
IT departments will appreciate the new emphasis on remote deployment. The new Surface Pro Plus has a few extra features to appeal to the business and education crowds. Microsoft claims the new processors can be up to 2.1 times faster than the previous model, with 15 hours of battery life, up from about 11 hours.

Both the Surface 7 Pro and 7 Pro Plus top out at 1TB of internal storage, if you're willing to pay for it.

CES 2021 products you can actually buy this year.Our CES 2021 Day 2 recap: Razer's futuristic N95 mask, smart lipstick and a flying car.That's yet another data point that 5G just isn't a big deal yet for many system shoppers and PC makers. No, it's not 5G support, but that's true of most of the mobile-broadband-ready laptops from 2020 and so far in 2021. First, the Surface 7 Pro Plus gets built-in LTE mobile data options, something the Surface Pro 7 lacked. This naturally raises a question: What do you call the "pro" version of your product, when the regular version already has Pro in the name? Microsoft's solution is to append a plus symbol, indicating that this is more than a Surface Pro 7, but not quite a Surface Pro 8.Ī handful of features and upgrades separate the Pro Plus from the plain old Pro.

In the meantime, we've seen the Surface Laptop Go and a new Surface Pro X, but not another flagship Surface Pro. This is a business and education version of the Surface Pro 7, which I reviewed in October 2019. Microsoft doesn't typically introduce new computer hardware during CES, but it's jumping into the mix this year with the Surface Pro 7 Plus. CES 2021 is just starting, but many PC companies have already announced new laptops, tablets, desktops and two-in-one PCs.
