@wootbot The description listed is for a Surface Pro 3, not a Surface 3. A Surface 3 has an Intel Atom x7-Z8700 with Intel HD graphics. I have one. It’s great for being from 2015.
Looks like Windows 11 isn’t going to be supported. The CPU is not on the compatibility list. Buyers will get 3 years of use out of it before the OS (Windows 10) is no longer supported and this thing will be a boat anchor.
I found that part, too.
But this product is “refurbished”, so maybe it’s newly assembled?
Please be aware that never was the purpose of this device even from the start of its design. It is 10.8" small. An extension of your main laptop or better still power desktop. Actually a little heavy for being tablet sized. This has a good processor for streaming and very good resolution. In a pinch can load and edit true full Microsoft Office unlike most Android and iPad tablets. Unlike Chromebooks, does not need a wireless connection to do so.
I mainly use workstations with 27" screens. I travel with a 2.2 lb notebook that I would not want to be my daily device. I use half a dozen tablets of different vintage for different purposes in the course of a week from multitaking with a Zoom meeting that may be largely irrelevant to viewing one I do want to pay attention to - but able to from bed to using a 1/4" iPad Air for streaming movies or 7" Fire HDX for reading books. Different devices, each with their own strengths and files/accounts.
Either way, any 4th gen CPU is not going to last very long.
The first paragraph was informative the second paragraph was for what purpose- so that we’re impressed?
This does not have an i5 processor. Buyer you’ve been warned.
Are you sure you are responding to the right person? He said the tablet will not be supported by Windows in 3 years.
I worry about the batteries.
I though it had i5. Seems scammy.
No not at all. I am saying that different spec’d devices have different functions and need not all be current gen. In fact, most of my tablets are ancient perhaps even at time of purchase - half are from Woot. I don’t throw them away. I shared how different ones are used in work versus recreation. My notebook for work is lightweight but far lower spec than I wanted.
What I would not purchase again would be Amazon Fire tablets because of intentional lack of compatibility with the Play store and Amazon removing apps from their own store including all antivirus software except for ESET.
My point is that Windows 11 compatibility is utterly irrelevant. Don’t buy this machine for that purpose. You will need to spend more if you want a single device that has windows 11 support. It is unrealistic to think that this 10.8 inch tablet will serve that purpose even two years from now. It does not mean that it does not have useful functionality. I purchased one.
Our IT department has no intention of adopting Windows 11 within the next two years. Drivers and legacy equipment will not be fully supported.
Windows 10 will have discontinuation of updates in 2025. But it does not mean the device will no longer work. Could you read PDF and other format books on it? Probably for years. Could you use it for displaying recipes in the kitchen? Also yes. Because those activities often will support legacy devices for quite a while.
No snark intended - if money is no object then absolutely spend much more and do get this year’s latest. Viriman probably would recommend that. So would my own kid.
My older Amazon fire devices do not support Paramount Plus. So please be cautioned. Amazon apps support appears to lack the depth and duration of support of Google Play store. That compatibility issue is why I’m not buying another one of those.
This thing isn’t worth $50 in 2022, let alone $150.
4GB RAM and 64GB storage is barely enough to let Windows 10 just load and sit there and do nothing. The minute you try to open a web browser and load anything but a single, basic website you’re in for an exercise in patience at best.
I bought one of this exact model from a guy on Craigslist in 2017. I tried to like it. I wanted to like it. But it’s just unusable for anything but the most basic of tasks. Even having more than one tab open in Chrome or Firefox slowed it to a crawl. After a couple of months of frustration, I sold it on eBay for the same price I’d paid for it - except I made it clear in the eBay listing that it’s a very limited device.
That was 2017. Asking $150 for this in 2022 takes a LOT of gall.
If you do get this, my advice is to have very low expectations and also stick to Windows Store apps only.
Here is a write up on the device. It is not for everyone and those who want something fast will be disappointed. But if you want something that can do some work without WiFi it is one of the better devices with an atom processor. If you have money to spend, do buy something more speedy.
The 128 gb version is marginally faster. 64 gb is limiting due to the OS taking up about 60% space. Looked it up in case people interested.
Disk Space consumed by Windows 10: Surface 3
REMAINING FREE SPACE
64 GB has 37 GB
128 GB has 93 GB
If you teach kids robotics using LEGO, and the only software you’ll be running is for the WeDo (1 & 2), EV3, or Spike… The Surface is PERFECT! (Now, I just need copious amounts of bubble wrap kid proofing)
Just as a heads up to anyone that may have been unfortunate enough to buy one of these: It comes pre-loaded with the Absolute Analytics rootkit installed. It’ll take over your Chrome login if you have one, and install itself as a root CA, and set your Chrome instance as “managed by an IT organization.”
It’s really not easy to get rid of - so be warned.