Microsoft Surface Pro has price and pre-order availability in Germany

2. Nadr1212 posted on 05 Nov 2012, 22:53 0 0

Wait, why did I even read the heading of this?
I don't even live in Germany so y do I care?!!!!!

6. JcHnd posted on 05 Nov 2012, 23:26 0 0

Great Caption! I Lol'd xD

5. Droid_X_Doug posted on 05 Nov 2012, 23:22 2 0

I was thinking the same thing. But gadgets are my weakness.... I may place a pre-order and before opening the box, will go to a MS store and play around with a demo unit.

12. jove39 posted on 06 Nov 2012, 01:02 1 1

Remember it'll have SSD not rotating disks...which are costly to start with and you'll get laptop with nice build like sony vaio with similar specs for similar price!!!

Performance and Quality will be two main features in Surface Pro

13. Savage posted on 06 Nov 2012, 01:24 2 0

I OWN a Sony Vaio. With a blu-ray player!! Sure the Surface is nice piece of tech but I can always install Windows 8 Pro on my laptop.
Will wait till such tablets get more affordable.

11. phil2n posted on 06 Nov 2012, 00:36 0 0

same goes with me. Or i will buy chrome book and surface RT with that money

15. nobelset posted on 06 Nov 2012, 01:30 1 0

true.

21. Leo_MC posted on 07 Nov 2012, 07:26 0 0

No, you wouldn't; you'd pay 1.500$ for that configuration and it would weight about 3 kg.

16. nobelset posted on 06 Nov 2012, 01:32 1 0

Yea, but it is still overpriced. I don't mind if it was around $700-$900. Just because apple is selling extreme overpriced products doesn't mean they have to do the same.

20. SemperFiV12 posted on 07 Nov 2012, 01:01 0 0

Um... Xbox. And also the Surface RT has been rock solid (literally).

22. Steve_C posted on 14 Nov 2012, 02:07 0 0

Have you seen the price on the Sony VAIO Duo 11's?

The i-5 version is (Au) $1,499 and the i-7 version is (Au) $2,399!!

Sure, you get ethernet with the Sony's - but, the keyboard is always a part of the machine - not detachable like the Surface's is... and I can't prevent myself wondering about the 'gap' that forms when the keyboard is pulled out on the Duo 11's... as in "what could get lodged in there or damaged in there"? Or worse!!

So; if the prices quoted in the article are "accurate" in the "pretty close" sense, rather than the "nowhere near close"guesswork sense, to what can be expected for the Surface Pro - I'd be leaning towards the Surface Pro, given the Surface has similar features to the Sony's, including a stylus (which is what I'm after for my art/design work using CS5 and Painter 12), 1920x1080 screen res for the HD video I shoot, is 64bit and just as connectable via USB.

I'm not sure the i-7 CPU option of the higher powered VAIO Duo 11 warrants the extra price premium, despite it's greater capacity to handle the creative tasks I'd be expecting out of my purchase.

The news of the 'price' in Germany for the Surface Pro, does lean the decision towards the MS offering that little bit more as far as I'm concerned.