Oxymoron

Went in wanting this but after seeing surface book got that instead. These pro devices are limited.

​People think it's a tablet and it should be judged on cheap Chinese (add own sweary here). :smirk:

Votes hot it's a good price.

why cold?
I voted hot

that's a bargain especially from john lewis. if it is going to be used for general computing its brilliant. I only have the surface 3 and may upgrade

good price..

I want but can't justify the outlay.

Wicked bit of kit.

Went in wanting this but after seeing surface book got that instead. These pro devices are limited.

good price

This, or wait for the Samsung TabPro S running Windows 10 to drop in price?

I'd want two of them for this amount.

Hot hot.

Very mixed reviews on JL site!

M3 isn't worth the money.

Only £602 he writes, lol.

Hot. Is 4GB ram good enough though? Or 8 gb.. Hmm

Yes there is a premium over other devices, but at what it does the Surface is king. If your use case doesn't fit then yeah, it's probably not worth it

For note-taking and such it's ace, as an Engineering student it's invaluable being able to take notes on the screen with the pen, being able to plot graphs and then draw on them is fab, and annotating PDF notes and lecture slides all while recording the lecture audio is incredible

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/10/surface-pro-4-review-the-tablet-that-still-doesnt-quite-replace-your-laptop/

Surface Pro 4 i5 Vs Surface Pro 4 M3 Comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJCL3nFfoMs

Surface Pro 4 i5 Fan Noise - A Deal Breaker?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKTaeJk9OMo

My Thoughts On The Surface Pro 4 M3 After A Week Of Use
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe0aQNqF_9k

Oh nice was that £600 as well? If it was I would definitely get it as although it is essentially the same thing I do prefer the rigid hinge.

Awesome kit for an awesome price! Thanks OP.

Haha I hope not as I paid £1400ish for mine, I say ish as I bought it in the states and haven't had the bill in yet.

Have you used the new keyboard? It's a massive upgrade on the last one.

All that money and STILL has a sticky exclamation mark key.

Yeah, we've got these at work.

m3 processor, good for general use like word possessing, web browsing and media.

Not much else I'm afraid!

What "else" did you have in mind?

Sorry to disappoint with a boring answer, I do a lot of work on Photoshop!

Hoping this can get bellow £500 by next September, need this for my final year of education... But Microsoft has followed his friend Apple, so I'll probably get a cheap one.

A 128GB 9.7" iPad Pro costs £698 (£619.00 + £79.00 for the Apple Pencil) and the 12.9" model costs £878 (£799.00 + £79). The pricing isn't that nuts when compared to Apple's.

Perhaps a better alternative to the Surface Pro 4 if you do a lot of typing is HP's Spectre X360 which costs £749 for the following spec.


The screen doesn't detach, but it can be folded back to work in tablet mode.

Is £669 now

What do you mean?

I've got the x360 (the i5 5200u version with 1080p screen) and it is excellent. I sold my original surface pro and asus t100 to go towards it. Love the all day battery life, if I forget charger I can get through a days work with power to spare. Screen is excellent as is the keyboard. Bit too weighty to use in tablet mode for long periods, but useful functionality nonetheless. 8gb would be nice but it mainly runs SQL server, iis
, Dreamweaver, Photoshop and steam (he he) and hasn't struggled yet

We have these at work and the IT guys moan about them. They are prone to overheat and are very easy to damage from low drops. Not sure if you can put them in cases?

Yuck! £600 for Microsoft worms? I'd rather an iPad Pro any day of the week.

Now, please flame me.

I think you might be better off looking out for a Surface Pro 3 with the new generation processors. Best price I've seen though so voted hot.

I got one of these with the keyboard for my wife for Christmas because she hated not being able to do everything properly on her ipad. She loves it and hasn't found anything she doesn't like.

When I click the price is £699
How can I get this for £602?
The code MYJLHM does not work.

Probably the best 2in1 device on the market but depends what you use it for, especially the M3 model. For students and business presentations on the move then this is excellent kit. It's also ideal for users who like the idea of a tablet but don't feel they're quite ready to ditch the laptop yet.

Where it isn't great is if:
- You're a gamer. This thing has no graphics chops and struggles to run 3-4yr old games on decent settings.
- Pure entertainment purposes. Battery drain of using for video when unplugged is high due to the power and screen size, it's also too big and heavy to hold in the hands for extended periods.

As a gamer, I've ruled it out but if I was a student or mobile professional then it's excellent. The surface book is another decent device but the screen hinge means it doesn't close flat and so can collect dust in the keyboard when travelling.

Oxymoron

Not at all. I simply don't need to flame you, nature has punished you in advance.

Muhammed99 Please mark this now as expired. Price is now £669

okey..because you voted hot so it must be hot yeah?:-)

it was a question to ask why all the cold votes when it was a good price. I voted hot because it is a good deal (was)

price is showing as 669, how to get it for 602?

You can't. They have changed the price. Should now be expired

Nope - the pricing is v.good when compared to the other 'Pro' tablets out there;

http://www.johnlewis.com/apple-ipad-pro-apple-a9x-ios-9-12-9-wi-fi-32gb/p1911258?colour=Silver

ANY HELP PLEASE : I have a choice to buy between the following : Lenovo Yoga 900 or the microsoft surface book i5 ? any help would be appreciated... im not a big gamer, although i like football manager, its mainly for work, so outlook emails, and general stuff. ANY help would e greatly appreciated... many thanks.

Personally, I think your business are crazy to even offer you either device. It doesn't sound like you'll use their capabilities in any meaningful way.

If it were me though, I'd be going for the Surface Book. Detachable tablet and a dedicated GPU means makes a big difference - and the digitiser screen technology is much better too.

Says the guy who buys a £200 Medion laptop and thinks that's 'high end'.... :laughing:

Hi OP, please don't edit the deal when the price has increased from £602 to £669 - as the original listed offer is no longer available then this thread is correctly expired.

Must. Stop. Dithering.

​"bluetooth keyboard" LOL, u certainly know what you talking about...

It's a bluetooth keyboard. How else do think it transfers data? Telepathy? :laughing:

https://store.google.com/product/pixel_c_keyboard

It is not bluetooth and never has been. It uses a connector.

http://winniekepala.com/wp-content/uploads/MS-Surface-Pro-3-008.jpg

If the keyboard is Bluetooth, pray do tell us why the keyboard and dock have a hardware connector?!



Once again, your knowledge of tech is...'special' :man:

​lolololol, this tread is for Surface Pro 4 not stupid Pixel C.

I'm still crying into my pint when I think about missing this...