5 Huge Deals From The Microsoft Spring Sale: Save $500 on the Surface Laptop 5 (2024)

It's the season for sales, and Microsoft is getting in on the act with a nice set of deals across some of their most popular wares. The major focus in the Microsoft spring sale is on Surface products, and if you've never had your hands on these tablets and laptops they're really pretty stunning. Great screen quality with quick and accurate response times, solid components and lightweight but durable builds make them incredible iPad alternatives. We've also got price drops on game controllers, including the extremely cool Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2. Here are the five best deals from the Microsoft Spring Sale.

We had a lot of good things to say about the Surface Pro 9 in our review, commenting that it was "its most polished yet, with unmatched performance, helpful features, and long battery life." The convertible tablet can run for as long as 15.5 hours on a single charge, and the nearly edge-to-edge 13” PixelSense touchscreen is clear and responsive to both fingers and the stylus. The Surface Pro Signature Keyboard lets you easily flip it into use as a laptop, and the price is great at $300 off. This configuration comes with a 12th generation Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD.

Amazon also has the Microsoft Surface Pro 9 at the same price of $799.99 (list price $1099.99).

The Surface Laptop 5 receiving an "Excellent" rating in our review, where we felt it was "best suited for mobility-first users" thanks to its durable build, bright, crisp touch display with 3:2 aspect ratio, and epic battery life. The internals are extremely solid, starting with an Intel Core i7 processor and coupling it with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. It's remarkably lightweight despite the sizable screen, and has a high-quality look and feel thanks to its minimalist chassis. Multiple models are on sale at the Microsoft Store, but this configuration gives you the deepest discount.

Console controllers come in all shapes and sizes, but most of them are pretty disposable. Microsoft is bucking the trend with the gorgeous and massively customizable Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2. We gave it an Editors' Choice award in our review, saying that it "one of the best-feeling, most customizable gamepads available for the Xbox One and PCs." A new grip material feels great and repels finger smudges, and the addition of four additional metal paddles allows you to customize more inputs in whatever way you like, with adjustable ranges of motion. It's a really cool device that will change the way you play.

Many laptops just don't have the juice to really run a bunch of creative software, but the Surface Laptop Studio 2 is the exception. This is the powerhouse of the lineup, with a pull-forward touch screen, 13th generation Intel i7 processor, a RTX 2000 Ada graphics card, 32TB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. It multitasks like a pro, runs quiet and cool, has a solid battery, and doesn't weigh a ton. One of the most interesting additions is a dedicated Intel Movidius neural processing unit, which is optimized for real-time AI operations like video call enhancements. In our review, it scored an Editors' Choice award, where we called it "a uniquely excellent proposition."

Sure, you can use your grubby little fingers to interact with the touchscreens of your Microsoft Surface devices, but not only does that smudge them up, you also lose a ton of the precision and nuance you get with a stylus like the Surface Pen. Tilt control lets you adjust your mark density to shade images just like a graphite pencil, and 4,096 individual pressure points let you modulate your lines in an infinite number of ways. Attaching to the side of a tablet or laptop magnetically, this is a must-have for optimal Surface usage.

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