I've got a 1st gen Microsoft Surface Book, i5 6300U, 256gb SSD, 8gb RAM. Unfortunately the keyboard base with the integrated nvidia GPU has stopped working. I've run through diagnostics and Microsoft have done their checks remotely - it can't be fixed.
They've offered an identical exchange replacement for £568 ($790), but it seems they don't offer a route to upgrade / modernise.
It seems like a decent price after googling it, however I'm still buying a 5 year old laptop.
It was originally bought for photography - photoshop / lightroom / plug ins, maybe a bit of video, a bit of light gaming, and general productivity / work / surfing. I've got a half decent 9700k gaming / creative desktop as well, so have an alternative for heavy lifting. But that also meant I didn't use this laptop often.
Don't get me wrong, it's an awesome laptop in terms of build quality and screen and I love the touch screen and pen. However it's impossible to upgrade, and 256gb SSD is pretty poor in this day and age. And ironically the screen res was arguably too high for its size as I could barely read menus in photoshop (though I probably should have persisted with this)
So what do you think? should I take the Microsoft upgrade - is it still decent value for money and current enough to do what I want?? Or should I maybe consider something else?? Appreciate your thoughts!
They've offered an identical exchange replacement for £568 ($790), but it seems they don't offer a route to upgrade / modernise.
It seems like a decent price after googling it, however I'm still buying a 5 year old laptop.
It was originally bought for photography - photoshop / lightroom / plug ins, maybe a bit of video, a bit of light gaming, and general productivity / work / surfing. I've got a half decent 9700k gaming / creative desktop as well, so have an alternative for heavy lifting. But that also meant I didn't use this laptop often.
Don't get me wrong, it's an awesome laptop in terms of build quality and screen and I love the touch screen and pen. However it's impossible to upgrade, and 256gb SSD is pretty poor in this day and age. And ironically the screen res was arguably too high for its size as I could barely read menus in photoshop (though I probably should have persisted with this)
So what do you think? should I take the Microsoft upgrade - is it still decent value for money and current enough to do what I want?? Or should I maybe consider something else?? Appreciate your thoughts!