Surface Pro 7 leaks in two different designs, but Microsoft has something bigger in the pipeline

Surface Pro 7 render

Following in the footsteps of a sixth-generation Surface Pro hybrid that looked an awful lot like the fifth-gen variant released back in 2017, Microsoft is preparing to unveil a number of "new and innovative things" at a New York City event on Wednesday, October 2. 

That may sound like the kind of empty promise companies occasionally make in advance of announcements of iterative product upgrades, but according to several trusted tipsters and insiders, the Redmond-based tech giant is indeed planning ...