Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet is just $500 right now at Office Depot, a 50% discount - henriquezgince1974

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Microsoft's latest Skin-deep Pro hit store shelves lowest June, and with Intel's 8th generation chips available a refresh might (I same might) cost in the works. If there is, it would explain wherefore Federal agency Terminal &A; Office Easy lay has so much a smoky red-hot deal now.

The 2017 Show u Pro is sensible $500 right on now with 4GB of RAM, 128GB onboard storage, and a 7th-generation Intel Substance i5 processor. That's $300 off the Microsoft Store's current (sold proscribed) sales agreement Leontyne Price of $800, and a 50 percent savings disconnected the lozenge's $1,000 MSRP.

When we reviewed this tablet in June 2017 we noted that visually it isn't every that different from its 2015 predecessor. It has the same dimensions and weight, but under the hood it's rocking a faster processor and graphics to pressurise that tried-and-true chassis. The 2017 rendering also includes an built kickstand that folds spinal column far. The battery life is just okay, though.

Interestingly, the Microsoft Store is currently sold out of this particular exemplary. Complete the other Surface Pros are still available. That could mingy the drop in price on the Microsoft Store ($999 to $799) spurred a betray out. But with the a la mode Pro's annual anniversary coming up it might be the first preindication that a new Surface In favor of is coming to trespass of those aforementioned new Intel chips.

That's admittedly a long shot since Microsoft is less focused along its own hardware right now. There was also a ii-twelvemonth lull between the last deuce Surface Pro releases, and Microsoft single new released an LTE version of the 2017 Coat Pro.

Disregardless, there's no denying that Office Depot's current sale is a stellar mess. You don't see Surface hardware going this cheap identical often.

[Today's hatful: 128GB Surface Pro (2017) for $500 at OfficeDepot.]

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Ian is an independent writer settled in Israel who has never met a tech subject he didn't like. He in the first place covers Windows, PC and play hardware, video and music streaming services, social networks, and browsers. When he's not covering the news he's working happening how-to tips for PC users, or tuning his eGPU setup.

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