Microsoft·laptop
Surface Pro 11
Based on 17 credible posts from Hacker News & Bluesky. 1 filtered out as bot-like or off-topic.
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Scored September 27, 2026
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Owner reviews
Overall owner mood
Most owners are happy with it: 65% of 17 reviews are positive and 6% negative. Praise centers on battery & charging and performance. The most common complaint is battery & charging (2 owners).
What owners like
Battery & charging praised by 2 owners
“Battery life is incredible.”
Performance praised by 2 owners
“Performance compares surprisingly well to my Intel i9 desktop, only 20-30% slower.”
What owners complain about
Battery & charging raised by 2 owners
“iPads and Android tablets are crippled by their OS, and x86 tablets are bulky, hot, underperform, and/or have poor battery life.”
What owners talk about
- Battery & charging2 praise · 2 complain
- Comfort & size1 praise · 1 complain
- Performance2 praise · 0 complain
- Display1 praise · 1 complain
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[...] I need to take a moment to rave about the Surface Pro 11 using the Snapdragon 12 core processor. [...] I've been using this for over 6 months now and it has exceeded all my expectations.
Agreed, I got the Surface Pro 11 to have a Windows on ARM device to test on, and it's quickly become my favorite portable device. It's really nice to have a tablet that lasts days on battery, that you can draw on and then flip around and write code on. The last thing I was waiting on was Zed, which now works on Windows ARM as of a couple weeks ago (though there aren't official builds yet so I build it from source). [...]
To be fair, the Surface Pro 11 ARM is really good. [...] iPads and Android tablets are crippled by their OS, and x86 tablets are bulky, hot, underperform, and/or have poor battery life. [...] Performance even with emulation is pretty good. [...]
Apple doesn't make a non-crippled tablet. Surface Pro 11 is fast enough and MS doesn't arbitrarily decide how I use the device. It also plays nicer with my mix of non-Apple products whereas Apple is far more annoying in that regard.
I just bought a Surface Pro 11 and love it. [...] Battery life is incredible. For me I was never looking to fully replace my actual laptop, but more to replace my iPad with something that is actually capable of doing any sort of development work if needed. The iPad is a much better tablet, hands down, but even just updating a static website on an iPad is an absolute chore and requires multiple apps to function.
Sorry for rant it's a unique issue I have only with the Microsoft Surface Pro 11 (the one with ARM processors) I got the Asus ProArt and it has 0 issues by comparison at all; just haven't found all my old pens yet to then try them on this yet while I fully switchover and the pen that goes with the
I'm curious what problems are you having with ARM64? It's not my daily driver, but I've been pretty pleased with my Surface Pro 11.
I found myself using Chrome PWAs more when I got my Surface Pro 11 because when I'm using it as a tablet I prefer opening something as an app rather than going into Chrome and typing in a web address. Also I use the Start menu more for some reason.
I got a Surface Pro 11 as lart of a black friday deal and I'm surprised this thing can actually do light gaming very easily. Handy for when I'm stuck at an airport... like right now...
I caved and got a Surface Pro 11 (I got a green keyboard pen combo on an amazing sale earlier this year) for 230 off and it came with a free $210 42" TV and 2 year warranty ARM isn't my first choice of processor but it can surprisingly run the things I play so far and ergonomics is great for me
Bought my Microsoft Surface Pro 11 Copilot+ PC on launch day. Everyday I use it, I'm falling in love with it more and more. [...]
I got a Surface Pro 11, which has an ARM processor, and so far I'm pretty impressed. [...] OLED screen is a nice upgrade. Performance compares surprisingly well to my Intel i9 desktop, only 20-30% slower. My previous Surface Pro 8 was 40-70% slower. [...]
I have a gorgeous Surface Pro 11 X1 Elite that can run just enough Linux to tease me with how beautiful it could be, but it's still unstable enough that I can't daily it. Torture.
Surface Pro 11 owner here. [...] Most games are broken with unplayable graphical glitches with Qualcomm video drivers, but fortunately not all. [...] Battery life isn't something that matters for me.
Like it's one of those surface pro laptops, cuz I got a surface pro 11
[...] Delphi had the following language features added since 1998 (this is just a small selection): Extension methods/properties ("class helpers"), generics, enum types, for..in loops, static methods, closures, smart pointers, value types ("records"[1]), attributes, variables can be declared anywhere (removing Pascal's limitation), type inference, multiline strings. [...] It only really works on the new Microsoft Surface Laptops thanks to emulation, but I can also run Nintendo 8-bit games on a Surface Pro 11 using an emulator — that doesn't say much. [...] This means that you can only display text in a non-English writing if your system's ANSI codpeage is set to that language (in the past you had to restart Windows to change this, not sure if it has improved). [...] Over the years the governments of Japan, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have updated their national standards (which defined tables of characters that should be digit
I've been looking at new art tablets and my options are iPad Pro 2024 or Surface Pro 11. I've been using Procreate for years and it's hard for me to switch to other program, closets one seems to be Artstudio Pro but I'd need to find new brushes... [...]
The claims, and the evidence
What the brand claims
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What owners report
“[...] I need to take a moment to rave about the Surface Pro 11 using the Snapdragon 12 core processor. [...] I've been using this for over 6 months now and it has exceeded all my expectations.”
after 6 monthsView on Bluesky“Agreed, I got the Surface Pro 11 to have a Windows on ARM device to test on, and it's quickly become my favorite portable device. It's really nice to have a tablet that lasts days on battery, that you can draw on and then flip around and write code on. The last thing I was waiting on was Zed, which now works on Windows ARM as of a couple weeks ago (though there aren't official builds yet so I build it from source). [...]”
“Sorry for rant it's a unique issue I have only with the Microsoft Surface Pro 11 (the one with ARM processors) I got the Asus ProArt and it has 0 issues by comparison at all; just haven't found all my old pens yet to then try them on this yet while I fully switchover and the pen that goes with the”
“I have a gorgeous Surface Pro 11 X1 Elite that can run just enough Linux to tease me with how beautiful it could be, but it's still unstable enough that I can't daily it. Torture.”
Common Surface Pro 11 problems
Issues at least two owners independently report.
- Battery & charging2 mentionsView on Hacker News
“Surface Pro 11 owner here. [...] Most games are broken with unplayable graphical glitches with Qualcomm video drivers, but fortunately not all. [...] Battery life isn't something that matters for me.”