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Microsoft reveals major price increase for all Surface PCs as RAM crisis continues (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] Willoughby@piefed.world 42 points 4 months ago (6 children)

The slightly older ones make great Linux tablets. I use mine for comics.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

As long as you don't mind the webcam not working, which except for the oldest models seemed to be a constant with the Surface tablets.

Edit: i mean in Linux, as these camera modules are near impossible to support.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Heck, my surface pro 3 makes a great Linux machine. Still tweaking it but the touchscreen works just fine with Mint, so even an old one could probably do just fine.

[–] Doug@piefed.social 7 points 4 months ago

I remember when the first Surface released and Gabe from Penny Arcade was like "wtf this is better than iPad for drawing. why aren't they advertising this aspect of it?"

I don't know if that's still true, but I always tucked it in the back of my mind when I was looking for drawing tablets.

[–] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

My Go 3 with fedora runs like a charm