Deal purchased in King's Lynn Sainsburys, but possibly national where stock last. Microsoft Surface 3 LTE 64GB tablet is £380, plus half-price Microsoft keyboard cover only £50. They had 3 in stock when I got mine on Friday.
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memoreks
6 Nov 16#17
they have them in Thetford, Norfolk Sainsburys too, or did yesterday at least.
Interloper
2 Nov 16#16
You know, you're right - the T100 CHI is a pretty great deal, especially at the £129 they were being sold at on eBuyer recently. The pen is even included.
Not just artists - anyone wanting to take handwritten notes in OneNote or mark up PDFs, electronic contracts etc. These are also great for students - the ability to write formulas, draw shapes, music notation etc. There's lots of uses for the pen but it is a productivity device - it's not for everyone.
The SP4 pen does work with the Surface 3 but you are restricted to 256 levels of pressure sensitivity (due to the digitiser screen; SP4 has 1024 levels) and the magnet doesn't attach. All other buttons (including eraser) work though and you can use the different pen tips.
Picard123
1 Nov 16#15
So basically, artists rejoice, for everyone else, look elsewhere? :smile:
The SP4 pen looks better though according to the video below. Can you use it with Surface 3 or is it just a SP4 pen?
What's limiting is the amount of ram and processing power. Its fairly obvious. No need for irony.
As for pen digitiser support Asus T100 CHI comes to mind. Similar spec. I don't expect it will meet your requirements but worth a look.
basergorkobal
1 Nov 161#13
Limited.
basergorkobal
1 Nov 162#7
A lot of money for a fairly limited windows tablet.
jjabbar to basergorkobal
1 Nov 16#9
Limited?
Interloper to basergorkobal
1 Nov 162#12
Yeah, the ability to use a Surface Pen with 256 levels of pressure sensitivity is soooo limiting, not to mention the Mini Displayport to drive a monitor or projector plus built-in LTE for 4G access almost anywhere. :wink:
If you can live with the 2Gb RAM and 64Gb storage (expand with microSD), this is the cheapest way to get into the Surface line which, as people consistently fail to realise, is all about the pen. For anyone wanting to sketch, take handwritten notes or mark up PDFs there is little to compare price wise. An equivalent LTE 9.7" iPad Pro (2Gb RAM, 32Gb storage) is £669 plus £99 for the Pencil = £768. This works out at £425 (pen is £45) with a full Windows 10 OS!
Picard123
1 Nov 16#11
This comes with 2gb of RAM. That's dire for Windows.
tepid
1 Nov 16#10
Beckton had stock on Sunday.
Tivolian
1 Nov 16#8
The offer in Ramsgate Sainsburys was for £400 down from £500 so looks like they have cut another £20 off.
They do (64GB models) only come with 2GB ram.
topazz
1 Nov 161#6
Probably 2gb ram. The Microsoft store is out of stock but lists the 64gb models as having 2gb and the 128gb variants as 4gb. The 64gb 4G LTE model was last listed at £499.99.
JustLikeArkwright
1 Nov 16#5
2 or 4GB ram?
mepodman
31 Oct 16#4
Use one at work. It works well. However I still prefer to use my acer 2in1 which I use on my mobile hotspot.
imak
31 Oct 16#2
is this windows RT or win 10?
memoreks to imak
31 Oct 161#3
Full Windows 10, running on an Intel quad-core Z7-8700 processor. The RT line was discontinued with the surface 2.
S c 0 TT y
31 Oct 161#1
Good luck finding one, MS will discontinue these from December onwards so will be store specific.
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Not just artists - anyone wanting to take handwritten notes in OneNote or mark up PDFs, electronic contracts etc. These are also great for students - the ability to write formulas, draw shapes, music notation etc. There's lots of uses for the pen but it is a productivity device - it's not for everyone.
The SP4 pen does work with the Surface 3 but you are restricted to 256 levels of pressure sensitivity (due to the digitiser screen; SP4 has 1024 levels) and the magnet doesn't attach. All other buttons (including eraser) work though and you can use the different pen tips.
The SP4 pen looks better though according to the video below. Can you use it with Surface 3 or is it just a SP4 pen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K2P-9v5CQg
As for pen digitiser support Asus T100 CHI comes to mind. Similar spec. I don't expect it will meet your requirements but worth a look.
If you can live with the 2Gb RAM and 64Gb storage (expand with microSD), this is the cheapest way to get into the Surface line which, as people consistently fail to realise, is all about the pen. For anyone wanting to sketch, take handwritten notes or mark up PDFs there is little to compare price wise. An equivalent LTE 9.7" iPad Pro (2Gb RAM, 32Gb storage) is £669 plus £99 for the Pencil = £768. This works out at £425 (pen is £45) with a full Windows 10 OS!
They do (64GB models) only come with 2GB ram.
Good price, voted HOT.