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Surface Laptop 1st Gen - Is it still worth it?

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Hey All,

I would like to know if buying Surface laptop 1st gen is still worth it?

 

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Microsoft Surface Laptop 128GB

System: Windows 10 Home w trybie S
Monotor: 13.5 inch
Processor:    Intel Core i5-7200U (2.5 GHz, 3.1 GHz Turbo, 3 MB Cache)
Cores:  2
RAM: 8GB
Disk: SSD 128GB
 

Is it really such  a big difference if you have i5 7th gen vs 8th gen processor? Is there anything else I would need to watch our for?

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16 minutes ago, JuiceDroid said:

is still worth it?

whatcha plan on doing with it?

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2 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

whatcha plan on doing with it?

I want it for my wife, get some portable lightweight laptop. It will be used mostly for web browsing and to watch some movies.

 

I thought going for i5 instead of i3 to make it last long time performance wise for few years at least.

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1 minute ago, JuiceDroid said:

web browsing and to watch some movies.

It's probably fine for that then, but don't pay a lot for it, they are quite old.

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Haha, yes. Definitely. I still do those tasks on a 4th gen processor without issue.

It takes next to nothing to run the tasks you're asking of it.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: EVGA RTX 3070 Ti PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

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8 hours ago, JuiceDroid said:

I would like to know if buying Surface laptop 1st gen is still worth it?

How much?

Desktop specs:

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Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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It is 960 CAD - it is from outlet deal. Box was opened and it was "serviced" - they explained that it had issues with speakers making strange sound after going above 80% volume.

 

They said it is repaired now and is "as new" it is just that box was opened.

 

I will buy it and check it out. I am just wandering can I still upgrade it from Win 10 S to Win Home or Pro for free?

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3 hours ago, JuiceDroid said:

It is 960 CAD - it is from outlet deal. Box was opened and it was "serviced" - they explained that it had issues with speakers making strange sound after going above 80% volume.

 

They said it is repaired now and is "as new" it is just that box was opened.

 

I will buy it and check it out. I am just wandering can I still upgrade it from Win 10 S to Win Home or Pro for free?

At that price I don't think it is a good choice honestly

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6 minutes ago, NeuesTestament said:

At that price I don't think it is a good choice honestly

Can you elaborate on that. You mean there are way better options for that price?

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1 minute ago, JuiceDroid said:

Can you elaborate on that. You mean there are way better options for that price?

Don't know about way better, but I am sure you can do better than an old surface laptop with a possible hardware defect. For the task described you could even get a brand new laptop that would be enough.

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It is from a shop so I could still return it in 14 days with out issues if necessary. Did you had any experience with laptop like that?

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