The latest architecture ought to mean better battery life - which was out biggest complaint about the Surface Pro 4. It's all change under the hood, however, with the 2017 Surface Pro adopting Intel's seventh-generation Kaby Lake processors in fanless (and therefore silent) Core m and Core i5 form, or showing extra muscle with the Core i7 (as reviewed here, it has a fan but you'd struggle to hear it). Shame, because it's a great product in so many ways. As it stands, however, the six hours of normal use from the Core i7 model doesn't see it accelerate enough beyond where last year's model left off. Pick your spec wisely, however, because we suspect the Core i5 model's battery life would score the new Surface Pro an extra half star. That said, with an official Type Cover clipped into place, the Surface Pro is a formidable machine that not only looks better than its rivals, but brings fewer compromises than many too.

That's rather a lot of cash given the competition now available in the 2-in-1 market space, from the Acer Switch 5, to Lenovo Miix 720 or even Samsung Galaxy Tab S3. However, despite the nips and tucks making for a more sophisticated design in this fifth-generation model, there are still familiar issues: the battery life isn't great, there's no keyboard included, and with accessories and higher spec selections can get very expensive - this review model hitting a whopping £2399.

Surface pro 5 i7 16gb 512gb