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I was in need of this a while ago. the best I found was the Surface Pro 7 with the i5. it's fanless. runs super well, I installed Linux on it. other than that,
by Daegalus 4y ago
I was in need of this a while ago. the best I found was the Surface Pro 7 with the i5. it's fanless. runs super well, I installed Linux on it.
other than that, everything else I find has weak Celerons in it.
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- sseagull 4y agoI just bought a Surface Pro 7+ with an i5 and 8gb of memory, and am really liking it. I was looking more for a tablet (with a real OS on it), but it doubles as a laptop in a pinch. I have a more powerful desktop for heavier tasks, and this fills my portable needs very well. (Haven’t put linux on it yet, but maybe soon. WSL is filling that void for now).
- Daegalus 4y agoYa I just use mine for some light nighttime coding in bed or just some browsing. Fills that void super easy.
- jhpaul 4y agoI've run the Surface Pro 7 i5 since 2019, which replaced a SP4 i5 (though that had a fan, which I'd tuned to almost never come on). For most things it's more than enough and always silent. I sometimes point a fan at it if I'm doing something heavier or driving external displays. For, I think, $799 with pen and keyboard its a great mobile machine and remote terminal. If I could go back in time I'd maybe spring for the 16/256gb upgrade, though that was more than double the price.
- Daegalus 4y agoThats what I use mine for. Being able to quietly code in bed while wife and baby is sleeping. Or just surf the web.