Microsoft drops powerful new Surface Pro X

Sure, Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 7, which the company unveiled Wednesday in New York City, looks nice.

But Microsoft had a surprise up its sleeve. Later during its big hardware event, it dropped the new Surface Pro X. 

It boasts a 13-inch screen, Surface Slim Pen, and the powerful new Surface SQ1 chip it developed with Qualcomm. 

The Surface Pro X is very light, only 1.68 pounds and 5.3 millimeters thin, and features a USB-C port that supports fast charging. 

You can preorder the Surface Pro X now for $999. It ship in November. 

If you want to save some money, the Surface Pro 7, which might not be as fast, but does features a USB-C port, you can preorder that as well for $749. Read more...