The new Surface Pro X launched alongside Microsoft’s new laptop, the Surface Laptop Go. The only big difference is that it’s been upgraded to a new, allegedly more powerful SQ2 processor. The latest device has an identical clamshell, screen and set of storage and RAM options to the original. It followed it up this year with a new Surface Pro X 2020. Microsoft launched the original Surface Pro X last year. Related: Surface Pro X 2020 vs Surface Pro X 2019

The plus side is that Arm is a lot less demanding than Intel, as a rule of thumb, so the X offers significantly longer battery life.

This means it can only run select apps which have been optimised for Arm. This makes it fairly different to traditional Surface devices which generally run on Intel CPUs.

The Surface Pro X is Microsoft’s flagship Arm-based convertible. For context, you can get a solid mechanical gaming keyboard for that price. The experience doesn’t come cheap either with the Surface Pro X regular keyboard costing a whopping £129.99 on the Microsoft Store. This is a little cheeky as the convertible, like all Windows devices, isn’t great when used as a basic tablet, so you really will want to invest in a keyboard if you want to take full advantage of the new Surface Pro X. You have to pay extra to get Microsoft’s optional Signature Keyboard attachment. The Surface Pro X does not come bundled with a keyboard. Here to help we’ve created this guide to answer the key question: Does the Surface Pro X come with a keyboard? Well, you’re not alone as the marketing imagery Microsoft’s used isn’t exactly clear. Thinking about picking up Microsoft’s spiffy new Surface Pro X 2020, but not sure if you need to pick up a keyboard as well?

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