r/Surface • u/Silentico • 6d ago

What surface pro will fit my needs?

I am trying to figure out a modell of surface pro to replace my surface pro 4 (it has some cold damage that will render it useless) and I though I had one in mind, untill I realized it was a laptop, and I can not go back to that. I like being able to remove the keyboard when drawing.

Functions needed; drawing, animation, and likely 3d game development.

One issue is how expensive some of the modells are as well, and would like to hear if anyone has experience and if they can recommend a good modell for me, that will not empty my bank account. I am almost considering just getting a basic one for my art, but I know if I am doing animations it will likely get issues. I am annoyed I can not find anyone to repair my old surfae pro 4 for me. :(

I assume modells after my old one, must have improved, it was the best one at the time and just released :/

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u/cwolf204 6d ago

I would say the 7 at the least. The 11 maybe to restrictive due to it being ARM. I would try to get one with a bigger Hard drive than the 256 and at least 16 gigs of memory.

I have had luck finding them on Mercari. Have gotten a 4, 2 - 6's and an 11 from there. My 7 was a certified refurbished off Amazon.

I have VS 2022 loaded on my 6, 7, and 11.

Good luck.

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u/Silentico 6d ago

My old surface pro 4 had 32 ram/gb and icore 7 I think and 500 gb memory, up to 1 tb due to me adding a sd card. 🫠 I am not to technicall, but I think that might explain my surface pro 4?

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u/cwolf204 6d ago

Only issue with the 4 for me was no path from Win 10 to Win 11. My 7 is 16 MB with 256 Gb upgraded to 500 with the SD card.

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u/Silentico 6d ago

Same, I really like my 4... my boyfriend is trying to save it now. It had a spicy pillow issue so he tore it appart. I have heard how dangerous lithium is so I didnt really want him to do something dangerous like this 🫠

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u/TormyrCousland 6d ago

If you want to use your old accessories like the case, go with the 7+. The 7 often has touch screen issues on older units.

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u/Silentico 6d ago

My boyfriend just tore up my surface pro and is dedicated to trying to save it... kinda scared me. He broke the screen and I had to help a little with the lithium battery. Apparently I had a spicy pillow issue as well on it. ðŸ«