I’ve been using Epic Pen, but the palm rejection is practically non-existent. I also tried gInk as an alternative, but it has the exact same issue where palm rejection barely works.

Everything worked totally fine back when I was using a Surface Pro 7+. But ever since upgrading to the Surface Pro 12, these apps just don't work like they used to.

Is there any other overlay drawing app that has proper palm rejection on the Surface Pro 12?

Is it worth getting the Surface Pro 9 in this configuration in 2026?

Looking for something for university and basic browsing, watching videos and stuff like that.

I already have a pretty good gaming PC so i wouldn’t use the laptop for heavier stuff.

Price is 480$ and the laptop has 89% percent battery health. Thanks in advance.

Hello All,

Anyone else seeing this on Surface Laptop 7 Intel running Windows 11 25H2 builds?

We're having an intermittent issue, mostly on devices where users regularly use Bluetooth headsets.

When it happens, though, it's not just Bluetooth that stops working. The Surface basically loses its internal audio interfaces completely, including the built-in speakers.

USB audio devices/headsets using their own dongle continue to work.

Device Manager shows:

Intel Smart Sound Technology OED

Status: Problem

Code 10 - CM_PROB_FAILED_START

Problem Status: 0xC0000485

Driver: intcoed.inf

Version: 20.42.12134.0

The parent Intel Smart Sound Technology BUS remains started normally.

I’ve tried restarting the audio services, restarting/disabling/enabling the OED and SST BUS, and even removing the OED + PnP rescan. Nothing recovers it.

A normal Windows reboot, however, immediately fixes everything without changing the driver.

This makes me suspect an Intel SST/OED or DSP/firmware initialisation issue.

Has anyone seen this before? We're currently investigating the Intel SST/OED and DSP/firmware stack and wondering whether rolling back to a different OED driver version could resolve the issue.

Can we PLEASE have a Surface Go 5 with ARM?

It's not only adorable, but it would actually be my perfect work device.

12" is too big. I don't want it.

Surface Laptop 5 in storage six months and now will not turn on or show any lights except the white led on the power supply cable. Can this be fixed?

Anyone know when it ends? These things come out Friday. So far YT has unboxing vids, but nobody is allowed to turn the devices on yet...

See title. I dont currently see a way to leverage student discount on the new Laptop Ultra. anyone have any word or news on whether this will eventually be offered?

Is it OK to use Anker 160 watt charger with Surafce pro 8 and surface book 2. One of my MS Chargering Brick has died( as usual!) and I do not want to buy another MS charger any more. They are not reliable at all.

I want to use a USB C charger with a USB C to Surface connect cable. I have two questions:

Is it safe to use a 160 or 120 Watt Anker charger that is capable to giving current at 20V ( in addition to 15V)

2- Can I use thie TECHGEAR USB-C to Surface Connect Charging Cable with it?

Thank you

My MX Master 3 is falling apart...

I purchased a brand new surface laptop 8 with the new snapdragon 2 elite. It lasted 2 days, there is nothing installed on it but Microsoft office, chrome, and that's it. I went to sleep last night closed it down and today when I opened it up it wouldn't go beyond the windows logo.

I tried pressing the power button down for 20 seconds. Also tried the f4 + power, and the graphics reset with windows + ctrl + shift + B. Nothing works I've tried to connect different power supplies, and even a power bank shows that its only drawing 4 watts.

Is there another key combination to force a complete shutdown? I can return it to best buy but I want to recover some files that O have in there and no where else.

Hey everyone, I recently bought a Surface Pro 12, and I’m having a weird issue with the pen while the device is charging.

Whenever I try to write or draw while it's plugged in, it either creates crazy ghost strokes (weird artifacts) or just doesn't register my writing at all.

You can see exactly what I mean in the video I attached.

Is anyone else experiencing this with their Surface Pro 12?

If you had this issue and managed to fix it, please let me know how you did it!

So guys I am currently in the market for a laptop in 2026-2027( 😭). I just had my Alienware x14 r1 died on me last December and I have been searching ever since. I saw a deal for a Surface laptop 8 32gb 1TB x2 elite for $1299. That's is my budget. My use case include Unity3d game dev, programming and some local ai and maybe agent work ( for marketing said games and stuff). I pay a subscription to Claude and OpenAi ( not at the same time) for heavier things. I want battery life, portability, high built quality and some level of repairability. I am scared to imvest that mush money for a computer that can break and be fixable I'm these hard times. I really wanted a Framework 13 pro but unfortunately they don't ship to freight forwarders. Yep, it sucks not living in the US 🥲.

Ps: My entire workflow is fully supported on arm and I live the Caribbean.

Hi everyone!

I have a Surface Laptop 7 with the Snapdragon X Elite (X1E80100, 12 cores), and I've noticed something strange in Task Manager.

Even when overall CPU usage is around 30–35%, some cores are constantly running at nearly 100%, while others are barely being used.

In the screenshot, the first 4 cores are almost maxed out, while the remaining cores have much lower usage.

I'm wondering:

• Is this normal behavior for the Snapdragon X Elite?
• Is Windows intentionally prioritizing certain cores?
• Could this be caused by x64 emulation, background processes, or a driver issue?
• Are other Surface Laptop 7 owners seeing the same behavior?

