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Microsoft Is Giving Students a Free Xbox One With Surface Pro 4 Purchases (theverge.com)
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.
$899 isn't too expensive...
Core m3, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD
Well, you could step up to the i5 version, 8 GB of RAM, and a 256 GB SSD. Incremental upgrades in each category, can't be that much...
$1299
Wait, only the i7 has the good (good for Intel) GPU and the i5 has the GPU that barely handles flash video? I guess I'd need to go to the i7, what's another $100-$150, right?
$1599
If I'm spending that much I'll need to sell my desktop, monitor, etc. and use it as my main PC. Need to max out the storage. Wait, why is 256 GB the largest option? Let's at least bump the RAM up to the 16 GB my 5.5 year old PC had the day it was built...
$1799
Oh, now the larger storage options are available. With 1 TB it costs...
$2699
Well, at least the bleeding is over. Oh wait, the keyboard is sold separately?
$2798
Oh look! A money-saving bundle!
$2798 with a free stylus and neoprene sleeve. And I guess now a free Xbone?
WHAT A DEAL!