Costco Surface Pro 7 Bundle

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by simard57

Posted on February 17, 2021

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Costco has a $400 discount on Surface Pro 7 Bundle I7/16 GB/256 GB with keyboard and pen for $1149

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16 responses to “Costco Surface Pro 7 Bundle”

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    yaddamaster

    Six months ago I would have called this a no-brainer. Now, after all the problems my son has had with his, I'm inclined to write this generation off.

    6 months ago
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      simard57

      In reply to yaddamaster:

      what problems did he have with it?



      6 months ago
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      illuminated

      In reply to yaddamaster:

      Write the whole generation off? Is it THAT bad? What is so wrong with it?

      6 months ago
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        yaddamaster

        In reply to illuminated:
        well, I never had any problems with my version five. Still running strong other than the keyboard has discolored and the plastic membrane is peeling.

        But his series 7 has had driver problem after driver problem. Touchscreen stops working - figured that one out by uninstalling the human interface drivers one by one until it started working. Trackpad now doesn't work consistently. Weird charging glitches. BOD.

        I dunno - I'm just really sour on Microsoft shutting down their stores. In the past you could visit and arrange for repairs on hardware - now you have to navigate Microsoft's nonsensical phone customer support and be without your laptop for a period of time. For what is supposed to be a premium product. ymmv - I'm just saying that a year ago I would have bought one for this price. Now......yeah, I'm passing.


        6 months ago
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          simard57

          In reply to yaddamaster:

          maybe he should contact support to swap it?


          I ordered one - my HP Spectre 360 is being held together by tape. While I am happy with HP standing behind their product, my experience is not good and I decided to return to the SP line. I am glad I matched the same specs as the Spectre


          fast response from Costco - it arrives tomorrow and has a 2 yr Costco warranty ....



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          angusmatheson

          In reply to yaddamaster:

          I’m so glad it isn’t me. My surface pro 7 keyboard doesn’t work 1/2 the time- I think it is it doesn’t recognize when it wakes from sleep. It started when my 1 year old type cover had separation of the keyboard from the magnets when taking it off. That somehow messed up the surface so even a new keyboard now doesn’t reliably work. I am hoping trust a full system restore will allow the new keyboard to work.

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      crunchyfrog

      In reply to yaddamaster: I have to agree. I recently bought a new SP7 and shortly afterwards it started to exhibit the "sleep of death" as it's called where it will not fully wake up. Researching this I discovered that this has been an issue with Surface Pro models going back to at least SP4. I took it back and bought a Lenovo Yoga 6.


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    earlster

    This is about the same I paid for my SP4 i5/8GB/256GB with pen and dock (keyboard was extra) on some special many years ago. Certainly a good price for this level of performance.

    But I've also learned since that the lifespan of SPs is limited and battery replacements are expensive. I'm happy to give up a little bit of the pure tablet factor for a 360 type convertible, and will be looking at the likes of HP, Dell, or Lenovo in the future. Or even that Razer laptop that Paul was reviewing recently, that's pretty sweet.

    6 months ago
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      simard57

      In reply to earlster:

      my HP Spectre 360 has not been a good experience - I posted my trials a long time ago.

      It replaced a SP3 I had that I thought died - but turns out it was a bad power brick. It now is working fine and I am using it to rip movies because the USB port on my 360 is now wonky.


      maybe I ran into a bad batch of Spectres but they replaced it 3 times.

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      earlster

      In reply to Simar57:

      FWIW, my wife has an HP Envy 360, it's about 2 years old, and working like a charm. But I will consider your feedback when I get to buy my next laptop. Faulty USB ports on HPs is something I've read about a few times now.

      Currently, I'm back at using my SP4, with a battery replacement by a local repair shop, but it's getting a little slow.

      6 months ago
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    ghostrider

    If reliability and serviceability aren't important to you, and you value looks over everything else, I'm sure it's a relatively good deal. I've had some very bad experiences with Surface devices in the Enterprise, and wouldn't ever touch them again.

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    winner

    And I also just picked up the base Mac Mini with new M1 processor on sale at Costco for $599. A steal.

    6 months ago
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