Graham Sutherland / PolynomialJul 31, 2025

that cheap used Surface Pro 7 arrived. love it already. very impressive hybrid tablet, especially for the price.

it isn't the one from the picture on the listing, oddly. that one had a big scratch up the back. I guess it was just representative of the damage types for that category?

anyway, the defect that caused the seller to list this particular one as grade C (good) is a ~2mm pressure damage bright spot in the corner of the screen that literally isn't visible in normal use. otherwise mint.

Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialJul 31, 2025

I tried quite hard to see the damage spot with various desktop application content and while watching a full screen video, but I can't see it at all.

it only seems to be visible when certain colours are shown under the spot, within a certain backlight brightness range, so I'm definitely not complaining.

Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialJul 31, 2025
the only thing I don't super like is the aftermarket keyboard being bluetooth and rechargeable rather than using the proper port on the bottom of the tablet, but I can always buy an official keyboard later if I find that it annoys me too much.
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialJul 31, 2025
I wasn't expecting the screen to be this good either. I could easily see this becoming my new standard way to reference datasheets while working on electronics at my bench.
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@gsuberland Ooh nice. I got one of those new here back when it was the latest. Still use it as my daily laptop.

It definitely had some trouble, it was in the shop for something or other for about 2/3rds of the first year, but MS did eventually fix it by just giving me a new one. 😅

Jul 31, 2025 at 5:27pmWeb