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The keyboard alone will set you back $98.99, which is a real bummer. The only drawback is that it doesn’t come with a keyboard or pen. The 13-inch PixelSense touchscreen also has a resolution of 2880×1920, so visuals should be nice and vibrant. It’s not the most powerful machine we’ve ever seen, but that’s not what it was designed for, and at a whopping $940 off, that’s an acceptable trade-off. You should be able to zip through most day-to-day tasks like surfing the web, responding to e-mail, and so on, though Arm-based processors sometimes hiccup with apps downloaded from somewhere other than Windows 11’s Microsoft Store. The Surface Pro X features Qualcomm-powered Microsoft SQ 2 processor, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB of SSD storage.

Not only does it weigh a measly 1.7 lbs, but it’s also surprisingly sturdy for such a portable device. That’s a whopping 62 percent off of the original price. Microsoft’s Surface Pro X tablet, which typically costs $1,499.99 at full price, is on sale for $549 at Woot’s Amazon store.

To say I was shocked when I spotted this deal is an understatement.

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