Surface Pro 7 Artist Review

At microsoft s annual surface event it launched a brand new surface pro 7 with a couple of small updates to highly popular 2 in 1.

Surface pro 7 artist review.

I still prefer traditional wacom pens like the one in its mobile studiopro line but the surface pro remains a more flexible all purpose device. It s also a great tool for creative directors and designers for whom easy portability and the ability to draw are more important than the performance of a high spec laptop such as apple s 16 inch macbook pro. The surface pro 7 is the creative hardware of choice for the illustrator and by this we mean professional vector artists and graphic designers whose main tool is adobe illustrator. So from my perspective even if the company did nothing to tweak this generation s inking capabilities the surface pro 7 should be an excellent choice for windows artists.

The surface studio is the best surface ever and if you can afford it or can talk your company into buying you one don t hesitate. Brad colbow takes on the wacom mobilestudio pro 16 about 3 years ago. Though the more expensive surface pro x has many of the. The form design microsd card slot kickstand windows hello and.

Additionally this makes it a good laptop tablet to view and watch movies as well. The surface pro 7 is another solid iteration of microsoft s flagship windows tablet 2 in 1 elevated this time by worthy upgrades in the form of a usb c port and peppy ice lake cpus. Like apple microsoft also charges. Microsoft s surface pro tablets work well with pens but they are clearly the third choice for any artist who doesn t need windows for other purposes.

Artists can appreciate their artwork in full hd resolution. The surface pro 7 is arguably the best windows tablet money can buy it s just not that big a leap over the surface pro 6.