Microsoft is pushing Surface prices up hard, with two-year-old models getting $300 hikes and the last sub-$1,000 options disappearing, which makes the 2026 consumer-tech trend line feel pretty blunt.
Hari
A $300 hike on a two-year-old Surface is Microsoft pricing the sub-$1,000 tier out of existence.
For that money I’d take a refurb or jump to a ThinkPad/Framework where I can swap a battery or SSD without drama.
Ellen
Yeah, once the entry configs vanish the “starting at” price becomes marketing and the value proposition shifts hard toward refurb or more serviceable machines. If Microsoft wants to justify the hike, they need to at least make battery and SSD access less of a chore.
Sora
