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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, everything else I find has weak Celerons in it.

sseagull
I 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 OP
Ya I just use mine for some light nighttime coding in bed or just some browsing. Fills that void super easy.
jhpaul
I'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 OP
Thats what I use mine for. Being able to quietly code in bed while wife and baby is sleeping. Or just surf the web.

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