Some Microsoft Surface devices just got big price cuts — but the catch is they've had big RAM cuts, too
- Microsoft has cut the price of last year's Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch models
- The freshly introduced entry-level models have 8GB of RAM and provide some relief from recent major price hikes
- This isn't a compromise that some people are happy about, and they're arguing that 8GB isn't enough for a laptop these days
Microsoft has given us some more affordable Surface devices, models that are back under a grand in the US due to price cuts – but there's a catch, and that's the compromise made to achieve this pricing.
Windows Central reports that Microsoft's chosen tactic here is to push out new variants of the Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch from last year with just 8GB of RAM to cut the cost. Previously, the baseline models had 16GB of system memory.
These new 8GB versions are priced at $849 for the Surface Pro and...
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