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Posted 27 July 2014
Surface Pro 3 Student Offer From £575.10 @ Microsoftstore
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Just bought my Surface Pro 3 from the Microsoft Store using my student email. Haven't seen this deal posted here so thought I'd submit it. It's been live for about a week. Students (or anyone with a student (ac.uk) email address) can get the Surface Pro 3 as well as the Type Cover at discounted prices.
64GB. i3 from £575.10
128GB i5 from £764.10
256GB i5 from £998.10
256GB i7 from £1,205.10
512GB i7 from £1,484.10
Type Cover (with exclusive availability of Red too) £98.99.
All these also come with 3% Quidco cashback too so don't forget it!
64GB. i3 from £575.10
128GB i5 from £764.10
256GB i5 from £998.10
256GB i7 from £1,205.10
512GB i7 from £1,484.10
Type Cover (with exclusive availability of Red too) £98.99.
All these also come with 3% Quidco cashback too so don't forget it!
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i bought a surface pro 3 for 675 (128gb)
a 128gb ipad air on john lewis is £639
so we are talking 36 quid difference, and for that you are getting a full pc, that runs full programs has a usb port, micro sd card port.
This is a completely new form factor. Just because you can buy an i3 laptop for a few hundred doesnt actually mean it will be any good.
Not really. It's a full PC capable of a lot in tablet form. An i3 can handle almost everything most people throw at it. Expensive yes but not awful.
If you are genuinely asking the question this or an iPad, then you really don't need this! In fact you probably don't need anything more than your phone.
Windows trying to become Apple?
Awful awful deal.
Not looking good for Windows.
Well there are poor and rich students. There are also those that are wise enough to save up on booze to get such an invaluable machine like this.
And the tuition fees did not go up. They freaking brought the roof down (300% increase with no reflection to the quality of the studies. What did you expect the students do? Bend over and lower knickers?
It is AWESOME!
Forget all this jack of all trades master of none rubbish form people who do not have one, it is master of them (almost) all!
It does not 'fall over', the kickstand doesn't really allow for that to happen, it does work just fine on your lap, aircraft seat back table, desk, sofa, arm of sofa, bed, etc. etc. I've used it in all these places. It is the lightest full pc you can just pick up like a paper pad/notebook and just walk around the office with. Yet I can do software development work on it, actual content creation not just consumption.
You will almost certainly want the keyboard cover for it, but then you probably won't need any other kind of case for it as the cover protects the screen and the back is metal (I am going to put a protective film on though).
My Yoga 2 Pro has been hardly used since I got the SP3, for many people like me it no only can replace your laptop but will, because having just one easy to carry device will quickly make you lose interest in wanting to carry around any of the others as well.
As soon as I can get the dock for it as well, it will replace my desktop too. I'll just move the storage from it to a NAS drive.
If you have any specific questions about how it works in some scenario, please ask!
A quick Google shows that some people have had that issue, along with the Surface Pro 2 and the original Surface Pro. But using Google to search for "[any electronic device] overheating" brings up a lot of results for each product. If this does have an overheating issue, which I haven't heard of until you questioned it, then it does have a warranty. The only thing that the Surface Pro 3 has been criticised for from reviews, that seem consistent across the board, is software issues.
Well that is a load of BS.
If that is the case then you have the surface RT not the surface Pro. The surface pro runs full windows 831 and can do everything your full desktop computer can.
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128GB i5 from £764
256GB i5 from £998
Apart from the upgraded SSD and CPU are the other specs the same? I imagine more RAM maybe!
Otherwise £189 for an extra 64GB of storage (cost about £30 at retail) means you are paying ~£160 for the CPU upgrade; about the same price as a new retail desktop Intel i5 quad core.
I think MS are being very optimistic if they think people will pay Apple type price gouging for upgrades.
Time will tell.
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No, it doesn't. Keyboard is extra
4gb of ram on Win 8 is plenty unless you want to do a lot of multitasking, 4gb would be plenty for me as I have a desktop if I need to multitask.
Lol
64GB (32Gb Usable)/i3 doesn't cut it in 2014 for £600, however nice the form factor.
A 512GB MSata is ~£155, versa £35 for 64GB, max £120. Why do MS keep fcuking up.
Tim Cook is an expert at judging supply/component demand, 80M iPhones preordered, they must be confident.
Save you £600 quid for the next iPhone, by the looks of it. I'll be more useful in 2 years and have a better resale value than the base model Surface Pro 3 (in student budgeting terms)
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Your post is so confusing, why do you start off by slating the surface pro 3 and then end by suggesting a phone as a suitable replacement?
This isn't a review site. Can you get a Surface Pro 3 cheaper elsewhere? If not then this is a deal for those wanting one so voting cold is pointless.
Android is hopeless on tablets but the app store is light years ahead of Windows Store. I don't see how this compares Android is extremely limited for office applications, this would thrash it. Where Android excels is in sharing information between apps, it's useless on Windows (using the hidden charms menu is just horrible) but very good on Android. It depends what you want do to. This is not a traditional Android/IOS tablet, it's really a Windows 8.1 tablet/computer. Android/IOS can't do desktop functionality at all like Windows, so I'd get this if you're a desktop user more than a tablet user, so someone who wants a decent portable desktop environment.
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That's not true, you can download anything, just like any other PC.
It is finally light enough to be used as tablet.
But also the screen is now large enough to not feel cramped.
It is incredible what MS have fitted into a device only 50g heavier then Samsung's 12.2"
Pricing wise, what MS want is very comparable to the rest of the market. If you compare against the Macbook Air it is quite close. (SP3 a little more once you add the keyboard) But the Surface Pro 3 should cost more than the Macbook, Macbook has a terrible screen for its price point.
I don't need an app store. I have Steam.
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64GB i3 £539 after cashback
128GB i5 £749 after cashback
That would be because only the rich can afford to study these days.
why would you bite if the price drops? oO
don't understand the pricing?