I work at a school and order 30-40 Surface Pro's a year. This will be 4th year of them for us. For the last two years we have bought the i5/8/256 model that I thought was suite spot price / performance wise. That has been list price of $1300 during that time. The new Surface Pro is essentially the same (new proc) and same price except for one detail. They took pen out of package. We use the pen extensively for OneNote among other things. The new pen lists for $100. This has effectively raised my prices by $100 for every unit.
Also still unknown is warranty coverage. When the pen was included it was covered by my Complete Care (Accidental Breakage). However now it is an accessory so it is probably 1 year at best.
I like the new unit and the fact I can share power cords for last 4 years of machines and cases with Surface Pro 4. Just not excited about price increase.
Also still unknown is warranty coverage. When the pen was included it was covered by my Complete Care (Accidental Breakage). However now it is an accessory so it is probably 1 year at best.
I like the new unit and the fact I can share power cords for last 4 years of machines and cases with Surface Pro 4. Just not excited about price increase.