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From the «miss my PIII 128MB Compaq» department:
Title: Microsoft Effectively Raises High-End Surface Prices By Discontinuing Base Models
Author: feedback@slashdot.org
Date: Thu, 08 May 2025 18:42:00 +0000
Link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/08/1842240/microsoft-effectively-raises-high-end-surface-prices-by-discontinuing-base-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

An anonymous reader shares a report: When Microsoft announced new Surface
devices earlier this week, we noted that there wasn't a lot of daylight between
the starting prices of the new but lower-end devices ($799 for the 12-inch
Surface Pro, $899 for the 13-inch Surface Laptop) and the starting prices of
the older-but-higher-end Surfaces from last spring ($999 for both). It appears
Microsoft has quietly solved this problem by discontinuing the 256GB versions
of the 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 7 and the 13-inch Surface Pro 11. Microsoft's
retail pages for both devices list only 512GB and 1TB configurations, with
regular prices starting at $1,199. Though not technically a price hike -- the
512GB versions of both devices also cost $1,199 before -- it does amount to an
effective price increase for last year's Surface hardware, especially given
that both devices have user-replaceable storage that can easily be upgraded for
less than the $200 that Microsoft charged for the 256GB-to-512GB upgrade. The
upshot is that the new Surface PCs make more sense now than they did on Tuesday
in relative terms, but it's only because you'll pay more to buy a Surface Pro
11 or Surface Laptop 7 than you would before. The 15-inch version of the
Surface Laptop 7 still lists a 256GB configuration and a $1,299 starting price,
but the 256GB models are currently out of stock.

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