Another Surface Pro? Didn’t they recently release one? Not unless you count 2015 as recent. The new Surface Pro is Microsoft’s latest take on its versatile hybrid for creatives, and it looks ace with that 12.3-inch PixelSense touch display. This time around, the Surface Pro is faster and sleeker, offering up to 50 per cent extra battery life for extended use. I’m a digital artist. Well, sort of. Would this suit me? Absolutely! The new Surface Pro transforms from PC (with the latest-gen Intel processors) to digital sketchpad within seconds. A new hinge design that adjusts to 165-degrees means you can transform the Surface Pro into Studio Mode, an angle inspired by Surface Studio, to work in an optimal writing or sketching position. It also ships with the latest Windows 10 Creators update. Is it still nice and light, though? Weighing roughly 766g (starter model) and a mere 8.5mm thin, you’ll hardly feel it in your bag or when carrying it between meetings. Everything about the design
Verdict – This is another excellent (if expensive) slim line gaming notebook, this time with decent battery life. Thanks to more power-efficient CPUs, gaming laptops are finally getting thinner. The latest example is Gigabyte’s Aero 15, a radical departure for a company whose high-performance offerings have tended to be rather hulking. The price is a sticking point: besides being a huge chunk of change in itself, the £1,900 asking price is a full £100 more than its closest competitor, the entry-level Full HD Razer Blade. This includes the very same quad-core Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor and GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card as the Aero 15, and benefits from a slim chassis, so Gigabyte’s laptop might be a tricky sell. That said, there’s absolutely nothing lacking about those specs, especially since the Aero 15 has a larger, 512GB PCI-E-based SSD. Performance in our benchmarks was exemplary, with an overall score of 128 in our 4K tests –the highest we’ve ever seen on a slim line gaming