Microsoft Surface Pro to price at $899 and up; tablet to launch in January

11. -box- posted on 29 Nov 2012, 14:58 0 0

Agreed.

Great device, but I was hoping it would start about $100-200 lower. Well, honestly I was hoping it would be about $100 more than the Surface RT, but I knew that wouldn't happen. So /realistically/ I was hoping for $100-200 lower.

That said, still a good price. Same range as an Ultrabook, with a touchscreen, and great weight and size. Really shows off how much the mac computers are overpriced, and they don't even have (nor will they soon, more than likely) touchscreeens.

16. Droid_X_Doug posted on 29 Nov 2012, 15:34 1 2

It is just a matter of time before the Mac computers get touch screens. Maybe the Surface Pro pushes Apple to include touch screens in the MB Air in the next refresh?

Anyhows, it is a matter of when, not whether.

23. Non_Sequitur posted on 29 Nov 2012, 16:27 2 2

I would love it if a Retina Macbook Pro had a hinge that goes all the way around and a touchscreen. That would an amazing tablet.

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36. Nadr1212 posted on 29 Nov 2012, 21:15 0 1

I have no idea what 2 write

27. wendygarett posted on 29 Nov 2012, 17:52 2 2

But dat price!!! Omg!!! I'll stick back to the rt version, poor me :(

34. DerryAhmad posted on 29 Nov 2012, 19:33 2 0

Indeed. But with that price? It's waay too expensive for a tablet.

I think the Surface Pro should be considered as an ultra computer rather than a tablet. Then, it looks more appealing. At $1028 (Surface+Type cover), it indeed falls into the ultraPC category price.

38. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 30 Nov 2012, 04:07 0 0

This "tablet" with 4hrs battery life, very heavy will not compete with "normal tablets".

This is a laptop in disguise.

19. JC557 posted on 29 Nov 2012, 15:55 7 0

Why a failure? It's meant to be more than just a regular tablet, essentially a full PC in tablet form that's optimized for the platform yet cheaper than a MacBook Air. RT is still just as useful, productivity-wise, as any other tablet OS currently available.

28. wendygarett posted on 29 Nov 2012, 17:54 3 0

Rt version compete ios
Pro version compete mountain lion
Did you get the picture?

30. Non_Sequitur posted on 29 Nov 2012, 18:03 1 3

If Apple did this, they'd be in the same league as Microsoft because frankly, Mountain Lion is awesome. I'm starting to really like Mac computers.

32. wendygarett posted on 29 Nov 2012, 18:14 1 2

Yeah osx is awesome, but I started to get bored now lol

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39. anywherehome posted on 30 Nov 2012, 08:35 0 0

Please, watch the sales numbers ;-)

9. Commentator posted on 29 Nov 2012, 14:47 4 0

64 GB RAM would be nice! The Surface Pro has virtually the exact same internals as the basic Air, plus a better screen.

43. OHaZZaR posted on 01 Dec 2012, 06:14 0 0

Actually, it has more storage space, and i meant 64 GB ssd capacity, it actually has 4 GB RAM, my apologies :P Still, I truly despise windows 8, I was a huge fan of windows 7 back in the day, but right now it's pretty boring. I wanted a decent and portable laptop, quick boot-up (maximum 15 seconds to go from completely switched off to 5 tabs on my browser) an awesome keyboard and trackpad. I went for a mac and I have come across some frustrations, but nothing that made me regret my decision. This is coming from a windows 7 enthusiast. I still use my windows 7 gaming rig for what it's built for and I have absolutely no intention of getting windows 8. I also have a samsung GALAXY Note and the only phone I'd get over this one would be the Note II.

13. -box- posted on 29 Nov 2012, 15:03 6 0

lol, 64GB of RAM.... derp! RAM =/= hard drive capacity

42. OHaZZaR posted on 01 Dec 2012, 06:06 0 0

LOL my bad xD I know what I'm talking about :P 4 GB RAM and 64 GB SSD storage

26. JC557 posted on 29 Nov 2012, 17:40 0 0

Personally I'll be waiting for the Lenovo Think lineup (not the IdeaPad junk) as I've had nothing but praise for the Thinkpads I've used over the years.

Still will take a good look at MS's Surface Pro offerings come next year since the Zune HD left a really good impression on me.

8. haseebzahid posted on 29 Nov 2012, 14:43 4 1

is MACbooks not overpriced considering nothing but standard laptops and pricing over 1000$ and this is atleast giving more in return for less price then s**ty macbooks

14. xtroid2k posted on 29 Nov 2012, 15:04 3 1

what your forgetting is that apple sells a tablet which runs a watered down OS with limited capabilities. This is not only a tablet, its a full pc with full capabilities. So in my opinion MSFT just out did apple by not only doing one better customers will eventually see more value in the surface.

17. Droid_X_Doug posted on 29 Nov 2012, 15:36 0 0

Yeah.... More opportunity to buy toys. :-)

15. -box- posted on 29 Nov 2012, 15:12 1 0

Which is a great thing about WIndows: choice. This is essentially MIcrosoft's Nexus tablet: built and priced how they want it as a benchmark, and let the other OEMs do their own thing.

20. Bilpocalypse posted on 29 Nov 2012, 15:57 1 0

Neither of which is running an I5. Both are running atom processors which, quite frankly, stink... neither has a 1080p display... and I wouldn't wipe my a** with anything made by HP. I would like the Asus if it had a better processor.

31. Droid_X_Doug posted on 29 Nov 2012, 18:06 0 0

You still can buy terrabytes for peanuts. Just not in a Surface Pro. Maybe in a Surface Pro 2.0

35. zitibooth posted on 29 Nov 2012, 19:33 0 0

Solid State Drives happened... you want terabytes for peanuts you'll need to get a mechanical drive.