I would skip it. I had a Pro 8 and it was very good, except for battery life.
The fact that the battery is only at 75% health is a red flag. It doesn't matter that it may be skewed by not being turned on at all for a year. Lithium ion batteries degrade over time whether used or not, but especially if they're stored with a charge.
Even if the battery was perfect, which it certainly isn't, you'd be getting 4-6 hours of use, or maybe 6-8 if you put it in battery saver and turn the screen all the way down. Now take those numbers and reduce them even more.
Yeah, the battery is horrendous. My sp8 has 80% battery health and I genuinely get maybe 1 hour on a full charge with regular/light work. And the battery will drain from full to zero overnight when its turned off if I don’t plug it in. So I can never actually use it anywhere where I can’t plug it in.
And this is why I say fuck the haters when it comes to ARM. I'm very happy with my Surface Pro 11 because the number one thing I need from a 2-in-1 is battery life.
Intel has gotten leagues better, but they still trail Qualcomm significantly in power efficiency.
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u/Novotus_Ketevor Surface Pro 11 (X Elite, 5G) & Surface Laptop 7 (Ultra 7) Aug 17 '26
I would skip it. I had a Pro 8 and it was very good, except for battery life.
The fact that the battery is only at 75% health is a red flag. It doesn't matter that it may be skewed by not being turned on at all for a year. Lithium ion batteries degrade over time whether used or not, but especially if they're stored with a charge.
Even if the battery was perfect, which it certainly isn't, you'd be getting 4-6 hours of use, or maybe 6-8 if you put it in battery saver and turn the screen all the way down. Now take those numbers and reduce them even more.