Having said that, the problems with the Surface Pro X don’t end there. They’re getting there though, and that’s heartening. The real qualm here is that while Microsoft does have a solution to Windows 10’s problems with ARM, it’s not a foolproof solution yet.
It doesn’t hamper how fast I work enough to really complain about them, but I can see why it will matter to a heavier user than myself. The result is these little lags when I’m selecting all the typed text on a long Google Docs document, or updating my notes on Evernote. Companies like Adobe aren’t fully ready to embrace these processors, and the work they’ve already done is better suited to Apple’s iPads than Windows on ARM. Who will this really matter to? Well, power users come to mind. The bottomline is this, the Surface Pro X and devices that follow its example in future, will be almost ready to replace laptops, but won’t quite get there. Microsoft tried to fix this by adding an emulation layer to Windows, which is akin to hammering the new chassis to fit the other car. ARM chips assume software will be built for a certain processor architecture, but legacy Windows software hasn't been made for that. You can make it run almost as well as the original, but it will be wobbly at times. To spare you a lot of jargon, running Windows on ARM is sort of like switching chassis for a car with a different car’s chassis. If anything, the Surface Pro X isn’t just modern in its looks, but also in how it performs. Neither does it feel like a cheap laptop with very little RAM and an older processor. The big accomplishment here is that the Surface Pro X doesn’t make you want to throw it against the wall.
But though the Surface Pro X is a huge leap forward, it’s just not enough to be the solution just yet.
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