Best Surface for students 2023: The perfect PC for heading back to school or college

[Windows Central]

If you're heading back to school, you'll probably need a new PC for the new semester and beyond. Here are the best Microsoft Surface PCs for your studies.

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[dkstrauss]

Great advice on all levels Zac, but what do you do when your grandchild has an iPhone, iPad, and asks why aren't we getting a MacBook Air?

And NO all you flamers, it's not an answer to say "because I'm paying..."

 

[ShinyProton]

My issue with the article is not even whether or not students have Apple hardware for mobility.
It's more like "Why buy an overpriced or under-spec Surface?".

After owning Surface several Surface devices, Microsoft pulled me away from their lineup with the 9 series. All overpriced or with inferior specs.

I got a superior 2-in-1 Lenovo computer for cheaper with superior hardware. And more recently, I bought a Robo & Kala 2-in-1 ARM based (8cx Gen 3) for 1/3 the price of the equivalent Surface Pro 9.

Seriously, you really need to be a die-hard Surface fan to waste money on their hardware.

 

[Geoff-37]

Great advice on all levels Zac, but what do you do when your grandchild has an iPhone, iPad, and asks why aren't we getting a MacBook Air?

And NO all you flamers, it's not an answer to say "because I'm paying..."

I didn't get you a MacBook Air, because I'm your GrandParent, its 2024, and the Macbook Air still doesn't have a touchscreen.

 

[Geoff-37]

If you're heading back to school, you'll probably need a new PC for the new semester and beyond. Here are the best Microsoft Surface PCs for your studies.

Best Surface for students 2023: The perfect PC for heading back to school or college : Read more

The Surface Laptop has one inexcusable flaw: The screen doesn't lay flat.
That makes it very cumbersome to draw on the screen. Pinch-to-Zoom and basic finger selection or drawing is OK, but pen input is not. And that's going to be very irritating, sooner or later.

So get a Surface Pro, or look at Dell. HP or Lenovo (or the others) to find a 180-degree hinge (or perhaps a 360-degree hinge).