I've attached a screenshot of Task Manager showing the CPU usage per core.

Thanks!

My wife had always used her work laptop (MacBook) for personal stuff, but decided she wanted more privacy. So I set up the Go 2 m3 with a monitor/keyboard/mouse (the same ones she was docking her laptop) and it runs amazing. Far better than on touchscreen. For the personal computing she does, it's ideal.

I can't get over how useful this device still is. She says it runs about the same as her much fancier work equipment, for similar tasks.

Also I'm running it in kiosk battery mode or whatever it's called, holding at 50% for long term plugged in usage.

It almost feels like a waste running a tablet like this on an external monitor, but how much better could I do for the hundred bucks it's worth?

Tempting to look for a Go 4. :)

I recently came across this deal for a Microsoft surface laptop for £80 it Boots up and is advertising as "great condition".

It has an Intel i5, 8gb ram and a 128gb ssd. I know these specs are not much I was thinking picking it up for a beater laptop (one you don't care about much) while I save for something better. It does have some missing feet on the bottom but its no big deal.

Note: I am not the guy in the last picture.

I have never really owned surface except from a surface pro 6 with a faulty screen.

It is getting a lot of traction on the listing I have no idea if it would be worth it.

Any answer helps, thank you.

Hey! I got a new Surface 8 Laptop. Had the 7 before and it was extremely quiet. I got the 8 laptop and the first few days it was quiet. But since yesterday it is making noises. What can the reason be? Can it go away again? I really don't know if it is normal or not. But it is annoying and it was not there the first few days (I think?). How about others who have this laptop? Is it completely quiet? It makes noises even if I don't use it. Like it is turned on and just sitting there and making noise.

Good evening folks,

I just want to ask if there a work around with charging with regards to SP5? Got this unit a year ago with just a "type-c cable charging module" and it is starting to degrade.

The Surface Laptop 8 promises 23h battery life.
However, today while emailing and reading news articles, it dropped 40% in 1 hour

Screenshot

On a good day I'll get 5-6 hours.

Idk how this is legal.
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Note: This is the intel version of the SL8, not Snapdragon.

If you use Whiteboard with a personal Microsoft account (Outlook/Hotmail), Microsoft’s support page says the standalone apps retire on Oct 16 and legacy boards get deleted that day. Open the boards you care about and export them as images now; there’s no recovery after.

Work/school accounts aren’t affected the same way (boards move to OneDrive/Teams).

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/whiteboard/retirement-standalone-microsoft-whiteboard-apps

Disclosure: I made a free browser board tool, with no account, where you can drop your exported image and keep working: https://getharborlight.com/corkboard/microsoft-whiteboard-alternative

Watching Microsoft’s October surface event, I was disappointed to not see a Nvidia powered Surface Pro. I still think it’s likely, here is the case for it:

• When the Nvidia N1X and N1 chips first leaked, details regarding the N1X Spark were quite accurate, and they were accompanied by detailed comments about another N1 variant. “More intriguing may be the standard N1 lineup, which appears targeted at thinner, more affordable systems.” “N1 family is said to operate within a considerably lower 18 W to 45 W power range.” Ideal for a Surface Pro

• Despite the Surface Laptop Ultra having already been announced, in July Corporate Vice President of Surface Brett Ostrum said: "We have a few more surprises coming before the end of the year, so I'm looking forward to that."

• Why would Microsoft release a new ‘Magnetic Connect’ port on only one laptop. The old Surface connect port is now outdated, Surely the R&D cost requires that new port come to other premium Microsoft devices.

• A 12” Surface Minos device was rumored in September.

so right after upgrading my SSD storage from 1TB to 2TB from Corsair i experienced this!

In past, the device was able to handle around 20 hours on full charge. Now it's only matter of 2 hours in maximum.

All drivers, both MS Pro & Corsair SSD Card, are installed (except if there are some hidden drivers that correct this glitch).

ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENED? I CAN'T USE IT PORTABLY LIKE BEFORE

I ran into this problem where it seems like the Windows Command Processor is draining most of the battery life from the PC. I use OneNote a lot, so it ranked second in the battery consumption here.

The problem is, from 1 pm to 4 pm, the battery went from 100% to 28%, which has never happened before. I looked at the battery usage in settings, and it shows Windows Command Processor using 42% of the energy. I remember the powerhouse being Edge, OneNote or MATLAB in the past, and that the battery life used to be great.

I asked AI, but it seems confused too. Every setting is just as before and all 11 battery settings are at best efficiency.

My computer is SP 11 Intel version. Any recommendations for me to do?

hi,

those who have a docking station know that the tablet's mini DP video port has a power input on one of its pins.

the idea is : to avoid using the micro usb input (fragile) as much as possible, it would be nice to use this mini DP connector.

did someone already do? or knows the pinout to see what pin would be used?

thanks

ND this concerns Surface 3 not Surface pro 3

Thoughts on Surface Laptop Go 2 in 2026?

I like the size and contemplating buying it for using AI agents through Claude and ChatGPT. So I really need access to browser, Microsoft suite, and some other programs.

CPU: i5-1135G7

RAM: 16GB RAM

STORAGE: 256GB SSD