![]() ![]() ![]() That's $400 off its former price of $1,499 and one of the best laptop deals you can get. Meanwhile the new Surface Pro 9 is up to $300 off whereas the Surface Pro 8 will net you up to $500 in savings.įor a limited time, you can get the 13-inch Surface Laptop 4 (Matte Black) with Intel Core i5 CPU, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD for $1,099 (opens in new tab). For a limited time, save up to $400 on the Surface Laptop 5 (opens in new tab) and up to $500 on the Surface Laptop 4 (opens in new tab). The display is decent but falls short of some rivals, and the fact that Microsoft still sells the Pen 2 and Signature Keyboard separately continues to leave a bad taste in the mouth.Īll the same, this should be applauded, and means that if you are tempted by the Surface Pro 9, you can buy it with more confidence than ever before.The Microsoft Store Spring Sale (opens in new tab) continues today with discounts of up to $500 off Surface devices. None of this changes our 3/5 rating we gave the Surface Pro 9 in our review, as the main criticisms still stand. “Just like with Apple’s M-series SoC’s, we can’t justify penalizing soldered RAM in cases where it’s accompanied by significant performance gains,” he wrote. The RAM is still soldered to the motherboard, but Mokhtari is forgiving on this point, thanks to the power saving and performance boost such memory can offer. ![]() By using screws, they’ve made the entire process of battery replacement both accessible to the average consumer and much safer too. “No longer will people spend an hour and a half on a screen and battery replacement. “It’s hard to understate how big a change this is to repairability,” Mokhtari says. Once the screen is out of the way, almost everything is removable via screws - including the battery, which was once glued down and incredibly hard to dislodge. While the “tenacious glue” used in previous models would often result in cracked screens for something as simple as a battery replacement, the Surface Pro 9’s screen gives way easily with a little heat, and offers a bit more flex to prevent breakage. It also means you can jump between operating systems without bothering with a messy dual-boot system.īut this has actually been a feature since the Surface Pro 7 Plus, so where are the new improvements? As iFixit’s Shahram Mokhtari points out, this easy access isn’t just helpful if you decide you need more storage. ![]()
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