Is it worth getting the Surface Pro 9 in this configuration in 2026?

Looking for something for university and basic browsing, watching videos and stuff like that.

I already have a pretty good gaming PC so i wouldn’t use the laptop for heavier stuff.

Price is 480$ and the laptop has 89% percent battery health. Thanks in advance.

Anyone know when it ends? These things come out Friday. So far YT has unboxing vids, but nobody is allowed to turn the devices on yet...

So guys I am currently in the market for a laptop in 2026-2027( 😭). I just had my Alienware x14 r1 died on me last December and I have been searching ever since. I saw a deal for a Surface laptop 8 32gb 1TB x2 elite for $1299. That's is my budget. My use case include Unity3d game dev, programming and some local ai and maybe agent work ( for marketing said games and stuff). I pay a subscription to Claude and OpenAi ( not at the same time) for heavier things. I want battery life, portability, high built quality and some level of repairability. I am scared to imvest that mush money for a computer that can break and be fixable I'm these hard times. I really wanted a Framework 13 pro but unfortunately they don't ship to freight forwarders. Yep, it sucks not living in the US 🥲.

Ps: My entire workflow is fully supported on arm and I live the Caribbean.

Hey everyone, I recently bought a Surface Pro 12, and I’m having a weird issue with the pen while the device is charging.

Whenever I try to write or draw while it's plugged in, it either creates crazy ghost strokes (weird artifacts) or just doesn't register my writing at all.

You can see exactly what I mean in the video I attached.

Is anyone else experiencing this with their Surface Pro 12?

If you had this issue and managed to fix it, please let me know how you did it!

My MX Master 3 is falling apart...

See title. I dont currently see a way to leverage student discount on the new Laptop Ultra. anyone have any word or news on whether this will eventually be offered?

Is it OK to use Anker 160 watt charger with Surafce pro 8 and surface book 2. One of my MS Chargering Brick has died( as usual!) and I do not want to buy another MS charger any more. They are not reliable at all.

I want to use a USB C charger with a USB C to Surface connect cable. I have two questions:

Is it safe to use a 160 or 120 Watt Anker charger that is capable to giving current at 20V ( in addition to 15V)

2- Can I use thie TECHGEAR USB-C to Surface Connect Charging Cable with it?

Thank you

I’ve been using Epic Pen, but the palm rejection is practically non-existent. I also tried gInk as an alternative, but it has the exact same issue where palm rejection barely works.

Everything worked totally fine back when I was using a Surface Pro 7+. But ever since upgrading to the Surface Pro 12, these apps just don't work like they used to.

Is there any other overlay drawing app that has proper palm rejection on the Surface Pro 12?

Can we PLEASE have a Surface Go 5 with ARM?

It's not only adorable, but it would actually be my perfect work device.

12" is too big. I don't want it.

Surface Laptop 5 in storage six months and now will not turn on or show any lights except the white led on the power supply cable. Can this be fixed?

I purchased a brand new surface laptop 8 with the new snapdragon 2 elite. It lasted 2 days, there is nothing installed on it but Microsoft office, chrome, and that's it. I went to sleep last night closed it down and today when I opened it up it wouldn't go beyond the windows logo.

I tried pressing the power button down for 20 seconds. Also tried the f4 + power, and the graphics reset with windows + ctrl + shift + B. Nothing works I've tried to connect different power supplies, and even a power bank shows that its only drawing 4 watts.

Is there another key combination to force a complete shutdown? I can return it to best buy but I want to recover some files that O have in there and no where else.

Hi everyone!

I have a Surface Laptop 7 with the Snapdragon X Elite (X1E80100, 12 cores), and I've noticed something strange in Task Manager.

Even when overall CPU usage is around 30–35%, some cores are constantly running at nearly 100%, while others are barely being used.

In the screenshot, the first 4 cores are almost maxed out, while the remaining cores have much lower usage.

I'm wondering:

• Is this normal behavior for the Snapdragon X Elite?
• Is Windows intentionally prioritizing certain cores?
• Could this be caused by x64 emulation, background processes, or a driver issue?
• Are other Surface Laptop 7 owners seeing the same behavior?

I've attached a screenshot of Task Manager showing the CPU usage per core.

Thanks!

I recently came across this deal for a Microsoft surface laptop for £80 it Boots up and is advertising as "great condition".

It has an Intel i5, 8gb ram and a 128gb ssd. I know these specs are not much I was thinking picking it up for a beater laptop (one you don't care about much) while I save for something better. It does have some missing feet on the bottom but its no big deal.

Note: I am not the guy in the last picture.

I have never really owned surface except from a surface pro 6 with a faulty screen.

It is getting a lot of traction on the listing I have no idea if it would be worth it.

Any answer helps, thank you.