I'm rather concerned about what I do when my Surface Pro 7 dies. I inherited a Chromebook from my dad, but that's a poor substitute.
Do you need to use Windows? Because any old Thinkpad with Linux Mint will get you through a few years, and performance-wise should be able to handle anything you're currently doing with your surface. Or hell, I can't believe I'm saying this, a Macbook Neo.
The thing is, I was running KDE Neon on this, and as it's a fanless design, it would regularly overheat. So it's back to Windows for now. After the RAM shortage is sorted, maybe I can afford new kit.
I’m rather concerned about what I do when my Surface Pro 7 dies
Well, most of what I've seen expects memory prices to be coming down in 2028. So if it's got two years of use in it, you're probably good.
If you're desperate for a laptop sooner and cheaper, you can get used laptops on eBay (well, maybe somewhere else if you're not in the US; dunno what the used PC market is like globally).
I stopped trusting eBay when a local buyer got my old, fully functional motherboard after I did an upgrade. Met him in the parking lot, mobo back in its antistatic packaging atop some foam, in the original box.
He then filed for a refund after presumably taking a screwdriver to the LGA for unknown reasons and then claimed that was the condition it was in when I sold it to him (with photos). So ... you want to destroy something you just bought? I don't see the logic here, but then again, there was someone who bought a phone from me and wanted a refund because T-Mobile has spotty service in their area. At least in this case, eBay was like "It's not on the seller to know the cell coverage in a buyer's area."
Idk I’m still running my $1500 Surface Pro 3. I think I’ll get a thinkpad when it dies. I did care about the touchscreen when I used OneNote but now the form factor is just awkward.
Oh, the touchscreen was a huge feature to me. I figured I'd use it as a tablet for videos, RSS feeds and such, but the reality is it's kinda useless when the keyboard isn't attached.
True, I haven't bothered to detach the thing in years but it still complains if you wiggle the screen a bit too much. And the screen protector I put on mine (good investment as it turned out) does inhibit the touch sensitivity a lot.
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