Microsoft Surface Pro 5 - Core i5, 8GB, RAM, 128GB SSD

I only use my Surface for digital drawing with a Surface Pen in Photoshop CC 2019, and so far it has worked mostly great! I bought the I5 with 8 gigs of RAM, and I would say that is the absolute minimum specs I would go for, for heavy Photoshop usage. Depending on what I am doing, PS will lag a bit at times. Battery life is OK, I can get maybe 4 or 5 hours out of a charge. Drawing on this screen is NOT true to life, but it is super milky smooth and I love it. I need the screen to be pretty bright when I'm drawing, which of course burns more battery. I feel like the standard screen brightness setting is not enough. Before I bought this I was worried that the stand wouldn't be good enough, but it is great, I love it. Another thing I appreciate is that this tablet comes with much less bloatware than, say, your standard Dell laptop. Speakers are nothing to write home about, not surprisingly. I will update this review as I use this tablet more.

My Surface Pro (2017) specifications: - 8 GB RAM - 128 GB SSD Price: $1,099.99 + priority shipping of $3.00 Accessories: blue keyboard and Microsoft Certified Stylus by Heiyo Review: I absolutely love my Surface Pro. As a university student, it is lightweight, you're able to write on it with a stylus, thus saving paper. This was especially important to me since I'm studying Environmental Studies. I wanted to invest in a product that will last me well into my medical school career or master of urban planning and juris doctor degree. It does overheat a little, it only overheats when I'm writing on the tablet during class. I always have Night Light on and its dimmed to save battery life so this might be a little concerning to some but I dont mind it. It keeps my hand warm during the winter months - love it! Windows Hello works all the time, well since I had it at least (been a month or two). Battery life is great, I'd say I get around 9 hours. Again, to reiterate, I always have nightlight on since it filters out blue light, and I always have it on the lowest brightness or next to lowest if I cant see. I always carry a charger with me anyway so it doesnt matter. It does lack a few ports, but I dont use it often anyway. Thunderbolt, USB B, charging port, and mini SD reader for expandable storage. Overall, I recommend this product to university students, if you buy it off Microsoft website you qualify for student pricing if you use your schools email address. Bonus: the charging adapter has a built in USB B female so I'm able to charge my phone too. If you do this, beware that the charging brick thing gets really warm but not hot.

Best 2 in 1 device.. only for office work... not for gamers... fan less.. turn on tablet in 3 seconds thanks for ssd.. every thing is snappy fast.. Surface pro 5 will ship with windows 10 pro but surface pro 6 will ship with windows 10 home this is great injustice.. table use to turn on in 5 seconds.. not made for heavy usage. Downside: type pad should purchase separately No number pad in type pad, no full size keyboard,

I am using it since 3 months. Battery life is good. I use only lighter application, no gaming. It's very light in weight and perfectly serves my need.

Opened the package and turned it on and touchscreen was totally unresponsive. Turned the screen off and back on and the touchscreen would work for maybe two touches and then go totally unresponsive again. Followed all of the troubleshooting advice that microsoft's website recommends, but none of it worked. Contacted Amazon and they couldn't get a replacement to me for another week at a more expensive price. Very frustrated with both Amazon and Microsoft.