Embukisweni wokugcina womkhiqizo weMicrosoft ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka, inkampani ezinze eRedmond yethule ngokusemthethweni i-AIO Surface Studio enamahemuhemu amaningi, idivaysi enesikrini sokuthinta esingu-28-intshi esijabulise bonke ababekhona futhi sathunyelwa kusuka kubasebenzisi abaningi be-Mac (Yize kunzima kubo ukuthi bakubone). Akukho okunye ngaphandle kokulungiswa okungaphakathi kwe-Surface Book (ithuluzi elingakatholakali emazweni amaningi ase-Europe) selokhu iSurface Pro 5 ingazange ixoxwe nganoma isiphi isikhathi, yize bekusebenza izinyanga ezimbalwa .
Ngokusho kwe-WalkingCat, eyaziwa ngokuvuza kwayo okuhlobene neSurface Pro, IMicrosoft isebenza esizukulwaneni sesihlanu seSurface Pro, ukwethulwa kwayo kuhlelelwe u-Ephreli, kanye nokukhululwa kokulandelayo okukhulu Windows 10 isibuyekezo esibizwa nge-Creators Update. Futhi, omunye wabakhiqizi bemikhiqizo yakwaMicrosoft, uToby Fitch, uqinisekisa ukuthi basebenze izinyanga ezimbalwa kulo mklamo omusha esizonikezwa yile divayisi. Kepha konke kubukeka kukhombisa ukuthi iSurface Pro akuyona kuphela ezobona ukwakheka kwayo, ngoba iSurface Book nayo izothola ukuguqulwa okuncane kobuhle.
Ngokusobala, abaningi bekungabasebenzisi abathi babhekane nenkinga yokwakhiwa kwenhlabathi ngohlelo lwamahinji, okuthile okuzophoqa inkampani ukuthi iguqule kancane ukwakheka kwayo ukugwema le nkinga. Kepha ngaphezu kwalokho, ingaphakathi layo lingabuye livuselelwe ngemuva kokwethulwa e-CES yokugcina eLas Vegas, yamaprosesa amasha eKaby Lake, avumela ukukhulisa inkumbulo okwenza ihambisane namamodeli wakamuva wokusetshenziswa okuphansi. Lokhu bekubuye kube yinkinga ku-Apple ngenkathi yethula izinhlobo ezintsha zeMacBook Pro, futhi ibaphoqe ukuthi basebenzise omakadebona beSky Lake nokuyikhona okuthole isibalo esikhulu sokugxekwa.