This is a flap of metal on the back, hinged at its top which is half way up the back of the device. What stops the screen of the Surface Pro – its whole body – from falling over is the built in kick stand. Unlike the hinge between a notebook computer and its screen, it applies no friction. So why won’t my Surface Pro 4 fit on my lap? Well, when you have the Surface Pro Type Cover attached, it has a kind of soft hinge designed only to hold the cover in place. So when I read about the Brydge 12.3 Bluetooth keyboard, and how it attaches to a Microsoft Surface Pro, I had to give it a go. Or barely, if I sit just so and am very careful. It has plenty of performance for my purposes, and for your purposes too since you can choose a model with a power enough processor to meet your needs.īut it’s not much of a “laptop” because it won’t fit on my lap.

With the optional Type Cover it’s okay to type on. For all its many virtues, there is one practical problem with the Microsoft Surface Pro: it’s pretty useless as a “laptop”.

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