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Lowbeyond Posts: 17119 Incept: 2008-02-11 CO aka West NJ/East CA	id say its gonna be expensive. on par with the ipad - at least ! but with keyboard i do like it at 299. i doubt it will be even in the ballpark of that price though! ---------- Maybe it was a birdy bread-bomber from the future?! 2012-06-18 19:57:56 Permalink
Krzelune Posts: 5513 Incept: 2007-10-08	Put duct tape over the usb port, super glue the battery in and slap an apple sticker on it and it would be awesome. ---------- The desire of millions, the inconvenience of millions, the suffering of millions, the death of millions, does not concern them because of the evolutionary humanist lens they peer through. 2012-06-18 19:58:26 Permalink
Lowbeyond Posts: 17119 Incept: 2008-02-11 CO aka West NJ/East CA	i cant believe they didn't announce a price! ---------- Maybe it was a birdy bread-bomber from the future?! 2012-06-18 19:59:58 Permalink
Krzelune Posts: 5513 Incept: 2007-10-08	That should probably tell us something. ---------- The desire of millions, the inconvenience of millions, the suffering of millions, the death of millions, does not concern them because of the evolutionary humanist lens they peer through. 2012-06-18 20:00:54 Permalink
Lowbeyond Posts: 17119 Incept: 2008-02-11 CO aka West NJ/East CA	yep. on craigslist the kindle fire tablet are going from 80-140 for used to LNIB if you just want a ***s and giggles stripper tablet as a toy well its hard to beat that price. ---------- Maybe it was a birdy bread-bomber from the future?! 2012-06-18 20:02:25 Permalink*
Risingcream Posts: 4417 Incept: 2007-09-07	I'd rather have this than an Android. ---------- Civilization...ancient and wicked. --Subotai �The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success� 2012-06-18 20:04:23 Permalink
Rvacha Posts: 8315 Incept: 2008-10-03 Cleveland	Yep. This one might actually be productive ---------- "I suggest you panic." - Hugh Hendry 2012-06-18 20:07:54 Permalink
Sheepish_bagholders Posts: 534 Incept: 2007-08-01 Chillin' with former Finance Minister Nakagawa at the pub..	Looks pretty sweet..tablet/ultra book hybred.. ---------- 2012-06-18 20:18:40 From PDA Permalink
Rdytmire Posts: 1022 Incept: 2008-07-07 Atlanta Ga	If it's the same price as an iPad but has a full version of Windows and office standard then it's a much better value proposition for businesses. Example: My client will have to completely rewrite the POS terminal for iPad (to help with full drive-thru's), but they tested the POS software (windows XP stuff) and found that it ran fine on these surfaces. They WERE all "iPad everything". But since they've received these surface's they have decided to re-evaluate things. ---------- "Awesome: I'm a pig and a bigot." - Bezzle "I don't want a government that's able to effectively know whenever a circumcision happens." - Mrbill 2012-06-18 20:23:36 Permalink
1lumpor2 Posts: 2649 Incept: 2011-05-01 Banned	If it's the same price with the same amount of memory as an iPad, no doubt I'd go with this over an iPad. No mention of price though.... ---------- -- Done 2012-06-18 20:26:53 From PDA Permalink
Rvacha Posts: 8315 Incept: 2008-10-03 Cleveland	The Pro version with "full" Windows 8 does not come with Office as standard - that's an additional cost. "Office RT" only comes standard on the ARM-based WinRT. The Pro version is gonna be pricy for sure given that you WILL want to buy the new Office 2013 for it (it is better suited to touch) ---------- "I suggest you panic." - Hugh Hendry 2012-06-18 20:39:57 Permalink
Landshark Posts: 11659 Incept: 2008-02-07 The Wild West	Saw a prototype of Surface about 5 years ago, and it was amazing then. Almost Star-Trek TNG-type technology. ---------- "America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed..." Eleanor Roosevelt 2012-06-18 20:40:59 Permalink
Peterm99 Posts: 5175 Incept: 2009-03-21 SoCal	Perhaps I missed it, but was there any mention when this might appear in store shelves? Or, could this be similar to the Surface announcement Landshark mentioned, where we were shown really cool stuff with no follow-through with a real product. ---------- ". . . the Constitution has died, the economy welters in irreversible decline, we have perpetual war, all power lies in the hands of the executive, the police are supreme, and a surveillance beyond Orwell�s imaginings falls into place." - Fred Reed 2012-06-18 20:44:59 Permalink
