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[Dreams-Visions]

well it looks good to me.

love that keyboard!

 

[dyergram]

Looks awesome and like I can't afford it. Also the cover keyboard thing looks absurdly expensive to prostitution it is then...

 

[Ceebs]

4-figures for sure.

Which kills any interest I may have had. If it's going to cost Ultrabook prices, I would rather buy an Ultrabook.

 

[Vire]

lol @ no price.

That means they don't want to talk about it.

 

[Rur0ni]

Shit I really wanted pricing! Pretty sure I'm buying one though.

 

[Kilrogg]

If Microsoft gets the Surface to market soon and at an attractive price this will be the most disruptive product since the iPad.

Just so we're clear: by "disruptive", is it as in "disruptive innovation", Like, the Christensen terminology?
Because if that's the way you mean it, you don't understand disruption at all.

If meant in the general sense, then disregard my comment.

 

[PS3GamerKyle]

hahah no price? not coming out this year and it's gonna be EXPENSIVE

thread 180 turnaround in 3, 2, 1....

 

[Dead Prince]

i'd pay $499 for basic. You hear that Microsoft. use me as your stat.

 

[Seguin]

Man, the guy liveblogging from The verge thinks he's a lot funnier than he actually is.

 

[sikkinixx]

So wait... No release date? No pricing?

smh... is this another one of those "it'l come out soon!" and by CES they are just getting around to pricing it out

 

[Divvy]

I'm pretty impressed with what they showed. I still don't understand how that digital ink stylus works. If it acutally has pen pressure, then I'd love to buy this. I really liked the industrial zuneish look.

 

[opticalmace]

I'm very impressed.

What are typical prices of 32gb/64gb ARM tablets?

 

[railGUN]

No battery life? ...

 

[smokeandmirrors]

I need down and dirty specs. NEED THEM.

 

[Kibbles]

4:58:28 PM PDT
Wub wub wub wub SURFACE wub wub wub.

4:58:51 PM PDT
Wub wub wub Type Cover wub wub wub.

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[DopeyFish]

Windows 8 comes out in the fall, no?

I want the pro in 2012

 

[nVidiot_Whore]

So iPad pricing for RT versions..

Ultrabook pricing for pro versions..

Not gonna light the market on fire if the "killer feature" people want is full blown Windows.

IMO at least.

Not that I expected anything different.. the point of hardware like this is to profit off of the hardware sales.

 

[Technosteve]

9/10 for cover keyboard

 

[clav]

I'm very impressed.

What are typical prices of 32gb/64gb ARM tablets?

$400-$600.

 

[flyover]

The one thing that Apple gets right with (most of) their product announcements is that you can start ordering the item immediately after the announcement. Microsoft shouldn't be announcing this with no price or way to purchase. It makes it seem like the product might not be done yet; it's just a tech demo. At least they're doing hands-on demos.

 

[Nevasleep]

Yay! More Microsoft dubstep! Love the IE commercial.

And it feels like I am just toooo close to love yooooou WUBWUBWUB

 

[RBH]

Well, that certainly blew away my expectations.


Good job, MS.

 

[victreeb3l]

looks awesome but if its close to ultrabook pricing for the pro one, then fuckouttahere

still, awesome little thing. my gadget lust now is uncontrollable

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Seriously no price is lame...

 

[Piggus]

Looks really cool. Like a tablet/netbook hybrid or something. It doesn't really have anything that would make the whole tablet experience better for me though. Lightroom and other full Windows apps? Cool, but not really something I NEED my tablet to have. I have a desktop for that. If the Win8 Pro version is anywhere near $1000 I'd much rather have a MacBook Air. And that's coming from someone who builds PCs and thinks Apple's labtops and desktops are way overpriced.

 

[ksan]

Would be hilarious if it was released next summer

or maybe not =(

 

[Gary Whitta]

Okay I love the look of it but I can't get too excited until they put a price sticker on it. Then we'll see.

 

[LCfiner]

$599 standard $749 Pro

500 to 700 RT

900 and up for the Pro.

 

[Lonely1]

Would pay up to $2k, if there's the power and battery life to back it up.

 

[Slayer-33]

I rate the event an A.

 

[Centurion]

$599 standard $749 Pro

$749 for the intel model? No fucking way. It's practically a PC

 

[f0rk]

I think the RT will be the same as the cheapest iPad and the Pro the same as the cheapest Macbook Air. Competitive without being a ridiculous deal.

 

[MoogleWizard]

Awesome device, just announce the price and my iPad3 is going on ebay. This thing comes with a full-fledged OS and runs office, this actually seems like a tablet you can work with instead of just being a toy.

 

[Jal]

If they could price this cheaper than an iPad they'd announce the fuck out of it.

 

[kharma45]

When is Windows 8 out?

I think I'm in sub-$1000.

autumn.

 

[golem]

See, if this was Apple they would have announced that you can buy it right now and my credit card would have been charged already. Microsoft fail.

 

[Deepo]

Just hope they'll get it out the door before everyone (me, at least) forgets this fuzzy feeling. Intel later is a letdown.

 

[TCRS]

disappointed @ no price, but the hype and secrecy was justified imo.

 

[Einbroch]

lol @ no price.

That means they don't want to talk about it.

The Vita had no price for a really long time but came in way below expectations, so that's not necessarily true.

 

[kingocfs]

Is it telling that the two major factors that will ultimately make or break this thing, battery and price, are left out?

 

[NomarTyme]

Lets see no....

• battery life
• pricing
• release date

Next week Asus/Google tablet shall be awesome.

 

[zethren]

No price just means it's higher than their competition.

Hopefully not too much higher.

 

[kehs]

So iPad pricing for RT versions..

Ultrabook pricing for pro versions..

Not gonna light the market on fire if the "killer feature" people want is full blown Windows.

IMO at least.

Not that I expected anything different.. the point of hardware like this is to profit off of the hardware sales.

I don't think competitive ARM pricing is competitive with iPad pricing.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Wow that looks like fucking sex.

 

[Rewrite]

It looks cool, but the deciding factor will be the price.

 

[Korey]

Why did they bother announcing this without a price and date?

 

[radioheadrule83]

Pro coming in 64GB and 128GB models, will be priced on par with Ultrabook-class PCs.

Surface for Windows RT coming in 32GB and 64GB models. Priced "like comparable tablets based on ARM."

Some ultrabooks are ranging between around £650 - £1200 in the UK, and ARM tablets are a fraction of the lower end of that spectrum - like £200-499. I hope the high end model skews towards the lower end of possible prices, and I really hope that keyboard cover is included or doesn't cost too much extra...

anyway, looks hot as fuck. It needs a Halo 3 level marketing push.

I don't really dig the name. But I don't think that matters, it looks awesome.

 

[Arnie]

I went in with a trick air of skepticism and was pleasantly surprised. That looks genuinely really good.

 

[dvdjamm]

I'm late....What did the 5:20 card mean?

 

[acksman]

They will be bundled in with a Dell or HP computer soon enough.