Can someone offer their experience if that keyboard is flimsy or hard? Thanks!!!
I actually bought this from Best Buy earlier this week (Used - Excellent condition for just over $400). The keyboard is rather solid feeling. Great size. Keys feel good to type on. No complaints on that end. The fan does run fairly consistently but the device feels good. The built in kickstand is very surface-esque as well.
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01-11-2023 at 10:38 AM.
$483.49 with id.me Student discount
Pros/cons vs. Surface from another post:
Pros:
Included backlit keyboard is detachable and has internal battery and bluetooth (Surface keyboards must be attached to work)
Latest 12th-gen Intel processor with 2 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
Good remarks on screen
Headphone jack
Full-blown Windows 11
Cons:
128gb SSD, non-upgradeable and no microSD slot
8gb soldered RAM
i3 iGPU is kind of slow
Has a fan which is reported louder than Surface Pro 8/9 i5 models (probably quieter than i7 models)
Some Lenovo bloatware
No included pen
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One of the best prices around for a pc tablet that uses the 12th gen Intel cpu that has more than the 4-cores often found in all older, slower pc tablets.
Definitely avoid 4-core tablets nowadays.
It can be argued that the overall performance and efficiency of this CPU is comparable to a hyper-threaded 11th gen quad-core i5 (the efficiency cores have no hyper threading and are a little slower than Skylake cores). 11th-gen i5s will have a slightly faster iGPU though.
I'm seeing this as Pick-up only from a Best Buy store. Word of warning, I bought a lenovo laptop for Best Buy pickup a few weeks ago, ended up returning it on 12/08. Still haven't gotten a refund. Lenovo keeps blaming Best Buy and Best Buy keeps blaming Lenovo. Meanwhile I have no laptop and a $755 charge still on my debit card. YMMV obviously but that is my last time ever doing a Lenovo order for pickup at BB.
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01-12-2023 at 10:10 AM.
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How does this compare with the surface pro 7 deal from antonline posted on ebay for 589???
Surface Pro 7+ runs fanless (Lenovo has a fan)
Surface Pro 7+ is very slightly lighter (1.75lbs vs. 1.85lbs for the Lenovo, without keyboards)
Surface Pro 7+ i5 processor graphics are slightly faster (Lenovo's i3 graphics have 20% fewer rendering units)
Surface Pro 7+ keyboard doesn't have Bluetooth (Lenovo's can be detached and used separately)
Surface Pro 7+ has a microSD slot, and the internal SSD is user-accessible for replacement/upgrades (Lenovo has no expandable storage slot and 128gb SSD is not accessible)
Surface Pro 7+ runs "clean" Windows 11 without too much manufacturer bloatware (Lenovo has software add-ons)
Given both only have 8gb RAM and 128gb SSDs, neither are suitable for heavy laptop work (like rendering or AAA gaming) beyond maybe some basic photo editing. But the Lenovo seems to compete more against the Surface Go 3 (which it's much better than) as rather than against the Surface Pro series.
The Surface Pro 7+ has the same internal guts as the Surface Pro 8, just with a slightly smaller 60Hz screen and slightly different ports (no ThunderBolt 4 etc).
One of the best prices around for a pc tablet that uses the 12th gen Intel cpu that has more than the 4-cores often found in all older, slower pc tablets.
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Pros/cons vs. Surface from another post:
Pros:
Included backlit keyboard is detachable and has internal battery and bluetooth (Surface keyboards must be attached to work)
Latest 12th-gen Intel processor with 2 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
Good remarks on screen
Headphone jack
Full-blown Windows 11
Cons:
128gb SSD, non-upgradeable and no microSD slot
8gb soldered RAM
i3 iGPU is kind of slow
Has a fan which is reported louder than Surface Pro 8/9 i5 models (probably quieter than i7 models)
Some Lenovo bloatware
No included pen
Definitely avoid 4-core tablets nowadays.
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Surface Pro 7+ is very slightly lighter (1.75lbs vs. 1.85lbs for the Lenovo, without keyboards)
Surface Pro 7+ i5 processor graphics are slightly faster (Lenovo's i3 graphics have 20% fewer rendering units)
Surface Pro 7+ keyboard doesn't have Bluetooth (Lenovo's can be detached and used separately)
Surface Pro 7+ has a microSD slot, and the internal SSD is user-accessible for replacement/upgrades (Lenovo has no expandable storage slot and 128gb SSD is not accessible)
Surface Pro 7+ runs "clean" Windows 11 without too much manufacturer bloatware (Lenovo has software add-ons)
Given both only have 8gb RAM and 128gb SSDs, neither are suitable for heavy laptop work (like rendering or AAA gaming) beyond maybe some basic photo editing. But the Lenovo seems to compete more against the Surface Go 3 (which it's much better than) as rather than against the Surface Pro series.
The Surface Pro 7+ has the same internal guts as the Surface Pro 8, just with a slightly smaller 60Hz screen and slightly different ports (no ThunderBolt 4 etc).
Definitely avoid 4-core tablets nowadays.
$300-$350 should be the price.