Krzelune Posts: 5513 Incept: 2007-10-08	Most corporate users already own office with annual maintenance. If the hardware price is comparable to the ipad it will be much more popular with corporate users. ---------- The desire of millions, the inconvenience of millions, the suffering of millions, the death of millions, does not concern them because of the evolutionary humanist lens they peer through. 2012-06-18 20:46:23 Permalink
Rvacha Posts: 8315 Incept: 2008-10-03 Cleveland	The WinRT version is supposed to launch at about the same time as Win8 (I've heard as early as late September) with the Intel-base Pro arriving a couple of months later ---------- "I suggest you panic." - Hugh Hendry 2012-06-18 20:51:53 Permalink
Mezcal Posts: 1832 Incept: 2007-08-04	Info is pretty sparse but here are a few pics: http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/d.... I'm slowly getting over my initial despair RE Win 8, btw. ---------- "God knows who is a counter-party to whom in the mammoth international cluster*** of accounting fraud that passes for a commerce in capital."* Kunstler, 13 June 2011 2012-06-18 21:00:08 Permalink
Rvacha Posts: 8315 Incept: 2008-10-03 Cleveland	Quick hands-on description and video http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/18/hands.... ---------- "I suggest you panic." - Hugh Hendry 2012-06-18 22:18:39 Permalink
Codebot Posts: 97 Incept: 2011-06-12	The win8 version looks like what I wanted from an iPad in the first place. 2012-06-18 22:38:34 From PDA Permalink
1lumpor2 Posts: 2649 Incept: 2011-05-01 Banned	I would think open office or something similar will run on it for free. I been watching youtubes and reading the tech sites on it and for the right price I will for sure buy it. I'd pay iPad money for it and I'd never pay iPad money for an iPad. ---------- -- Done Last modified: 2012-06-18 23:43:30 by 1lumpor2 2012-06-18 22:56:43 From PDA Permalink
Spence Posts: 2573 Incept: 2009-09-11	This looks really good to me. With the USB port and HDMI connector you could set up a docking station. An Ivy Bridge processor and Office apps and you've got a real PC that can disconnect and travel. 2012-06-19 01:00:39 Permalink
Colk55 Posts: 2451 Incept: 2010-02-11 Indiana Online	Like others, depending on the price I might be interested. I had a laptop once years ago but it was before wireless networking really took off and I hated unhooked a CAT5 cable if I wanted to move around the house at all but still be on my home network. No experience with tablets or current portable computing offerings these days, do they generate much/any heat? Looks like the two versions vary a bit: The one with Windows RT weighs around 1.5 pounds, the other 2. The Windows RT model will have 32 and 64 GB versions, the other 64 and 128 GB. Slight difference in thickness as well. Here are the rest of the available specs from the link that Mezcal posted: http://www.microsoft.com/global/surface/.... ---------- The politician's motto: If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull***. Last modified: 2012-06-19 05:18:29 by colk55 2012-06-19 05:10:43 Permalink*
Genesis Posts: 131437 Incept: 2007-06-26	My Lenovo generates little heat and is nice and quick -- i5 processor. It will get warm when it's "working", but for ordinary things like watching a movie or browsing, it's pretty-much idle. ~5 hour battery life in typical use as well, which is quite nice. You can easily suck that down into the 2-3 hour range though by hitting the CPU hard... ---------- I don't care* if it makes sense -- only if it makes money. -- Me* Bank (n): See scam, fraud and theft. *Eat a bankster -- they're low-carb.* *What part of "shall not be infringed" was unclear?* 2012-06-19 07:27:16 Permalink
Jubber Posts: 14606 Incept: 2007-07-05 UK	buying Chinese Karl NO!!!!!!! ---------- �The problem with socialism is that, sooner or later, you run out of other people�s money.� Thatcher 2012-06-19 07:29:42 Permalink
Genesis Posts: 131437 Incept: 2007-06-26	Yeah well show me what's NOT made in China when it comes to computers nowdays. I'd love a US-made machine that was ACTUALLY US-made. I couldn't find one (and no, final assembly is NOT "made") ---------- I don't care* if it makes sense -- only if it makes money. -- Me* Bank (n): See scam, fraud and theft. *Eat a bankster -- they're low-carb.* *What part of "shall not be infringed" was unclear?* 2012-06-19 07:38:41 Permalink
Id5 Posts: 144 Incept: 2008-05-28 Northants, UK	1lumpor2 wrote.. I'd pay iPad money for it and I'd never pay iPad money for an iPad. Agreed, the iPad has some good apps but not enough to do my day job with or trade with without compromise, with these it might be possible. 2012-06-20 02:11:07 Permalink

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