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Microsoft Surface Pro 7+ 12.3" i5 128GB/8GB Platinum $678.30 ($662.34 w/ eBay Plus) Delivered @ Microsoft eBay

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Microsoft Surface Pro 7+ 12.3" i5 128GB/8GB Platinum $678.30 ($662.34 w/ eBay Plus) Delivered @ Microsoft eBay
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fastnet on 09/02/2023 - 12:33 ebay.com.au (6843 clicks)
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Lowest price so far for the Surface Pro 7+ tablet. Great as a secondary device at this price point IMO.

Combine with eBay gift cards to get an even better deal.

Although physically similar to the Surface Pro 4/5/6/7, the 7+ has completely redesigned internals

Please kick off the discussion with limitations of 8GB Ram ;)

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  • Homr on 09/02/2023 - 12:38
    +4

    any 16gb versions??

    • superforever on 09/02/2023 - 12:43
      +1

      Laptop Studio $2099

      • Homr on 09/02/2023 - 12:47
        +5

        no thanks

        • 9hundred on 09/02/2023 - 14:35

          Hey homer, didn't you buy one a little while back?

  • happydude on 09/02/2023 - 12:50
    +10

    Remember when we used to bitch about 4GB of RAM? Those were the dayz…

    • AustriaBargain on 09/02/2023 - 12:56

      If 4GB on this kind of machine is a joke.

      • jlv on 09/02/2023 - 13:51

        It's 8GB but being fanless is a bit of a drawback. Price is getting good however

    • muncan on 09/02/2023 - 15:00
      +1

      4GB iPad 10th gen has entered the chat

    • skillet on 09/02/2023 - 17:59
      +1

      128GB storage windows machine???

      • knk on 13/02/2023 - 00:25

        Eh I use cloud storage heavily and this would be fine as a daily device….if it had double the ram.

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 09/02/2023 - 12:51
    +2

    Nice

  • Farrba on 09/02/2023 - 12:59
    -2

    havent used surface before, hows quality of screen vs basic ipad.

    also find the ios really smooth, not sure if surface is like typical windows where you get lags.

    • CrispyChrispy on 09/02/2023 - 13:10
      +11

      typical windows where you get lags.

      It's not Windows itself, it's the hardware that you've been using.

      • Farrba on 09/02/2023 - 13:20

        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/742180

        got this laptop, overall its fine but i find mac os a bit better overall.

        • Aureus on 09/02/2023 - 13:44
          +3

          That laptop should run well based on the specs.

          Either you are misusing the word lag, or you got a a dodgy one. Being a consumer HP laptop it could be overheating. I avoid them now for that reason.

          • Farrba on 09/02/2023 - 15:34
            -3

            @Aureus: its a gaming laptop but struggle to run cod ghost game from 2013.

    • fastnet on 09/02/2023 - 13:12

      Screen quality is excellent on Surface devices.

      Windows is a bit clunky on tablets, but Windows 11 is better in this regard compared to previous versions (debatable). There are still some settings hidden behind the old UI though.

      • Mibo on 09/02/2023 - 15:13
        +1

        They got rid of the swipe from left edge gesture to open the task view and replaced with the dumb widget sidebar in windows 11.

    • Anonymous User on 10/02/2023 - 08:37
      +3

      I guess it depends on the use case… I travel so the (lack of) weight is a big plus for me. I like to work quietly so being fanless works better. It's touchscreen and I can use the pen for signing documents, taking screenshots and pointing out corrections, playing team drawing games. It's inexpensive compared to the competing brand of the same level. And most importantly, I'm a Windows user.

      • repeat on 10/02/2023 - 08:52
        +1

        Note in this model the pen is not included.

  • repeat on 09/02/2023 - 12:59
    +1

    The PWM induced flicker of the screen on these is my only complaint.

    • Jmore1231 on 09/02/2023 - 14:27

      It's very high which helps at 21000hz still not ideal, so hopefully most people won't be affected

      • repeat on 09/02/2023 - 14:35
        +1

        The 7+ model has low frequency PWM (~200 Hz), I tried it out and it was very uncomfortable below 60%.
        Everything else about it was great.

        https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-7-Plus-i…

        • Jmore1231 on 09/02/2023 - 14:54

          Oh yeah you're right 199hz under 57%, damn that is very low. I know I'd struggle too.

