Despite being new, the Intel Core M Broadwell chip is obviously less powerful when compared to the Haswell Dual-Core i5 or i7 processors, which the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 uses.
However, the positive uptake on the Broadwell processor is that it is more energy efficient than the i5 or i7 chips and is quantified to have a 30% energy efficiency.
Make no mistake about it. Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 and Surface 3 are not just planning to give the latest Apple iPads and other tablets a run for serious money but are actually looking to beat them in terms of sales this year.
Reports have it that the Redmondian company is looking to ship over four million units of the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 laptop/tablet combo and the Surface 3 tablet when both devices officially hit the markets this year.
In 2014, Microsoft has shipped over two million units of Surface and Surface Pro series products so the over four million target this year is quite lofty.
Hope that isn’t try about the surface pro 4. If it doesn’t come with skylake I won’t be touching it. That would be the stupidest decision MS could make given that a few weeks later skylake will be out and vastly superior in every way to broadwell. If they want a killer device it NEEDS to be based on skylake not broadwell.
And how do you expect them to do that exactly. These decisions are made well in advance and some things can’t be changed at a certain point. So Intel came up with something new. Maybe they will have it next years model.