The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Aims to Lessen Dependence on Laptops
Jamie Danielle Munro — May 21, 2014 — Tech
References: microsoft & designboom
The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is the latest piece of tech from the powerful company. This design is intended to bring more dependence onto the tablet by fusing the item with more laptop-like features.
For example, the tablet comes equipped with a snap-on keyboard, since many people do not like typing on touch-screens. The side of the tablet has the same details that a regular laptop does, including an SD card reader. Moreover, "the Surface Pro 3 comes with the new surface pen, where with just a click of the accessory, the computer launches into a fresh word processing page, as quickly as having access to a pen and piece of paper," as stated on DesignBoom.
Photo Credits: designboom, microsoft
For example, the tablet comes equipped with a snap-on keyboard, since many people do not like typing on touch-screens. The side of the tablet has the same details that a regular laptop does, including an SD card reader. Moreover, "the Surface Pro 3 comes with the new surface pen, where with just a click of the accessory, the computer launches into a fresh word processing page, as quickly as having access to a pen and piece of paper," as stated on DesignBoom.
Photo Credits: designboom, microsoft
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