Microsoft Surface Pro - 128 GB Student Offer - 602 euro

mendo

Surface Pro - Student Offer

4GB RAM/ 128 GB SSD, 64bit Win 8.1 for 602 euro Inc. Vat and free shipping:

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/mseea/en_IE/pdp/Surface-Pro---Student-Offer/productID.284003100

37 euro cheaper than in PC World at 639 euro and out of stock :

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/MICROSOFT-Surface-Pro-106andrdquo-Tablet-128-GB/315042/2.9

KathleenF

mendo wrote: »

Surface Pro - Student Offer

4GB RAM/ 128 GB SSD, 64bit Win 8.1 for 602 euro Inc. Vat and free shipping:

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/mseea/en_IE/pdp/Surface-Pro---Student-Offer/productID.284003100

37 euro cheaper than in PC World at 639 euro and out of stock :

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/MICROSOFT-Surface-Pro-106andrdquo-Tablet-128-GB/315042/2.9

Hmm. Tempted to flog my Surface RT and get this instead.

jantheman91

Wouldn't call that a bargain in the slightest.

198321

jantheman91 wrote: »

Wouldn't call that a bargain in the slightest.

I would call it extremely overpriced tablet :cool:

Kevin!

198321 wrote: »

I would call it extremely overpriced tablet :cool:

It's not a conventional tablet as such as it has a desktop processor (i5) and also has a full version of windows installed - it's the closest thing you're going to get to a highish spec laptop in tablet form

Not bad value imo, nice to use

jantheman91

Kevin! wrote: »

It's not a conventional tablet as such as it has a desktop processor (i5) and also has a full version of windows installed - it's the closest thing you're going to get to a highish spec laptop in tablet form

Not bad value imo, nice to use

You'd get a far superior laptop for that price.

Kevin!

jantheman91 wrote: »

You'd get a far superior laptop for that price.

Indeed but not with that formfactor, try to find anything similar in spec with a full version of windows, the pro 2 is 1,000€

dingding

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/mseea/en_IE/pdp/Surface-Pro-2/productID.289843400

There are also offers on the Surface Pro 2.

mendo

dingding wrote: »

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/mseea/en_IE/pdp/Surface-Pro-2/productID.289843400

There are also offers on the Surface Pro 2.

300 euro more for the Surface Pro 2 - 128GB.
3.5 hours more in battery life and a much better CPU, but I would not pay 900 euro for it, not sure if it is worth.
An amazing device but let down by Windows 8.1.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/mseea/en_IE/pdp/Surface-Pro-2/productID.289843400

_Kaiser_

DELL Venue 8 Pro .. 8" screen, Quad Core Atom (latest gen), full Windows 8.1, 32GB storage... €299 (fantastic tablet for the money.. I bought one )

Also a Venue Pro 11 with i5 options for a few hundred more but it comes with a lot more expansion options

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Been using the Dell venue pro 11 for a while now. A really great tablet and definitely a complete replacement for the laptop (i purchased a keyboard as well). Windows 8 is grand once you get used to it and a must for the touch screen.
Hopefully the internal MS shake up will make 8.2 update worth the wait.

Dman001

Think this is a decent price for the Surface in fairness, and is the closest one can get to a Laptop replacement in Tablet form if that's your thing, with the decent processor and full Windows. Reviews for the device are quite good, and once compared to an Ultrabook or an iPad, you'll see the price is fairly decent. Only problem is that the price doesn't include the Keyboard cover which would put me off as it's almost an essential addon for the device.

shamelessidiot

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

DELL Venue 8 Pro .. 8" screen, Quad Core Atom (latest gen), full Windows 8.1, 32GB storage... €299 (fantastic tablet for the money.. I bought one )

Also a Venue Pro 11 with i5 options for a few hundred more but it comes with a lot more expansion options

Intel Atom CPUs are very underwhelming, certainly nowhere near comparable to i5's.

J_E

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

DELL Venue 8 Pro .. 8" screen, Quad Core Atom (latest gen), full Windows 8.1, 32GB storage... €299 (fantastic tablet for the money.. I bought one )

Also a Venue Pro 11 with i5 options for a few hundred more but it comes with a lot more expansion options

I know it's much cheaper, but a quad core does not even come close to an i5. Also much mess storage. It's a brilliant price for what is the full Windows experience though.

imitation

While the i5 is undoubtedly the better processor for crunching numbers, the bay trail chips offer more than enough performance for typical tablet tasks and even stuff like office, provided you don't go crazy, they aren't like the horrible Atoms of days gone by, Bay trail is getting good reviews across the board. Whats really good is that it seems to be the first x86 chip with solid performance, runs at a reasonable temperature, is cheap, can fit in a small & light form factor and has a decent battery life. Given all that, Kaisers suggestion is more than reasonable if you are looking for something even more portable or in a lower price bracket, the venue is priced aggressively. I would also toss in the Asus Transformer T100 as another budget alternative.

To me, the Surface Pro (and Pro 2) feel that bit too heavy & hot to really qualify as a tablet, just my two cents anyway.

mendo

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp/Surface-Pro---Student-Offer/productID.282543700?tduid=0d30c3e912a0e9e2f02f7ccfed37

Even cheaper in UK - 405£

Kenny Powers

mendo wrote: »

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp/Surface-Pro---Student-Offer/productID.282543700?tduid=0d30c3e912a0e9e2f02f7ccfed37

Even cheaper in UK - 405£

485£??

Tar.Aldarion

jantheman91 wrote: »

You'd get a far superior laptop for that price.

You'd get a far superior desktop to a laptop for that price -> the post doesn't make sense, a laptop is not a tablet, a desktop is not a laptop. It's a powerful tablet and does look like a good deal, could run a range of programs on that that other tablets could not and will have better longevity.

sneachta2000

What is the difference between the surface and surface pro? Speed? Slickness? What?

You can connect USB connections to it I assume they give you connecting ports?

Monotype

Surface uses ARM CPUs and windows RT which can not run standard applications that you'd expect to run on a windows environment. You are reliant on apps and programs designed for the system.

Surface Pro uses Intel CPUs and a full windows operating system. It runs everything that you would expect a windows PC to do.

sneachta2000

Cheers. Makes sense.

gflood

SurfaceRT is for Internet browsing, photos, FB, MS Office (comes with it) and other basic consumption tasks. There are RT apps for the most 50 popular tablet apps available today. As other posts point out Surface Pro is a power Core I5 based tablet that can run everything.

I love my Surface RT. Go everywhere with it. I will get a Pro soon for Visual Studio.