Microsoft has launched a range of deals that are exclusively available to those on the Windows Insider Program in the UK. Insiders are those who test preview versions of Windows 10 before they"re eventually released to consumers and organizations around the world.
Microsoft has now emailed UK Insiders with details of its exclusive offers. Each of them provides significant savings when purchasing a Surface Book with an Xbox One S FIFA 17 Bundle.
Surface Book Intel Core i5 + Xbox One S 500GB
This offer includes the following:
- Surface Book Intel Core i5 device (128GB or 256GB)
- Xbox One S FIFA 17 Bundle (500GB), release date 22/9/2016, including:
- 500GB Xbox One S console
- Xbox Wireless Controller
- FIFA 17 full game download (with this bundle, you get the game a week before the official release!)
- 3 FIFA Ultimate Team Loaned Legends (Xbox exclusive)
- 1-month EA Access
- 14-day Xbox Live Gold trial
- If you choose the Surface Book Intel Core i5 with 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD, you"ll pay £1,318.99 (save £230).
- If you go for the Surface Book Intel Core i5 with 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD and discrete GPU, you"ll pay £1,608.99 (save £240).
Surface Book Intel Core i7 + Xbox One S 1TB
This offer includes the following:
- Surface Book Intel Core i7 device (256GB/512GB/1TB)
- Xbox One S FIFA 17 Bundle (1TB), release date 22/9/2016, including:
- 1TB Xbox One S console
- Xbox Wireless Controller
- FIFA 17 full game download (with this bundle, you get the game a week before the official release!)
- 3 FIFA Ultimate Team Loaned Legends (Xbox exclusive)
- 1 Rare Player Pack
- 1-month EA Access
- 14-day Xbox Live Gold trial
Additional Xbox One Wireless Controller
Wireless Display adapter v2
- If you choose the Surface Book Intel Core i7 with 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD and dGPU, you"ll pay £1,869.94 (save £329).
- If you go for the Surface Book Intel Core i7 with 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD and dGPU, you"ll pay £2,258.97 (save £390).
- Or you can opt for the range-topping Surface Book Intel Core i7 with 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD and dGPU for £2,653.97 (save £395).
To be able to purchase the Surface Book with the Xbox One S FIFA 17 Bundle at the discounted prices shown above, you"ll have to enter a unique code when checking out - so if you"re on the Windows Insider Program in the UK, make sure you check your email.
This isn"t the first time that Microsoft has offered exclusive deals for Windows Insiders - back in April, for example, it gave Insiders in France 10% off a Surface Book or Surface Pro 4, along with a free Surface Dock, worth €229.
In its email to UK Insiders, Microsoft also announced details of its next "Create-A-Thon" event in London, which will take place next month:
Back in August, Windows Insiders got together in London to use the power of Windows 10 to tackle housing issues in our local communities. We organised a Create-A-Thon to develop an app that could crowdsource buildings sitting empty when they could serve as affordable housing.
Now, we’d like to make the app even better, with upgrades to the UI, new functionality and more. And we could really use the creative and development skills of Insiders like you to help us!
The event will be held at the University of West London on October 15; you can find out more and sign up for the event on this page.