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Is the surface a PC?

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Microsoft Surface is a series oftouchscreen-basedpersonal computers and interactivewhiteboards designed anddeveloped by Microsoft, running theMicrosoft Windows operatingsystem.

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Consequently, is the Surface Pro a PC?

Microsoft's Surface Pro is clearly aWindowstablet, just like its predecessor, the Surface Pro 4.No“laptop” or notebook PC forgoes akeyboard,however, as the Surface Pro does.

Also, what is surface computing? Surface computing is the use of aspecializedcomputer GUI in which traditional GUI elementsare replacedby intuitive, everyday objects. Instead of a keyboardand mouse,the user interacts with a surface.

In respect to this, is Surface Pro a PC or tablet?

Microsoft officials had said previouslythatSurface devices, because of their detachablekeyboards,counted as tablets, not PCs. But more thana fewSurface buyers are using their Surface ProorSurface Pro 2 devices as theirprimaryPCs.

What operating system is Surface Pro?

Surface Pro 3

Surface Pro 3 with red Type Cover
Introductory price US$799–1949
Discontinued November 1, 2016
Operating system Windows 8.1 Pro Windows 10 Pro
CPU Intel Haswell low-voltage dual-core: i3-4020Y 1.5 GHz, 3MBcache, 11.5 W i5-4300U 1.9 up to 2.9 GHz, 3 MB cache, 15 Wi7-4650U1.7 up to 3.3 GHz, 4 MB cache, 15 W

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