Microsoft Surface Pro 8 13" Touch Screen Intel i5 8GB, 256GB SSD - Graphite 889842810264

ThriftyPickle2807

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Is this a good deal for a refurbished?

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Refurb in title. "Certified Microsoft" FWIW, mention by all means, but still in title.

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Quote from ThriftyPickle2807

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Is this a good deal for a refurbished?

Yes, if your looking for one. The 8gb is a little small but if your just doing typical computer stuff and not gaming (who would be gaming on a surface?) Then it's fine.
The Allstate warranty is also a bonus here. I have had a few claims with Allstate, it's not seamless but it's doable with a phone call to get a claim completed.

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Has been cheaper in the past: https://slickdeals.net/f/16833239-microsoft-surface-pro-8-13-touch-screen-intel-i5-8gb-256gb-ssd-graphite-479-99-certified-refurbished?src=SiteSearchV2Algo

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ubertrout

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I got a refurb Surface Pro 7 and if it wasn't new you could have fooled me. Came in MS packaging and supposedly had a warranty, although I never needed to find out. These things over overpriced for corporate buyers and then excess stock is sold off as refurbs at much cheaper prices.

8 GB of RAM is fine on these. They don't do well with video processing or gaming due to the passive cooling, and given those constraints and using it as a travel laptop/tablet it's never seemed slowed down at all.

These don't make good primary machines for the above reasons, but at this price using it as a secondary machine is much more palatable.

Last edited by ubertrout August 16, 2023 at 11:13 AM.

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surface pro 8 is the last model with headphone jack.
Personally, I'd pick it over pro 9.

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Quote from ubertrout

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I got a refurb Surface Pro 7 and if it wasn't new you could have fooled me. Came in MS packaging and supposedly had a warranty, although I never needed to find out. These things over overpriced for corporate buyers and then excess stock is sold off as refurbs at much cheaper prices.

8 GB of RAM is fine on these. They don't do well with video processing or gaming due to the passive cooling, and given those constraints and using it as a travel laptop/tablet it's never seemed slowed down at all.

These don't make good primary machines for the above reasons, but at this price using it as a secondary machine is much more palatable.

Great summary. I still have my Pro 3 and it runs fantastic and battery is still solid after 800+ cycles. Only reason I recently grabbed a Pro 7 is so I could replace a family members dead laptop with my 3, otherwise I wouldn't have even considered looking.
PS, if you're near any decent sized city, these sell for pretty low prices on FBM.

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Quote from SturgeonGeneral

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Great summary. I still have my Pro 3 and it runs fantastic and battery is still solid after 800+ cycles. Only reason I recently grabbed a Pro 7 is so I could replace a family members dead laptop with my 3, otherwise I wouldn't have even considered looking.
PS, if you're near any decent sized city, these sell for pretty low prices on FBM.

Good upgrade to Pro 7. Pro 3 is pretty old but still a great screen!

Pro 7 is often priced around $300 and I have seen it for $250.

It's a good deal on Pro 7

Pro 9 can be found for like $900

Pro 8 is decent for this price. If I didn't have Pro 7 already I would buy one but I prefer Pro 9 with the 12th Gen CPU for better battery and efficiency.

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Quote from Elon69

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Good upgrade to Pro 7. Pro 3 is pretty old but still a great screen!

Pro 7 is often priced around $300 and I have seen it for $250.

It's a good deal on Pro 7

Pro 9 can be found for like $900

Pro 8 is decent for this price. If I didn't have Pro 7 already I would buy one but I prefer Pro 9 with the 12th Gen CPU for better battery and efficiency.

Yep! I paid $250 for the 7, it came with keyboard and pen as well. The 7 seemed to be best bang for buck for me, I didn't need anything more and it is still a decent upgrade.

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Quote from dougpaw57

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You are better off with a brand new one with one-year Microsoft warranty.

https://computers.woot.com/offers/new-microsoft-surface-pro-8-13-i5-tablet-2?ref=w_cnt_lnd_cat_pc_5_... [woot.com]

Microsoft's customer service is non-existent at this point.

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Quote from SturgeonGeneral

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Yep! I paid $250 for the 7, it came with keyboard and pen as well. The 7 seemed to be best bang for buck for me, I didn't need anything more and it is still a decent upgrade.

Yes fantastic that you got keyboard and pen! That's at least $100-$150 value alone. I really like the surface tablets.

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Quote from SturgeonGeneral

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Yep! I paid $250 for the 7, it came with keyboard and pen as well. The 7 seemed to be best bang for buck for me, I didn't need anything more and it is still a decent upgrade.

Where were you able to get a 7 for $250? Looking for one.

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Where were you able to get a 7 for $250? Looking for one.

Ebay has many in the $300 range and some will show up lower. Lucky to find keyboard and pen, but many comes with keyboard

Orangeisorange

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Will this be good enough for basic web browsing, netflix, youtube, some coding in vs code on the go? Read it gets very hot. I have my main desktop but looking for a secondary tablet like device to use while my main pc is fully occupied. Unfortunately cant code on the go on ipad

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