          • repeat on 09/02/2023 - 14:55

            @Jmore1231: The strobing was very noticeable.
            If you wave your hand in front of the screen you would see hundreds of fingers.

            Above 60% the screen is brilliant, just a bit too bright for many situations.
            The speakers sounded surprisingly good.

            Could almost get me over the line.
            If only MS could fix it with firmware update, this would be a great bargain.

    • Foos on 09/02/2023 - 19:19
      +2

      as someone who is PWM sensitive and was seriously considering this to replace my old Pro4.. thats freaking terrible. BAD MICROSOFT.

  • citybargainhunter on 09/02/2023 - 13:02
    +5

    8GB is meh

    • congo on 09/02/2023 - 14:15
      +3

      8GB is mid.

    • Budju on 09/02/2023 - 15:43
      +2

      8gb is mostly fine for desktop use

    • skillet on 09/02/2023 - 17:59
      +1

      128GB is a sin.

    • snoopydoop on 13/02/2023 - 15:52

      Anything similar with more? Even historically to keep an eye on?

      Can be laptop too, just needs to be very light.

  • pyr0 on 09/02/2023 - 13:05

    Anyone run GNU/Linux on these? How is it?

  • zionly on 09/02/2023 - 13:09
    +7

    Bought one on last deal but end up returning it.
    This version is fanless design, it can run really hot on its back.
    8g ram is horrible.

    • onlinepred on 09/02/2023 - 14:54
      -3

      You bought one knowing all this, and still complain?

    • Homr on 09/02/2023 - 22:06

      Which SP version has a fan? Hard to believe it can fit a fan in such a small case

      • dingdingding on 10/02/2023 - 08:41

        Only the i7 models have a fan. The rest have no fan and rely on passive cooling and throttling to control temps.

    • BargainKen on 10/02/2023 - 10:10

      8GB is barely ok, it'll simply kick over into the pagefile and eat into the SSDs endurance as it pages the disk for more "memory".

  • Miyagi on 09/02/2023 - 13:10
    +29

    So many comments on insufficient ram…. what are you actually wanting to run if you need 16GB ram? It's a portable computer/tablet guys.

    I have a Pro5 with 8GB ram (fanless) and I use it whenever I travel for emails, MS office, streaming and web browsing - works flawlessly for last few years.

    Genuinely interested, don't want to start WW3.

    • G-Dawg on 09/02/2023 - 13:25

      Yesterday was the first time the limited ram became an issue for me. The device choked up when I was trying to analyze data in R. Datasets were only around 4gb, but as R holds everything in memory the device didn't have the headroom to handle it.

      I've been using the device on a daily basis and that was the first time I've had an issue with the 8gb of ram.

      Edit: I should also make the point that when trying to do the analysis it was running on battery and I was doing other tasks in the background (such as using google docs etc). So I wasn't making it easy for the device.

      • Bedgrub on 09/02/2023 - 19:28
        +1

        I gave up running R on my Surface. Switched to Hadoop. Works great on the surface RT.

    • psychoacid on 09/02/2023 - 13:27
      +2

      Same here. Using the Pro5 with 8GB. Netflix, emails, office suite, browsing….no issue. Occasional lag but still considerable great speed for the age of it. Only thing made me want to get the 7+ is the battery very bad on the Pro5

    • peppet on 09/02/2023 - 13:50
      +1

      My 8GB Surface Laptop 2 is still flawless with performance (I also have a Surface Pro 9).

      Can handle anything I throw at it and the only time it has choked up is with a ridiculously oversized 400GB file, our average is 10GB files.

      What are y'all using 16GB for?

      • Munki on 09/02/2023 - 13:56
        +4

        So I can have 4 tabs of Chrome open?

        • peppet on 09/02/2023 - 13:59
          +2

          My partner has 20 tabs open each on Chrome and Edge and Firefox at all times and it makes me cry but not his 8GB ram

          • Munki on 09/02/2023 - 14:00
            +1

            @peppet: It was said in jest to poke fun at Chrome being a resource hog.

