Recommendations to replace existing Surface Pro4
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I've been thinking about replacing my existing laptop which is a surface pro 4 I5 8GB 256GB. Most of my use for this machine:
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Web browsing
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Office 365 Administration
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SSH management for some servers
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screen recording and video editing for my youtube channels
Almost 95% of my time I dock this laptop connected to 2 24" monitors so I rarely use it as a standalone device, but those times I use as independent laptop, I am a bit bothered about the smaller screen size. Even when I travel, I mostly carry my work laptop outsode home.
A readiness check for Win11, my Surface pro4 is not compatible and I guess its time to change my device.
I am still a bit confused if I need to get a 15" when most times it will be docked and never touched and also looking for recommendations if to choose a new Surface or look at something like a Dell XPS series.
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I've checked the xps 13 and thinking of getting it. The one they have here is 16GB 1TB
But at the same time, since I rarely take the device out, also checking for a powerful mini PC
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@ambarishrh said in Recommendations to replace existing Surface Pro4:
I've checked the xps 13 and thinking of getting it. The one they have here is 16GB 1TB
But at the same time, since I rarely take the device out, also checking for a powerful mini PC
I actually prefer a 13 inch screen. I've used Dell xps 13 two years ago and it's a good laptop. I had the Ubuntu edition and really liked it. I know @stacksofplates has had a few generations and is a big fan.
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I was almost at the end of getting the new XPS, just clearing up my old devices (seling some of them and giving out a few to close ones), saw a reddit post about installing Win11 on Surface Pro4.
Thought of checking it (previously I tried the Win11 tool and got the message that it is not compatible).
I cleared my TPM and rebooted once, moved my settings to the windows insiders dev channel and checked for updates. Got the Windows 11 downloaded!
While installing, at 35% got a message "What needs your attention" with no other details. The site https://www.howtogeek.com/416169/how-to-fix-what-needs-your-attention-windows-10-setup-errors/ helped me to fix that and get back that error. Now at 41% and hope to get it installed
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And it works!
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@ambarishrh said in Recommendations to replace existing Surface Pro4:
And it works!
Microsoft thanks you, please supply a credit card to ensure you subscription doesn't lapse.
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An XPS with Ubuntu is very hard to beat for work. I used to have a setup like that. My needs changed lately and now is most efficient to run Win10/11, however, possibly 2nd quarter next year I'll be back to running Ubuntu mainly after I finish some Windows related projects.
