MULTI-TOOL We find out if Microsoft’s latest two-in-one device has kept pace with the iPad Pro and laptop rivals like the MacBook Air.
The Surface Pro 6 is the latest version of Microsoft’s successful two-in-one tablet-PC combo. There’s not a stack of improvements over the previous generation, but it does up the performance significantly. However, as a creative the question is whether it’s either as good a tablet as the iPad Pro, or a potential laptop replacement that can take on your current ultra-portable device?
The short answer is that no, it’s not as good as a tablet as the iPad Pro. And it doesn’t do as good a job as a laptop when it’s, well, being a laptop. Yet where the Surface Pro 6 wins is in its flexibility as a tablet, a laptop and a fully powered Windows machine that you can dock with a keyboard and monitor when you get to a desk.
Surface Pro 6 starts at £779 for the Core-i5, 8GB RAM and 128GB storage version. You also need to buy the Surface Pen (£100) and the detachable Surface Type Cover (£125) that attaches to the bottom edge of the Surface Pro with a special docking point. This is galling, because both are essential to the Surface Pro experience. The problem with the added extras is that, by the time you’ve added them on, you’re looking at the same price point (or more) for an ultra-portable laptop.
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Jan Wessbecher
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Kyounghwan Kim
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Slawek Fedorczuk
Dominic Carter talks to the concept artist about what keeps him motivated and the advantages of using physical sketchbooks.
Raquel M. Varela
Raquel is inspired by magic, fantasy and fairy tales. She loves designing female characters from distant worlds. \"My greatest reference is Loish's art, thanks to her I learned to draw the movement and fluidity I like to convey.\"
Estrela Lourenço
Estrela is a children's book author and illustrator. Her work is influenced by her background in character animation and storyboards for clients such as Cartoon Network, and she channels comic strips like Calvin and Hobbes.
Daria Widermanska
Daria, also known as Anako, has been drawing for as long as she can remember. Inspired by Disney and classic anime, she loves creating new characters and often finds that a single sketch can spark a unique story.
Allen Douglas
Allen has been painting professionally since 1994 for the publishing and gaming industries. Inspired by folklore, he distorts the size, relationships and environments of animals, and calls his paintings 'unusual wildlife'.
Thaddeus Robeck
Thaddeus has been drawing from the moment he could hold a pencil, but it was the 2020 lockdowns that gave him the time to focus on honing his skills.
DRAW FASCINATING SYMBOLIC ARTWORK
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The artist talks about his journey into the mythological world
