Hi barbbowman Barb,
Quick round up of answers to your questions...
- SL3 Ryzen AMD would not be Intel WiFi (and from the Store specs, looks to be 802.11ac and not WiFi6/802.11ax). Correct?
- That is correct. The AMD is targeted for consumer customers and sold through retail outlets. The specs you have are correct.
- Will the existing typecovers for SP3/4/5/6 work on the new Pro X or not? They MAY be asking because the new typecovers for the X are coming soon and not available to purchase.
- The Surface Pro X introduces a new Signature Keyboard and Slim Pen. The existing type-covers for the Pro line (3,4,Pro,6) are not compatible with the Pro X connector. The Surface Pro X Signature Keyboard is only compatible with the Pro X.
- They want to know more about battery life on SP7 as the marketing rating changed from 13 hours to 10 hours. Same capacity battery ? Why the difference?
- We have designed this generation of Surface devices to be up to twice as fast with a balance of performance, battery life, and great user experiences in a thin and light design. As a result of increased performance, overall battery life has been impacted, but we expect customers will continue to get a full day of use from their Surface, and faster charging when they need it.
- Will the existing SP3/4/5/6 pens work on the Pro X?
- Yes!
- For the Surface Pro X Slim Pen it is compatible with Surface Go, Surface Studio 2, Surface Studio, Surface Laptop 3, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Laptop, Surface Book 2, Surface Book, Surface Pro X, Surface Pro 7, Surface Pro 6, Surface Pro (5th Gen), Surface Pro 4, Surface Pro 3
- Will the existing Surface Dock work with the SP7 and Pro X ?
- Does the Surface Pro 7 have USB C Gen 1 port (5GB/s) or USB C Gen 2 port (10GB/s)?
- Here are the specs for the USB-C on Pro 7:
- USB 3.2 (Gen2) and earlier supporting 10GB/s
- DP 1.4 (HBR3 + DSC) 2 Lanes + USB3.1 (DP Alt Mode pin assignments C and E). (MultiFunction)
- DP1.4 (HBR3 + DSC) 4 Lanes (DP Alt Mode pin assignments D and F)
- Digital Audio
- What sort of USB A port does it have? USB 3.0 or USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5GB/s) or USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10GB/s) port?
- Does it have a SATA SSD or M.2 SSD? M.2 was mentioned only for the Surface Pro X at this month's Surface Event.
- Pro X and Laptop 3 use a M.2 SSD as does Surface Hub 2S.
- Will the surface pro 7 be able to connect to two monitors at the sane time to work on both independently with a usb-c to 2×HDMI adapter? I believe the surface pro 7 will need to support DP ALT Mode to work?
- Surface Laptop 3, Pro 7 and Pro X will all support Up to 2X 3840x2160 @60Hz (4K UHD) via USB-C.
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