            • peppet on 09/02/2023 - 14:13

              @Munki: As a completely computer illiterate person, I just Googled this and have just learned that Chrome is why my battery life is so goddam horrendous

              • Dsiee on 09/02/2023 - 22:06

                @peppet: Yeah useing Firefox adds about an hour to my battery life.

          • CyberMurning on 09/02/2023 - 17:39

            @peppet: but yours is laptop, this is tablet model of surface. maybe that make the difference ?

    • Aureus on 09/02/2023 - 13:53
      -2

      8GB is usable for basic tasks like your examples and I guess you can't complain for a $662 tablet.

      If $662 was the RRP of a new 8GB tablet it would be fine, but at MS RRP price it is hard to justify only providing 8GB of RAM. 8GB is fine, until you run out.

      Surface Pros are nice, but they are a ripoff. Same business model as Apple unfortunately, but apple at least gives you a keyboard..

      • onlinepred on 09/02/2023 - 14:56
        +1

        Apple also only give you a mobile OS

    • jlv on 09/02/2023 - 13:53

      For me and having the i5 Surface Pro 3 with a fan… That device was go good and would simply spin up the fans when the work demanded it.

      My Pro 7 and the power throttling solution is garbage by comparison. Computers need fans

    • patrioticpickle on 09/02/2023 - 14:02

      Using my Lenovo OEM desktop at work currently with 16GB of Memory and 10th Gen i5.

      Consuming Approx 9.9GB of RAM right now and am running my usual suite of apps:

      Windows 10 22H2

      MS Teams
      OneNote
      OneDrive
      Google Drive
      Outlook
      Word (2-3 docs open)
      Excel (3-4 Spreadsheets open)
      Chrome with about 5-6 Tabs

      I can definitely see how 8GB of Memory will be an issue for lots of people.
      I don't know the full ins and outs of Memory handling in windows 10+

      • G-Dawg on 09/02/2023 - 15:00
        +2

        Yeah, I suspect I'm an outlier here.

        I don't have a lot of programs/tabs etc open at the same time as I prefer to minimize clutter.

        ¯_(ツ)_/¯

      • onlinepred on 09/02/2023 - 15:02
        +1

        I have Outlook, VS 2022, Word, Chrome - 20 tabs, MS teams on 32gb, and it's currently using 19gb.

        • G-Dawg on 09/02/2023 - 15:07

          👌

      • tyc00n on 09/02/2023 - 22:42

        My laptop has been running 4 days and chrome alone with 81 things is using 6.6GB, 3 separate youtube tabs are over 600mb each

        Having said that I loved my 8gb surface pro 4 and would love to have one of these laying around

      • BargainKen on 10/02/2023 - 10:16

        Windows uses a pagefile for extra memory so expect it to eat into the SSDs endurance a little.

    • dust on 09/02/2023 - 14:11
      +2

      what are you actually wanting to run if you need 16GB ram?

      Lightroom.

    • Flyin on 09/02/2023 - 15:33
      +1

      I have a 7year old MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM. I mostly use it for coding, rendering HTML templates, other web development stuff. Never had I experienced lag or choking in the lifetime of this product. You only need morethan 8GB if you’re rendering 4k videos or maybe for the gamers.. I guess. But these days FOMO plays a big part at everything.

    • skillet on 09/02/2023 - 18:01

      8GB ram is fine but 128GB storage is just stupid for a Windows machine.

    • knk on 13/02/2023 - 00:27

      So I work in IT, which might sound like I have heavy usage but what it really means is all my computation is mostly offloaded to servers, alot of web portals, ssh use (mobaxterm).

      Unfortunately, 8GB alone just doesn't cut it. By the time I have my remote access tools open, a few ssh terminals (very low memory usage) and some tabs open with my helpdesk, rmm etc etc I'm well outside of 8GB.

      Modern web browsing is a pig on memory.

      I don't sell anything with less than 16GB ram even for basic office users as they will inevitably complain.

  • hbb2005 on 09/02/2023 - 13:17
    +4

    You can upgrade the SSD. Just need to purchase a M.2 M-Key PCIe 4x4 NVMe 2230 SSD.

    • y2k on 09/02/2023 - 13:52

      The SP8 and beyond use a different SSD right? The pricier, rarer type? If so, this SP7 is pretty appealing

      • fastnet on 09/02/2023 - 14:34
        +1

        They all use the same type of SSD. M.2 2230.

