{"id":203439,"date":"2026-04-14T19:58:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/two-year-old-surface-pcs-get-300-price-hikes-as-sub-1000-models-go-away\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:58:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:58:52","slug":"two-year-old-surface-pcs-get-300-price-hikes-as-sub-1000-models-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/two-year-old-surface-pcs-get-300-price-hikes-as-sub-1000-models-go-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-year-old Surface PCs get $300 price hikes as sub-$1,000 models go away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been waiting for Microsoft to update its Surface PC lineup\u2014perhaps with Qualcomm&#8217;s new Snapdragon X2 Elite processors\u2014I&#8217;ve got bad news for you. Microsoft\u00a0<em>is<\/em> shaking up its PC lineup, but it&#8217;s doing so by instituting big price hikes. This means you&#8217;ll be paying at least $1,500 for Surface devices that launched at $1,000 just two years ago and that Microsoft no longer offers new Surface devices under $1,000 at all.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-inch Surface Pro tablet that originally started at $799 and the 13-inch Surface Laptop that launched at $899 now cost $1,049 and $1,149, respectively, a $250 price increase. The higher-end Surface Laptop and 13-inch Surface Pro from 2024 both started at $999 but <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/05\/echoing-xbox-prices-are-going-up-for-high-end-surfaces-and-some-accessories\/\">increased to $1,199 in 2025<\/a>\u00a0when their entry-level versions with 256GB of storage were discontinued; both now start at $1,499, a $300 increase.<\/p>\n<p>As originally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/hardware\/surface\/microsoft-reveals-major-price-increases-for-all-surface-pro-laptop-pcs-as-ram-crisis-continues\">reported<\/a> by Windows Central, Microsoft is blaming &#8220;recent increases in memory and component costs&#8221; for the price hikes. Supply shortages for RAM and storage chips in particular have been wreaking havoc with consumer tech all year, <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2026\/03\/dont-worry-valve-still-plans-to-launch-the-steam-machine-this-year\/\">delaying<\/a> some launches, <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/02\/valves-steam-deck-intermittently-out-of-stock-as-ram-shortage-drags-on\/\">depleting the stock of existing products<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/02\/ongoing-ram-crisis-prompts-raspberry-pis-second-price-hike-in-two-months\/\">raising prices<\/a> for small and large companies alike.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/04\/two-year-old-surface-pcs-get-300-price-hikes-as-sub-1000-models-go-away\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/04\/two-year-old-surface-pcs-get-300-price-hikes-as-sub-1000-models-go-away\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been waiting for Microsoft to update its Surface PC lineup\u2014perhaps with Qualcomm&#8217;s new Snapdragon X2 Elite processors\u2014I&#8217;ve got bad news for you. Microsoft\u00a0is shaking up its PC lineup, but it&#8217;s doing so by instituting big price hikes. This means you&#8217;ll be paying at least $1,500 for Surface devices that launched at $1,000 just two years ago and that Microsoft no longer offers new Surface devices under $1,000 at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two-year-old Surface PCs get $300 price hikes as sub-$1,000 models go away - UshopWell.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/two-year-old-surface-pcs-get-300-price-hikes-as-sub-1000-models-go-away\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two-year-old Surface PCs get $300 price hikes as sub-$1,000 models go away - UshopWell.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you&#8217;ve been waiting for Microsoft to update its Surface PC lineup\u2014perhaps with Qualcomm&#8217;s new Snapdragon X2 Elite processors\u2014I&#8217;ve got bad news for you. 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