The bad news is that most sellers are from China or Hong Kong, so it could take many weeks to get your purchase.īut there is now another option in 2021 that wasn't available previously: Western Digital (WD). The good news is the 1TB option decreased from $300 at the end of 2020 to a more affordable $200 in October 2021. Pricing at the time of writing is around $30 for 256GB, $99 for 512GB and $200 for 1TB.
Popping in more storage could yield +500MB/s improve sequential read scores, which does make everything feel just a smidge snappier. Surface Pro 8's default SSD is, at best, mid-range by today's standards. Typically, doubling or even quadrupling your storage also improves the read and write performance due to the parallel nature of how flash storage is accomplished. Tossing in a third-party 1TB SSD costs you $1,800 versus $2,199 from Microsoft.Ī faster SSD is less of a reason to upgrade and should be seen as a side benefit. It even works if you want that entry-level i7/16GB/256GB model ($1,599). If you want Microsoft to preconfigure your 1TB option, you need to drop $2,199. Indeed, you could buy the 128GB Surface Pro 8 ($1,099) and, for less than $200, get to 1TB if you upgrade it yourself.
You bought a Surface Pro 8 with 128 or 256GB of storage, and you want more.
There are two reasons to consider, with the first being the most obvious:
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