Tek Deals Store via eBay has
Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Tablet PC (Refurb, Platinum, PVQ-00001) on sale for
$206.80.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member
Dr.W for sharing this deal.
Good - Refurbished:
- eBay has verified that this item has been inspected, tested, and cleaned by a qualified refurbisher
- Appearance: Has moderate signs of wear
- Performance: Fully functional; Works like new, with at least 80% battery life
- Warranty: One-year warranty serviced by Allstate
- Packaging: Comes in new, generic packaging with original or new, generic accessories (if applicable)
Specs:
- Intel Core i5-1035G4 (4-core / 8-thread, 1.10 GHz base, up to 3.70 GHz turbo) Processor
- 12.3" 2736x1824 PixelSense Touchscreen (Corning Gorilla Glass 3, 10-point multi-touch) Display
- 8GB LPDDR4 Memory
- 128GB SSD Storage
- Intel Iris Plus Graphics integrated graphics
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) + Bluetooth 5.0
- 5MP front-facing camera (1080p video) + 8MP rear camera (1080p video) Webcam
- Ports:
- 1x USB-C
- 1x USB-A (SuperSpeed)
- 1x Surface Connect port
- 1x Surface Cover port
- 1x 3.5mm headphone jack
- microSDXC card reader
- Windows 10 Pro operating system
- Battery health 80% or higher; AC power adapter included
- 12.1" x 8.8" x 0.33" (1.7 lb tablet only)
Warranty: 1-Year serviced by Allstate
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Big businesses but a ton of Surfaces yearly, then dump older models, so this is why you can Always find a decent deal on a used Surface.
This also means you can predict what'll be $200~ when.
Ie. If 7 is $200~ this year, it's sp8 in 2027, sp9 in 2028, etc.
Don't bother paying full price on a new Surface unless you don't mind the huge depreciation hit.
Use Notebookcheck.net, pcworld.com, Passmark CPU ratings to gauge performance. Sell the old surface for the newer used one when performance difference is 2x+~ for the best use of money.
Eg. If you have a surface pro 6 with a geekbench of abour 800~, then the sp9 at 1400~ would be the next upgade to plan for.
Generally works as an ultra light "desktop" laptop because the stupid kickstand design bites into the thighs after some time on a lap. Needs a piece of stiff cardboard under it while on a lap to sit well. And unlike a regular laptop, sitting at an angle ain't gonna work because the thing collapses awkwardly as you tilt the thighs.
But in a college notebook size, not much else out there that's lighter/more compact. Half the weight of a Macbook Air and can emulate Mac OS (hackintosh), Android, and Linux, too. Runs classic game consoles up to about the PlayStation 1/2 level just fine.
As an ebook reader, web browser in portrait mode works nicely YouTube / movies in landscape mode not as good because the dumb designers didn't use a standard 16:9 screen, so most everything's letterboxed and smaller. Speakers are decent for a tiny tablet - just barely rich enough to listen to during a movie if one doesn't have a bigger speaker hooked up.
White Spots and random lcd lines are among the most common issues. Can't get around this - MicroShaft went cheap for generations and love that you have to keep buying new Surfaces. So buy cheap, expect the lcd failure (4x here across different generations), and buy cheap replacements.
Would not worry about the internal storage. If important, backup files to cloud or local usb flash drives.
As for useability?
Office, Photoshop, Edge, Handbrake, VCL - the basics, runs fine on a SP6 8GB 256GB for light work. Need 16GB+ for bigger graphics/video projects, but otherwise decent for the age (ie. No 4-core cpu is going to be snappy like the 10-core Surface Pro 10, using a more modern cpu.).
A few others, hp, dell, lenovo, chuwi, make pc tablets, which also sell cheap used. Use reviews to see what suits you.
For anime/graphic/artists, nothing else can run all the pro level software from Photoshop to Illustator to Painter and more with a nice pen. Same for music - search "surface music production" in YouTube for that one guy that has extensively used surfaces for this.
Just don't buy the Black keyboard. Its surface coating frays much faster - see ebay for examples of the crappy look used one develop.
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BTW, and I thought getting older games to work with the Steam Deck's or my 16:10 laptop's native resolution was annoying....2736x1824 is just out of left field.
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Ie. If 7 is $200~ this year, it's sp8 in 2027, sp9 in 2028, etc.
Eg. If you have a surface pro 6 with a geekbench of abour 800~, then the sp9 at 1400~ would be the next upgade to plan for.
Office, Photoshop, Edge, Handbrake, VCL - the basics, runs fine on a SP6 8GB 256GB for light work. Need 16GB+ for bigger graphics/video projects, but otherwise decent for the age (ie. No 4-core cpu is going to be snappy like the 10-core Surface Pro 10, using a more modern cpu.).
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