They haven't shown any signs of doing a competent job on the $1,800 ARM Surface Pro 9. > My frustration with this computer wasn’t a workload thing. It didn’t s

They haven't shown any signs of doing a competent job on the $1,800 ARM Surface Pro 9. > My frustration with this computer wasn’t a workload thing. It didn’t start out fast and gradually slow down as I opened more things and started more processes. It was peppered with glitches and freezes from start to finish. I’d have only Slack open, and switching between channels would still take almost three seconds (yes, I timed it on my phone). Spotify, also with nothing in the background, would take 11 seconds to open, then be frozen for another four seconds before I could finally press play. When I typed in Chrome, I often saw significant lag, which led to all kinds of typos (because my words weren’t coming out until well after I’d written them). I’d try to watch YouTube videos, and the video would freeze while the audio continued. I’d use the Surface Pen to annotate a PDF, and my strokes would either be frustratingly late or not show up at all. I’d try to open Lightroom, and it would freeze multiple times and then crash. https://www.theverge.com/23421326/microsoft-surface-pro-9-arm-qualcomm-sq3-review https://www.theverge.com/23421326/microsoft-surface-pro-9-ar...