WanderingWind
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120 to change the color? Insane.
Microsoft Surface Tablet announced
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Well, 20 dollar to change the color. You get a black one for 599...
Good luck with those 3-5 Mio, MS. Will get one of those from the bargain bin...
Damon Bennet
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Suddenly that 699 w700 feels even better
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
You get the black one, but have to pay 120 extra to change the color to white.
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it's even funnier when you click the link for 'outside the us' it redirects you to fuck all. yaaaaay.
Well that bodes well for the Pro's price huh? :/
add 300 bucks is my guess.
There's a $499 option without cover, in the pic at least.
cbrotherson
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Curious to see how the UK price shapes up. Likely around £400 sans touch cover. At a guess, they'll probably push the Pro for about £900 to £1000... ack.
IMO, they're trying to create a whole new market of 'productivity' tablets (again). Which could be huge.
I'd.. Actually be fine with that.
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gutted, I wanted a pro with 64Gb and a black type cover.
Now I don't.
On the plus side, we'll be getting one for work to test for the CEO. I'll most likely have to configure that for 'some weeks' to get it up and running. will need to take that home a few times.
Now I don't.
On the plus side, we'll be getting one for work to test for the CEO. I'll most likely have to configure that for 'some weeks' to get it up and running. will need to take that home a few times.
I was really expecting it to be $499 with the touch cover, to be honest.
yeah, the main attractive thing about the Surface reveal was the cover and now it's priced like that, major buzz killer, it's like twice of it should be. Is it really that expensive to make these?
SquiddyCracker
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I'm talking out of my ass here but my guess is that they're selling the Surface itself at a loss or a tiny amount of profit, and are making up for the cost by making the covers expensive as shit.
brotkasten
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What's worse is that the type cover is only 30 bucks more than the type cover. Colors are nice and all, but I prefer real keys.
Multitasking I guess?
MS is still mainly about OEMs. They're trying to set a bar for those.
Still stupid.
Ports, I think. And the Cover, but I guess that's moot now.
MS has said they won't be selling the surface at a loss.
The surface pro is. All RT tablets appear to have 1366x768 res.
After playing around with Windows 8 in Metro-only, it's just so much more capable than iOS in almost every aspect, probably even more so than stock Android.
brotkasten
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Windows RT is the better tablet OS, but the iPad wins with its retina display, form factor and app selection
brotkasten
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That's the Surface with Windows 8 Pro, coming early next year.
"Microsoft, why aren't you undercutting other Windows OEMs? You should totally do that!"
Seriously?
I readily admit that I have no idea what I'm talking about.
brotkasten
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Almost all Windows 8 tablets seem to be too expensive for what they offer. It looks like only Acer's W510 and W700 have some good value for the money.
Technosteve
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y'all bunch of cheap asses, the leather smart cover for ipad is 70 bucks. Man up and pay
Agreed. The iPad is still the better buy imo. Form, Retina and app store. I thought iOS was getting a version of Office anyway?
I think Microsoft missed a potential marketshare gobbler here. When you're entering as the underdog, you need to price yourself far more competitively. See Samsung.
Personally I'd still go with the cheaper Nexus 7 anyway. Smaller screen or not.
Well, they should be doing something. They need their platform to be successful first, and with OEM's that don't offer competitive price points/products against the market leader, they have a very tough sale, even if RT devices have more features.
But heck, what do I know
Could very well be that it is successful from day 1 on and the marketing effort works....brotkasten
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Not really fair, considering that it's an Ultrabook without the keyboard. Core i5 CPU, optional pen input, starting with a 64 GB SSD.
People expecting competitive pricing were in for a rude awakening as soon as MS announced their AD budget of $1 Billion. If you remember Kinect which was another hilariously overpriced product the AD budget was an astonishig $500 Million. They are attempting to build up the Windows 8 Mindshare here and keep prices high to recoup the investment. At $300 these things would sell themselves and they wouldn't need such a huge marketing push.
Keep in mind Windows 8 takes about 10GBs of that storage. :-/
Keep in mind Windows 8 takes about 10GBs of that storage. :-/
I'm trying to say that Microsoft selling the Surface at a loss would be a huge 'fuck you' to every other manufacturer, as they'd have to price their tablets higher to gain profit.
Remember that the Surface also has a microSDXC slot. $60 for an extra 64GB of storage.
is that what they said about Windows Phone when they giving xbox 360's with them? MS is no longer in the "it will sell itself" category
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