Andrew Cunningham
The Surface Pro 4 changes less than the Pro 3.
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Microsoft's Surface tablet has always had the same basic idea—take an Ultrabook, put it inside a tablet's body, and then attach a keyboard cover and prop it up with a kickstand to make it approximate a laptop. But the Surface Pro 2 and 3 made substantial tweaks to the way the kickstand and keyboard worked. It was only in the Surface Pro 3 that Microsoft hit upon a kickstand that could be opened as much or little as you wanted, combined with a keyboard cover that was stable enough to use on your lap.
Microsoft apparently realizes that it's hit upon a compromise between tablet and laptop that works well enough for people who want to use the Surface Pro as a laptop, and it has wisely decided not to fix what wasn't broken. The Surface Pro 4 makes many changes, but the keyboard and kickstand work the same way as they did last year, which makes the Surface Pro 4 feel like the most iterative version of the tablet yet (that's not a bad thing).
The first refinement is the slightly larger, slightly higher-resolution screen. It retains the Surface Pro 3's 3:2 aspect ratio but bumps it up to 12.3 inches with a 2736×1824 resolution. The port layout and wireless capabilities are identical—you still get one full-size USB 3.0 port, an SD card slot, a Mini DisplayPort, and the port for the Type Cover, as well as Bluetooth 4.0 and 866Mbps 802.11ac. The one difference you'll spot easily is that the capacitive Windows button is totally gone—you'll need to rely on the onscreen button.
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