Surface Pro 3 Core i3

[bamaster]

In the U.S., I believe it is normally 10%. But for "back to school" there's a special promotion.

$649 + $117 for keyboard = $766 +tax. Not a bad deal for a student!

 

[richs121]

Just picked up the Core i3 at best buy last night using the $150 student discount coupon and 10% off USPS movers coupon for a total of $584.00+ tax. Awesome machine so far and a smoking deal!

 

[bamaster]

Wow! Smoking deal, indeed! I might have to look into that, too. *ponders*

 

[chankoedo]

It would be a great pleasure if you could report your battery experiences with the i3-Vesion. I have already read the anandtech article however I want to gain more information about it. Unfortunately I wasn't really able to find any useful threads/infos on this special topic so far.

Maybe there are some people out there, who got their hands on different cpu-Versions of this tablet and got a feeling of the differences if there are any.

 

[richs121]

Haven't had it long enough to really tell but according to battery bar it is holding true to the 9 hour mark with web browsing, email, downloading and installing a few programs. This is much better than my Macbook air. Pretty impressive for a full windows 8.1 device.

 

[daveyp]

It would be a great pleasure if you could report your battery experiences with the i3-Vesion. I have already read the anandtech article however I want to gain more information about it. Unfortunately I wasn't really able to find any useful threads/infos on this special topic so far.

Maybe there are some people out there, who got their hands on different cpu-Versions of this tablet and got a feeling of the differences if there are any.

I havent done an accurate measurement but can say without a doubt that it is over 7 (Used it somewhere between 6.5-7.5hrs) hours with bluetooth streaming music from spotify and a bit over 50% screen brightness. I didnt check the percentage after my use but it was close to the bottom. Probably had another half hour or so left. I'm super happy with it.

 

[mitchellvii]

Hi guys. Looking at the i3 here. I do basic Office apps including Access, some web design, a little Photoshop and Flash but nothing hardcore and of course web browsing and OneNote. In the past I've been able to recover quite a bit of SD space by offloading the recovery partition. Assuming I can do that here as well?

Also a good way to keep space down is to regularly clear out the Windows/Software Distribution/Download folder which can get pretty massive with updates.

So, will I be happy with just the i3? Seems like better battery life and the i5 would be overkill for my needs. Thanks.

 

[Wiidesire]

37gb free and 42gb if you move the Recovery partition to an external USB stick. I3 will be enough for what you described.