Know this has been posted at this price before and the new Surface Pro is due out soon but this includes both keyboard and pen so didn't think it was a bad price.
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stuellis
28 May 174#6
More optimistic than me, I reckon these will just disappear like the Surface 3 did.
jiraiya
28 May 174#9
I had an M3 Surface for about a week. It's just not fit for purpose. The hardware is woefully underpowered and frustrating to use. Couple that with the typical buggy Windows operation and it's a bad combination. I would say wait for an i5 variant if you really have to have a surface. but to be honest seeing as Windows as a tablet OS is a very poor experience in comparison to Android or Apple based machines, I would say for most tablet mode won't get much use, and so your money would be better spent buying a better spec'ed dedicated laptop for the same or less money. Just my two cents.
Jimmyboy to thearbiter65
29 May 173#13
I replaced my day to day work laptop with the Surface Pro 4 but the i5 version. It has been great. Think this is a bit underpowered to replace a laptop though. Sure it was this price around Christmas time. At the time I wanted an Xbox One S and they came with one free so that offset the price difference a bit for me compared with the lower end model.
128gb will fill up quickly, I think Windows uses about 50gb of this before you even do anything. 256gb really the minimum I'd say although you could put a memory card in the micro SD slot.
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learoy1
28 May 171#1
if anyone is wondering, this is an M3 4Gb 128Gb
paul1109 to learoy1
28 May 171#2
Very true, title now edited. Cheers
tomayresss
28 May 17#3
is it likely to drop lower?
Rustybucket to tomayresss
28 May 171#4
Yes. The is the entry level surface. It won't be that long before the 8gb i5 models will be closer to this price.
3lj-uk
28 May 171#5
I can only hope, when they do please let me know! Been after an 8gb one for ages!
stuellis
28 May 174#6
More optimistic than me, I reckon these will just disappear like the Surface 3 did.
John.Mason
28 May 171#7
I have the i5, 8GB, 128GB and it's VERY good in laptop mode, not such a great tablet to be honest. If you want a tablet I recon an iPad is much better but the Surface could easily replace a midrange laptop.
maltloaf_df
28 May 17#8
I had a m3 4GB model and stupidly replaced it with a Lenovo i7 convertible laptop for £400 more and I have missed the SP4 ever since. I said I might pick up a i5 8GB one but at this price I'm very tempted.
jiraiya
28 May 174#9
I had an M3 Surface for about a week. It's just not fit for purpose. The hardware is woefully underpowered and frustrating to use. Couple that with the typical buggy Windows operation and it's a bad combination. I would say wait for an i5 variant if you really have to have a surface. but to be honest seeing as Windows as a tablet OS is a very poor experience in comparison to Android or Apple based machines, I would say for most tablet mode won't get much use, and so your money would be better spent buying a better spec'ed dedicated laptop for the same or less money. Just my two cents.
captainbeaky to jiraiya
29 May 171#12
I'd agree with most of that. I returned my m3 version within 48hrs. Battery life was terrible too.
thearbiter65
29 May 17#10
Are these genuine laptop replacements? I have a 2012 Mack book that I'll b looking to upgrade in the near future.
Jimmyboy to thearbiter65
29 May 173#13
I replaced my day to day work laptop with the Surface Pro 4 but the i5 version. It has been great. Think this is a bit underpowered to replace a laptop though. Sure it was this price around Christmas time. At the time I wanted an Xbox One S and they came with one free so that offset the price difference a bit for me compared with the lower end model.
128gb will fill up quickly, I think Windows uses about 50gb of this before you even do anything. 256gb really the minimum I'd say although you could put a memory card in the micro SD slot.
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128gb will fill up quickly, I think Windows uses about 50gb of this before you even do anything. 256gb really the minimum I'd say although you could put a memory card in the micro SD slot.
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128gb will fill up quickly, I think Windows uses about 50gb of this before you even do anything. 256gb really the minimum I'd say although you could put a memory card in the micro SD slot.