The 12-inch Surface Pro is the most iPad-like hybrid tablet Microsoft has made yet, but to get there the company had to make plenty of compromises. Clocking in at 1.5 pounds, it weighs almost the same as the 12.

Surface Pro 12-inch preorders will start shipping on May 20, 2025. Kensington says that its new accessories for Surface Pro 12-inch will be available soon through the Kensington website and through partners. Kensington has not shared pricing for the accessories at this time.

Microsoft’s new-look Surface Pro fixes our electronics writer’s longest-standing frustration with its keyboard.

EDT In a statement to Mashable, Microsoft confirmed that it will no longer sell the $999.99 configurations of its flagship Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 with 10-core Snapdragon X Plus processors,

Microsoft unveils the all-new 12" Surface Pro and 13" Surface Laptop — AI-powered, ultra-light Copilot+ PCs with long battery life, starting at $799.

Both new Surface devices carry the “Copilot+ PC” designation Microsoft gives to high-end computers with a so-called neural processing unit. It handles things like real-time translation in video calls or image generation, freeing up the CPU — in this case, Qualcomm Inc.’s Snapdragon X Plus — for other tasks.