Microsoft Surface Pro 5 reportedly coming in the first quarter of 2017

Microsoft's Windows-based Surface Pro convertible tablets have a special place on the market, and they're getting better and better with each new iteration. The latest Surface Pro model, the Surface Pro 4 (pictured above), was released in October 2015, so it's now over 1 year old. If you're wondering about when a new version of the tablet is expected to arrive, we may have an answer.

According to Taiwanese website DigiTimes, which quotes a Chinese-language publication, Microsoft intends to release a Surface Pro 5 in the first quarter of 2017. If this is true, ...