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Microsoft Is Giving Students a Free Xbox One With Surface Pro 4 Purchases (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the sweet-deal dept.

Microsoft on Wednesday announced a sweet deal for any student on the fence on purchasing the Surface Pro 4. The company has said that it will be taking $300 off when students purchase a Surface Pro 4 and Xbox One. In a statement to The Verge, Terry Myerson, head of Windows and devices at Microsoft said, "So basically a free Xbox One with the purchase of a Surface Pro 4." The deal is only running at Microsoft's retail stores in the United States. The deal goes live today and will last until August 14.

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  1. Still.. by mwvdlee · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I guess that gets the price of a surface pro 4 down from "insanely overpriced" to "absurdly overpriced".

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    1. Re:Still.. by thegarbz · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Sure, if you buy a Surface Pro like a person buying cocaine at a try before you buy store.

      A more realistic version:
      I need a tablet. Wooo I just bought an m3 tablet with 4GB of RAM. It's crap that they charged extra for the keyboard, but hey this thing is great!

      i5 that doesn't handle flash video? The SP3 with the 4 generation old processor had an i5 that handles flash video, and if you're in a bind runs Photoshop and AfterEffects just fine too.

      Now where's that cocaine! I NEED MORE!!!!!

  2. Pretend Sales by minstrelmike · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I suspect that's the only way the're going to get rid of their out-dated Xboxes now.