They're great for commuting if you need to do serious work, and in corporate environments it looks more professional to use them

I use an Alienware laptop as a desktop replacement to take to client sites for my main work, but everything work related I do on that I can really do on the Surface, and it's great for clients to put it into tablet mode to demonstrate things without bothering to setup projectors

Idiot question. Can you run all normal windows applications on this? And can you hook up a larger screen or keyboard?

When in to buy the lenovo for my AutoCAD and the guy tried to upsell me this. Well the i7 version but i cant help but think im paying 1200 for a tablet??!!!

The specs are amazing though, i7, 16gb ram, 256 SSD.

This is that one product that you really want but in no way can justify paying the price.

And without keyboard nor pen.

Yeah didn't spot that 'til after posting. Still a cracking deal though.

£549 here, https://www.svp.co.uk/microsoft-surface-pro-4-128-gb-intel-174-core-169-i5-6300u-4gb-ram-128gb-ssd-windows-10-6870.html

Quite a few of the issues were software/driver UEFI related IIRC but who knows? It *might* be better :smiley:

Thank you, got the i5 8gb 256 keep missing the previous offers!

Only if you dont have a good desktop then a surface on its own will not satisfy most users that is all . other than that it will replace a laptop fort most usage.

My work bought me a Surface Pro 4, and it has 100% replaced my personal laptop. I would hate to go back to a non-touch screen tablet/windows hybrid now.

What makes you say it's not a good notebook replacement?

Iirc they have changed manufacturer for future surface products. So the issues could be gone. Or entirely worse

£573 on French site if you get the 20% off open box

Not faulting the hardware but these things are a fad and at that price are no substitute for a decent notebook.
I see so many people in offices buying these and then regretting not buying a notebook.
Only advantage I can see is that this may not fry your legs

Agreed, it is a poor replacement for a notebook. The Surface Book is much better, but also significantly more expensive.

I think his point was the announcement of a new one will see prices of the 4 drop by £100 or so.

Two things: the pen comes with all Surface Pro 4s. Also, given the hardware issues the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book had at launch, I wouldn't touch either of those for 9-12 months after launch, to give MS a chance to fix whatever it is they're going to break this time round.

Picked one up a while back when they were at £650ish, and I'm very pleased with it :smiley:

I don't thing you will see them drop too much below 650 just by going off how the pro 3 went . You may get the deal with the type cover for the 650 mark though so worth looking out.

For those who need a little breath room for paying I think currys do buy now pay 6 months later .

Oops damn auto correct , yea not for everyone lol

Amazon deal posted a few weeks ago was better at £647 which included the pen.

I would also recommend anyone looking to get one to wait until next week as there is a Microsoft event being held on the 2nd of May and its to do with the Microsoft Surface so there is potentially a new version on the horizon.

EDIT: Amazon still has the same bundle but at the same price as this deal £692

I'm sure you didn't mean to write that :man: