Microsoft Surface Newsroom: What Others Are Saying


May 30, 2014

Pete Pachal, Mashable

“There is no PC like the Microsoft Surface Pro 3. The big, glossy slab is unmistakably a tablet, but when you snap in the optional-but-not-really-optional keyboard, you’ve got a fully-powered PC in your hands. Or rather, lap. I don’t know if a single machine will ever satisfy all our digital needs, but when it comes to device unity, the Surface Pro 3 is simply the best product ever made.”

May 22, 2014

Eli Blumenthal, USA Today

“USA TODAY’s Ed Baig met up with Panos Panay, Vice President of the Surface division at Microsoft, to discuss the new device, its target market, recent reports of a smaller tablet, the company’s rivalry with Apple and more.”

May 21, 2014

Lance Ulanoff, Mashable

“Perhaps it’s a laptop in tablet’s clothing. But whatever the Surface Pro 3 is or isn’t, it’s an intriguing new product entry with a few intriguing features you may have missed.”

May 20, 2014

Mark Spoonauer, LAPTOP

“Microsoft wants to replace your laptop with the new Surface Pro 3, which sports a large 12-inch display yet is only 9.1 mm thin. The Surface Pro 3 is also light given its bigger canvas, weighing 1.8 pounds.”

May 20, 2014

Samantha Murphy, Mashable

“Microsoft unveiled its third-generation Surface Pro 3 device at an event in New York City on Tuesday, with a larger surface area than its previous model but weighing even lighter than a MacBook Air.”

May 20, 2014

Devindra Hardawar, VentureBeat

“Microsoft’s quest to create ‘one device to rule them all’ may have finally succeeded.”

May 20, 2014

Eric Limer, Gizmodo

“The Surface Pro has never been a bad idea. One device that’s both your laptop and your tablet!”

May 20, 2014

Preston Gralla, Computerworld

“Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3 may do the impossible… Here are three reasons it looks like a winner and could save the line.”

May 20, 2014

Michael Endler, InformationWeek

“Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 offers a big 12-inch screen, lighter weight, more power, and a flashy pen experience.”

May 20, 2014

Dana Wollman, Engadget

“The new Surface Pro 3 isn’t the smallest tablet Microsoft has made — in fact, it’s the biggest, with a 12-inch, 2,160 x 1,440 screen. But if you think it’s just a blown-up version of the old model, you’d be wrong.”

May 21, 2014

Matthew Miller, ZDNet

“Microsoft announced their new Surface Pro 3 lineup yesterday and you can now pre-order one of the five available models. My Surface Pro is my primary computer, but it is now time to upgrade.”

May 20, 2014

Edward Baig, USA Today

“Microsoft unveiled the Surface Pro 3 tablet at an event in New York on Tuesday, saying the goal of the device is to “take away the conflict” between owning a laptop and a tablet.”

May 21, 2014

Brad Chacos, PCWorld

“The Surface Pro 3 is clearly the Surface that Panay and his crew has dreamed of building ever since Microsoft decided to leap feet-first into the mobile hardware game.”

May 20, 2014

Harry McCracken, Time

“The vision has remained remarkably consistent. Is the technology finally ready?”

May 21, 2014

Adrian Covert, Fast Company

“We were once promised that we could abandon our sketchbooks and notepads for tablets, but it never happened. Enter the Surface Pro 3.”

May 20, 2014

Julianne Pepitone, NBC News Online

“Microsoft wants its products to be accessible to all people in all environments — and the new Surface Pro 3 tablet is the first device meant to embrace this new philosophy.”

May 20, 2014

Xiomara Blanco, CNET News

“The subtle Surface Pro 3 design tweaks affect the tablet’s user experience in a few major ways.”

May 20, 2014

John Biggs, TechCrunch

“I’m really pleased with the Surface. This is Microsoft’s Platonic ideal for what an 8.1 tablet should be, and I think it succeeds in creating a device that balances size, weight, power and power consumption.”

May 20, 2014

Dan Ackerman, CNET News

“Tablets are great for consuming entertainment and media, while laptops and other full PCs are required to actually create those works, or so the conventional wisdom goes.”

May 21, 2014

Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg News

 “Microsoft Corp.’s Surface Pro 3 isn’t just another new tablet. It is also an impressive demonstration of the value of perseverance and part of a contrarian strategy that may yet pay off.”

Oct. 21, 2013

Pete Pachal, Mashable

“This is a tablet with the heart of a PC and its brain in the cloud.”

Oct. 21, 2013

Mathew Honan, Wired

“Overall, these are just really well-built devices. Solid. Light. Responsive.”

Oct. 21, 2013

Jeremy A. Kaplan, FoxNews.com

“The new Surface 2 from Microsoft is a wonderful piece of hardware. It’s beautifully made and blazingly fast, portable yet powerful, interactive and entertaining all at once.”

Oct. 21, 2013

Anand Shimpi, AnandTech

“With its new commitment to being a devices & services company, Microsoft now joins the ranks of Apple and Google in shipping platforms with annual updates to hardware and software.”

Oct. 21, 2013

Anand Shimpi, AnandTech

“Surface Pro 2 is compatible with all of the new dock accessories, including the new touch and type covers.”

Oct. 21, 2013

Alex Wilhelm, TechCrunch

“Microsoft has two new Surface tablets that are currently up for preorder, as well as a crop of refreshed accessories.”

Sept. 23, 2013

Wilson Rothman/NBCNews.com

Sept. 23, 2013

Alexandra Chang/Wired

Sept. 23, 2013

Alex Wilhelm/TechCrunch

May 17, 2013

Amy Schlinger/Men’s Fitness

April 25, 2013

Suzette Valle/Mamarazzi Knows Best

March 14, 2013

Samara Lynn/PC Magazine

Feb. 06, 2013

David Pogue/New York Times

Feb. 05, 2013

John Biggs/TechCrunch

Feb. 05, 2013

Anand Lal Shimpi/AnandTech

Feb. 05, 2013

Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch

Jan. 23, 2013

Matt Burns/TechCrunch

Jan. 23, 2013

Brooke Crothers/CNET

Jan. 19, 2013

Brooke Crothers/CNET

Jan. 10, 2013

David Pogue/New York Times

Oct. 28, 2012

Matthew Miller/ZDNet

: “…many of the apps I use on Windows Phone, iOS, and Android are indeed available and the hardware really does rock!”

Oct. 25, 2012

Hayley Tsukayama/Washington Post

: “Over 1,000 PCs have been certified for the launch — many with touchscreens. Sinofsky said that Microsoft’s reach and deep bench of developers allow the company to have a large number of apps at launch and will be able to fill out the store quickly.”

Oct. 16, 2012

Salvador Rodriguez/Los Angeles Times

June 18, 2012

Sam Biddle/Gizmodo

June 18, 2012

Jon Mitchell/Read Write Web

June 18, 2012

Kelly Schwarze/GeekSugar