And, of course, if a tablet is lost or stolen, governments need to know that their data will stay secure.Īt the federal level, most agencies require two-factor authentication. Even if workers are very careful, data stored on a tablet is never going to be as safe from physical snooping as information on a desktop locked up in a secure office. The one real risk to taking devices out in the field is that there is less physical security to protect data.

If editing videos is your job, then you should probably look elsewhere.Users Get Protection via Multifactor Authentication If you're very interested in the Surface Laptop and need to occasionally edit videos, spend the extra money for the model with the Intel Core i7 processor and Intel Iris Plus 640 graphics. Sure, the Surface Laptop with an Intel Core i5 processor can handle video editing, but it's not a pleasant experience compared to laptops with stronger specifications. To squeeze out the most performance, it's best to project to the external monitor only, instead of extending and using the Surface Laptop's display along with the external monitor. The Surface Laptop has a mini DisplayPort instead of the newer USB Type-C port, but it works fine as long as you have the right cable. When editing videos from home, I usually connect my machine to an external 4K monitor.

Playing the finished video isn't a problem at all on the Surface Laptop. For comparison, the Razer Blade with GTX 1060 graphics card and HP ZBook Studio with NVIDIA Quadro M1200 take about 4 minutes to export the same project. A sample 2-minute 4K video shot with the Sony a7S II (opens in new tab) takes about 25 minutes to export. Adobe Premiere on Surface Laptop (Image credit: Windows Central)Įxporting finished videos is another uphill battle for the Surface Laptop.

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