graduate statistics program. I take notes in class, I use Rstudio, SAS, and VScode for all my python machine learning code and it works perfectly for all of these things. It's really nice to be able to go from taking notes in class to connecting it to an extended monitor and coding my ML stuff. At the end of the day, I will also just lay in bed and watch YouTube on it. Maybe any professionals that need to take notes or write would also benefit from this. My only gripe is the battery life. It's really disappointing to hear that this new Qualcomm chip only provides only an extra hour or so to what I get right now. But, as a student, I take notes while in class, and then in between classes I just go to my office and connect to monitor and charge. I also keep a really great power bank with me. Regardless of the battery, I have LOVED this device for school.

[harambeftw]

Just for anyone who cares: I love this device outside. Coffee shop outside table, no issue seeing everything. Slightly brighter than my MacBook pro m1. Was a little thrown by his comment.

[Sairysss]

My primary device is a desktop PC and I need a secondary device for work/multimedia when I travel or for the bed/couch use.
I had a Macbook Air, I used it during travel but at home it was collecting dust 99% of the time because its inconvenient to use in bed. Now I swapped it for the Surface Pro 11 and I use it all the time as a tablet at home + as a work laptop when I travel. I got a tablet "hand" stand on Amazon that I put near my bed that holds the Surface right infront of my face when I'm lying in bed, its SO convenient. I also got a small foldable table stand for 20$ on Amazon to lift surface closer to my eyes when I'm working since Bluetooth keyboard allows it. For my use case Surface is way better so I sold my Macbook Air.

[lubis]

Wow, for someone who prides themselves on being accurate, you are being EXTREMELY disingenuous here when you said you can get the SL7 and an iPad (+ Apple Pencil + Magic Keyboard) for less than the corresponding SP11. You are talking about an entirely different screen size for the iPad. For individuals who do a lot of PDF annotations and handwriting, a large pen-compatible canvas is paramount. So you SHOULD be comparing the SP11 to the 13" iPad Pro, not the 13" Air (lacks ProMotion, lacks OLED), and CERTAINLY NOT the 10.9" model.

Hence, you have failed to acknowledge that for people who need to lug around a tablet and laptop for all their use cases in a day, the SP11 fits in that workflow perfectly while not only costing less, but also weighing less and occupying less space than the combination of SL7 + 13" iPad. This is the exact reason why anyone should get the Surface Pro family of devices, and it baffles me that an 'expert' such as yourself has such difficulty deciphering that.

[KYVTrocks]

I can tell you who the Surface is for - its the Best of both worlds. its not a great tablet and not a great laptop, but it can do both pretty okay.

I Use it as my Main Device every day as a master of electrician.
In the Moring i use it for Office Work and ansering Mails.
While the Workday i use it mostly in Tablet mode to comment and edit PDF Files (Wiring Diagrams), take notes while im at the Customers house with the key in Onenote (Sync them Right to the Cloud so my Office knows what the Customer wants) and Work with it with some electrican exclusive Programs (ETS 4 and 5) to Programm Smart Homes. (These are Windows Exclusive Programs )
In the Evening i can use it to do more office work while Plugged in into my main Monitor and external keyboard.
When i want to i use my External-GPU Setup to play some games with it.
EGPU Isnt supportet yet on the ARM Plattform so i will wait a litte bit longer ...

So its almost the perfect device for me, when the 5G Version will arrive i will Probaly upgrade from my SP9 to SP11 to get more connectivity.

I Have a Ipad Pro M2, i was sure it will replace my SP9, but cant get even close, in the end i use my Ipad only for webbrowsing and netflix / youtube. It can take notes too and do it really well, but when im on my way to a customer i cant switch it into a full productivity device and run real applications on it, so its just a really really expensive toy

Best Regards

[carlo_oppermann]

Thanks for the review. I‘ve had mine for 1-2 weeks by now and think its the perfect replacement for my iPad (100%) and my Macbook (60%) for most cases. It does what i used my ipad for but much better in almost every way, like proper file handling, offline sync of dropbox and real applications. Aside from the drawbacks you pointed out (lap usage) it does it so well, i dont need to bring both my iPad and my Macbook everywhere. Macbook only for heavy video editing now

TL;DR: The surface is a much more useful tablet than the iPad and an okay replacement for a laptop in a pinch.

[JamieHicks]

Does anyone actually run the screen brightness at 100%, my MacBook Pro m1 is currently at 40%