Its large 12.3in screen is spacious and practical and its integrated kickstand lets you prop it up at whatever angle you like.

Although the design is now looking a little stale and staid, it’s proven and still the best implementation of a detachable 2-in-1 tablet/laptop hybrid we’ve seen. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, though. Everything else about Microsoft’s popular 2-in-1 remains the same as last year. Microsoft has changed the CPU line-up to reflect Intel’s latest 10th gen 10nm chips and, at long last, it has added a USB Type-C port. So what exactly is new about the Microsoft Surface Pro 7 over the Surface Pro 6? Well, if you hadn’t guessed already, not a lot. READ NEXT: Microsoft Surface Pro X review Microsoft Surface Pro 7 review: What you need to know And although it would be churlish to say this makes it a bad device – it absolutely isn't – just that it isn't much different from the Surface Pro 6: if you get the chance to buy the 6 at a discounted price, you should do that instead. Despite the new number, the Surface Pro 7 hasn’t been given much of an overhaul this year. With Microsoft launching an ARM-based Surface and teasing exotic dual-screen phone/tablet hybrids alongside it, the good old Surface Pro 7 looked humdrum by comparison. If the Microsoft Surface Pro 7 were a small child it would probably be feeling pretty lonely and neglected right now, and maybe a little jealous of all the attention lavished on its younger siblings.

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