I’d like to explain why - I took the sale down because I felt it was just going to result in another thread of why or why not pick M$ over Apple, so I would just take it to eBay for $1199…HOWEVER…eBay now captures 13.25% of your purchase price - so if I’m going to suffer that kind of haircut I thought I’d let my friends here take a second look at the $999 price I posted originally.
So I’ll leave it here this week for your consideration…
Microsoft Complete Care Until 01/19/2025!
This is a Surface Pro 8 with Windows 11 Pro, i5-1145G7, 16gb ram, 1tb ssd, 4g LTE, and includes the MS Type Cover with Slim Pen 2. I installed the 1tb SSD - many thanks to @cbutters for his YouTube tutorial. It is the same Toshiba based ssd used by MS, and you’ll also get the original 256gb ssd to swap out with the 1tb for warranty service (you’ll need a Torx T3 screwdriver - very small)
Used, but in great condition and it is covered by Microsoft Complete until 01/19/2025.
$999 plus actual shipping and insurance (if paid with PayPal friends and family)
PayPal
Will ship by Priority Mail (flat rate box) plus $1000 insurance (estimated to be around $30)
Feed back for reference: eBay dkstrauss (349/100%) and multiple TPCR sales
This device is in excellent condition, and as noted previously you will have 16 months of Microsoft Complete warranty service. I hate to let it go, but I need to commit to my Apple overlords and that won’t happen until I ditch the crutches.
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If you feel the need to cut ties in order to ‘succeed’ in the walled garden, I think that implies the walled garden is gonna drive you nuts.
In all the creepy little ‘Dark Utopia’ stories, (“The Giver” and “Brave New World”, being two of the preeminent examples), the reader is forced to question the preferred method for keeping people satisfied within, and uninterested in peering at the world beyond the walls. Generally, it entails some form of lobotomy.
I’ve never heard of anybody who knows this buttoning down their collars and shuffling their resumes in the hopes that they’ll be allowed in. Usually, Apple grows their adherents from fetuses. Actual conversion rates among experienced adults tend to be very low.
But you do you, man.
My prediction?
In six months to a year at the outside, you’ll be dusting off your credit card, (if Apple still allows you unrestricted access to your finances), in order to pick up the latest new and shiny bit of forbidden tech, sans fruit logo.
I would like to think that in a year we’ll finally get that MacPad which so many of us want — that said, a Raspberry Pi 4 w/ Wacom One 13 (Gen 1) Wacom EMR screen has been doing well for testing, so my exit strategy is just switching to Linux.
That added MS Complete coverage makes this a great deal. Should give any buyer peace of mind to know that accidental damage (right?) will be covered for the coming 16 months! Well, that, and all the included goodies.
Ain’t NO WAY you thought I’d last this long! Turns out I was having serious problems with my billing and client management software (old Windows stuff) and just too much hassle to run Parallels for this old codger.
NOPE - my ultimate boss said NO MORE WASTING TIME - I’ve got chores for you to do!
