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Re:New iPad Air and iPad Mini by Wowfunhappy on Monday March 18, 2019 @10:39AM (#19421399)
The surface pro line has had USB C for a long time, and at the higher end is about as powerful as you can get in 2019 in a machine that size.

I hate Windows too but you're not going to see a macOS device like this for obvious reasons (well, Apple can do anything, but I wouldn't count on it). If you don't mind running Linux natively, most Surface models do reasonably well there.

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Re:New iPad Air and iPad Mini by Spinfusor on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:35AM (#19421942)
The Surface Pro has never had any USB-C ports.

Microsoft released a Surface Connect adapter only last year, and it has terrible reviews: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-connect-to-usb-c-a...

The Surface Go, Surface Book 2, and Surface Studio 2 are the only Surface devices with USB-C ports.

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Re:New iPad Air and iPad Mini by komali2 on Monday March 18, 2019 @01:55PM (#19423352)
Does it have USB C?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-pro-6/8zcnc665slq5...

1 x full-size USB 3.0

3.5 mm headphone jack

Mini DisplayPort

1 x Surface Connect port

Surface Type Cover port6

MicroSDXC card reader

Compatible with Surface Dial*

Doesn't seem to...

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Re:New iPad Air and iPad Mini by Wowfunhappy on Monday March 18, 2019 @02:19PM (#19423587)
Hmm, it looks like I got the pro and non-pro lines confused. Thank you for correcting me.
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Re:New iPad Air and iPad Mini by komali2 on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @10:24AM (#19431061)
No worries, I went to the Microsoft store after to scope some out and actually the surface go seems like a pretty solid little device so I appreciate the recommendation. Gonna drive on it until the return period and see how it feels.
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