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The Intel version of the Surface Pro 9 starts at $1,000 for a configuration that only comes in the Platinum color option and includes a Core i5-1245U CPU, 128GB of user-upgradeable storage, and 8GB of non-upgradeable RAM. Neither tablet includes a headphone jack, an omission that is still rare but that we've also seen in newer versions of the Dell XPS 13. Both tablets have the same number of physical ports, but the protocols supported are slightly different-you get one Surface Connect port and two USB-C ports that support Thunderbolt 4 on the Intel version of the Surface and USB 3.2 on the Arm version. Both models also have an upgraded Windows Hello-compatible 1080p webcam and a 10-megapixel rear-facing camera. The two machines support the same Type Cover and Surface Pen accessories and have user-replaceable M.2 storage drives. While the Surface Pro 8 took a lot of cues from the Surface Pro X design, the Surface Pro 9 models have fully converged, with the exact same dimensions and weight (just a shade under two pounds) and the same 13-inch, 120 Hz, 2880×1920 touchscreen.
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Microsoft has taken pains to make the CPU the only difference you can notice between these two computers. The vanilla Surface Pro 9 is the more traditional Intel version, while the "Surface Pro 9 with 5G" includes an entirely different processor and the Arm version of Windows, with all that entails-a performance penalty for the vast majority of third-party Windows apps, but also the promise of better battery life. Both Surface Pro 9 models will be available on October 25, with preorders available now. The catch is that both of these tablets are now called "Surface Pro 9," an admission on Microsoft's part that it knew about the number 9 all along (and also possibly an effort to stop people from thinking that a Surface Pro X is one better than a Surface Pro 9). The other is a refresh of the Surface Pro X, with a new Microsoft SQ3 Arm processor provided by Qualcomm. One is a modest upgrade to the Surface Pro 8, with 12th-generation Intel processors that promise much-improved performance for things that benefit from lots of CPU cores. Microsoft is introducing a pair of typical, iterative updates to its Surface Pro convertible tablet PCs today.
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