Microsoft Surface Pro 3

• Release date: June 20, 2014
• CPU: Intel i3-4020Y / i5-4300U / i7-4650U
• Chipset: Intel Haswell low-voltage
• Screen: 12.0“ glossy 2160×1440 3:2 eDP ClearType
• Memory size: 4 or 8 GB LPDDR3 1600MHz (soldered, non-upgradeable)
• Wireless: Marvell 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac + Bluetooth 4.0 LE (Linux driver: mwifiex_pcie(4), no support in FreeBSD)
• Card reader: microSD (up to 128GB)

Comes with 64-bit version of Windows 8.1 Pro preinstalled. Because dreaded Secure Boot can be disabled in UEFI, it is possible to boot and install alternative operating systems. It was reported that Ubuntu works more or less fine (including things like special keys and suspend/resume), but requires patching and rebuilding kernel. Some useful links:

• https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64811
• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2183946
• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2231207
• https://github.com/rubiojr/surface3-kernel
• https://github.com/rubiojr/surface3-ubuntu-trusty
• https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84651
• https://gist.github.com/felipeota/afb5f510f5b315f8bed8

Booting EFI-ready FreeBSD 10.1-STABLE r277483 USB image allows it to boot; you can see kernel messages start coming, but within seconds boot process halts, leaving no option but to power-cycle the device.

• lspci -vx (performed under Linux)