It's a bit older, but the other comments kind of convinced me that MS just released a severely underpowered piece of hardware as the "budget option".
Kind of untypical for them, especially considering that the surface devices are supposed to compete with ipads and Windows 11 is supposed to run on these things.
I'm quite sure they're new. Out of curiosity: Why do the specs make you think it's refurbished? AFAIK, refurbishes don't change the components. ;)
The form factor is what makes the device so enticing to me. But maybe going used is the way to go.
Not being a wage slave is based, actually
I already have a laptop. I was in the market for a small tablet.
Thank you, but the other comments have dissuaded me from getting a 4GB device. ;)
There is quite an active Linux on Surface community, so I figured that it's a bit easier to get it running.
I was specifically hoping for something with the 10" form factor. I already have a thinkpad as a laptop and was hoping for something with a smaller form factor.
Thanks for the tips. I guess it's really a bad idea after all.
Here's hoping that the pinetab will be in stock sometime in the future. :)
Oof. Didn't even think of the SSD bit. The surface devices are generally good quality but the repairability is apparently atrocious with all these soldered Chips.
It wouldn't have been my primary device, but it indeed sounds too expensive now.
The SSD is still soldered to the motherboard.