Likewise, the solid-state drive (SSD) speeds for storage have also been substantially improved. For instance, the instant-on feature combined with Windows Hello facial recognition is notably faster. There also seem to be some slight lower-level tweaks to Surface Pro 6. Users can still upgrade to Windows 10 Pro through the Microsoft Store for a $99 license purchase. Microsoft offset the $100 price drop by switching to a standard Windows 10 Home license for all models (except for school or enterprise purchases, which remain on Windows 10 Pro). Likewise, all the configurations are $100 cheaper than last year's Surface Pro. That model still comes with 128GB of storage but is $100 cheaper than last year's similar configuration, which was $999. Instead, Surface Pro 6's entry model starts at $899 but doubles the RAM to 8GB and jumps to a stronger Core i5 processor. There are some other small changes including no $799 option for an Intel Core m3 or 4GB model. Everything is blacked-out on the new Surface Pro 6 However, the regular platinum color is still available. Microsoft shifted to 'Surface grey' for Surface Pro 3, but now, a new all-black model is back for Surface Pro 6.

Black color scheme - If you're new to the Surface Pro, you may not know that the original Surface Pro (2012) and Surface Pro 2 (2013) were only available in black.

Matching that is a new thermal solution to keep the heat at bay without running fans too loudly. That's thanks to the Intel Core i5-8250U and Core i7-8650U processors now being used. With nearly double the multi-core executions, the new Surface Pro 6 is substantially faster (more than 67 percent faster, according to Microsoft) than last year's model.

New Intel 8th Gen processors – Jumping from dual-core to quad-core is a big deal for performance.

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