        Just check compatibility before purchasing though, certain models can cause BSOD crashes.
        e.g. Some peope are having issues with WD SN530 drives.

        • Bedgrub on 09/02/2023 - 20:05

          Do they perform better with faster SSDs? I might be able to settle for 8GB if there are benefits to be had with respect to responsiveness.

        • y2k on 10/02/2023 - 11:45

          Ah, I mixed it up with the 2280, which was in my SP4 and that I repurposed later. I see for the SP6 and SP7 they soldered it in, so this Plus model is a return to letting users swap it out.

    • skillet on 09/02/2023 - 18:01

      2230 is rare as in very limited choice.

  • TheG1000 on 09/02/2023 - 13:28
    +1

    Any thoughts on using these as a touchscreen pos device?
    Does it essentially run Windows the way our 5 year old current desktops do (they only have 8gb ram, 6th gen i5) ?

    • c0lch3y on 09/02/2023 - 13:50
      +1

      It is only a low power mobile CPU i5-1135g7 (U Series 28W TDP) but 11th gen. Cursory benchmarks suggest it generally matches pretty well (closely) against a 6th gen desktop i5 (6500 - 65W TDP).

      If using as always on/plugged in pos device - you'd probably want to enable the battery saver feature (prevents charging over 50% to prolong life) in UEFI.

      • skillet on 09/02/2023 - 18:04

        Except when it heat throttles…

        • c0lch3y on 09/02/2023 - 19:49

          true, definitely a thing with no fan. depends how resource intensive these particular pos tools are…

  • Jessie Ryder on 09/02/2023 - 13:39

    The massive black borders don't do it for me
    Surface 8/9 looks dice.

  • dan0909 on 09/02/2023 - 14:08
    +6

    mother f*****s .bought one for school a month ago and paid $1400.

  • ppt on 09/02/2023 - 14:13

    $662 for this is pretty good - bonus if you already have the keyboard from an older SP4/5/6/7.

    And if you want a bigger SSD you can swap it on your own

  • congo on 09/02/2023 - 14:18

    Can the Steam Deck runs windows?
    If so, I probably get a Steam Deck and connect it to monitor.

  • hashtagbargain on 09/02/2023 - 14:25

    Do you think eBay will have a 20% sale again?

  • blackhorn on 09/02/2023 - 14:35
    -3

    16gb a bare minimum just saying

  • nghori on 09/02/2023 - 14:37

    Is it easy to change the battery or best to dispose off before it comes to that

  • pacman21 on 09/02/2023 - 14:39

    Great price but wow have these dropped in value quickly.. I know tech degrades fast but this was $1000 only 6 months ago.

    • Foos on 09/02/2023 - 22:55

      Unless it changed in the 7, the battery is almost impossible to replace, and you end up junking the entire thing.

  • dlakers3peat on 09/02/2023 - 15:02
    +1

    Comments are brutal on jb website
    https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/microsoft-surface-pro-7-1…

    • snoopydoop on 10/02/2023 - 17:45
      +2

      Saw one comment saying they "bought this in 2019" but it's only been out since 2021. Reckon there'd be quite a few comments from people who've just bought any old version of the Surface

    • Mozzmanau on 11/02/2023 - 01:24
      -2

      I've got a feeling a lot of Apple users and Apple staff put up a lot of those bad reviews

  • B-Man02 on 09/02/2023 - 15:41

    Can the surface pro 6 keyboard and stylus work with it?

    • Homr on 09/02/2023 - 21:58

      yes it will

  • chichar on 09/02/2023 - 15:47
    +1

    Holds the value, purchased 2 years ago for $850, sold last month for $500!
    Can't be more happy with Microsoft.

  • aussie216618 on 09/02/2023 - 16:35
    -1

    price is good! but I don't need a tablet pc…

  • seemos on 09/02/2023 - 16:48

    What's this like as a media only device? Ie use for travelling on planes. Seems like the battery life on the device is pretty limited but seems to have quite a nice screen …

    • buddysayshi on 09/02/2023 - 17:02
      -1

      Battery life is good on this device.

      • CyberMurning on 09/02/2023 - 17:41

        like 8 hours watching mkv ? (offline files, saved inside, playing with vlc)

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