Today Microsoft officially unveiled its 2nd generation Windows 8 tablets, including the new Surface Pro 2. As expected, the successor to last year's Surface Pro is a 10.1-inch tablet running a full version of the Windows desktop operating system, and features a number of hardware upgrades.
Consistent with previous reports, the Surface Pro 2 utilizes a new Intel Haswell processor. Microsoft claims that the Pro 2 is 20 percent faster than the original that there is a 50 percent increase to graphics performance.
Microsoft also equipped the new Surface Pro tablet with an improved battery, with the company stating that battery life has been improved by 75 percent — we found battery life to be a major problem with the original Windows 8 tablet, so it'll be interesting to see if the Pro 2 can live up to the claims.
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