New Microsoft Surface Tablets Could Use Intel Pentium Processors

You can not have anything for nothing, and that seems to be the case with the next low cost Surface tablets that Microsoft is working on. According to testimonials, the cost of the convertible tablet should be less than $ 400 by equipping them with processors Pentium Silver N5000 and Pentium Gold Y-series. Although they match favorably with the Core m3 processor used in the Surface Pro base model, they are well below Core i5 processors used in slightly more expensive models.

Although it was disappointing for anyone hoping for a viable alternative to Surface Pro for general computer purposes, it should not be too surprising if you consider the purpose of the new rumored surface line. Microsoft is looking to compete directly with Apple's iPad hardware. These tablets are relatively inexpensive and offer reasonable power, but they do not compete with laptops. The goal is to reduce costs, and Pentium Silver and Gold chips could be a great way to offer this while presenting the benefits of all-new processor technologies.

Regardless of the configuration chosen by new buyers, they should be much more powerful hardware than the latest Surface tablet, the Surface 3. Although we liked this 2015 convertible tablet with its Intel Atom processor, the hardware of three years does not make way for new Pentium chips. The Atom and Pentium Silver chips have four cores, where the Gold chips have two (with the support of the hyperthreading), but the new architectures are significantly more powerful in all scenarios than the old Atom chips.

The power will want to opt for heavier devices because these chips are not designed to be draft horses. While perfectly able to look at Netflix or write documents, more intense tasks will definitely put emphasis on the system. As Engadget points out, this is not a problem because Microsoft simply wants students and budget tablet users to consider it instead of Apple's alternative hardware.

For all others, there are convertible laptops. , which sports industry leader in battery life and real performance equipment.