"The device, which runs Windows 8 and is powered by an Intel processor, sells for $899 in a 64GB storage configuration, and for $999 with 128GB. Keyboard-cover accessories -- the Touch Cover and Type Cover -- sell separately for $120 and $130, respectively...."
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http://www.computerworld.com/s.....2013-02-11
Posted For Discussion
http://www.microsoft.com/Surfa.....ifications
With One USB Port, appears this machine could be a nightmare to fix the software.
Could a user Clean Install the System if something goes wrong ??
Microsoft to support Surface Pro tablet until 2017
"During the four years of support for the Surface Pro, Microsoft will offer hardware repair -- free ......"
Full Story:
http://www.computerworld.com/s.....2013-02-12
A lot of money for something that can't waking up
"Surface Pros oversleeping, refusing to wake up from sleep mode"
http://www.neowin.net/news/sur.....sleep-mode
Mind you according to the comments it seems to only affect people that have fiddled with the power settings, default setting seems to work fine!!
Unless you really, really have to do serious work away from home, a small, cheap 7" tablet is better. A 10" tablet is too bulky to carry in your pocket but too small for me to do anything serious (like an office application or a video editing). For that I would prefer an Ultrabook.
But my 7" Android tablet for $230 is very handy on the road. I use it for trip planning, navigation, phone calls, occasional checking the mail, news and sometimes entertainment.
