Microsoft announces thinner, faster 12-inch Surface Pro 3 starting at $799

[tipstir]

Transparent tablets are coming so that should reduce the price down since there is no need for Magnesium Casing. I am not spending any money on these outrageous pricing on tablets. I was at Walmart Supercenter they had 32-inch LED HDTV for $198 and 46-inch LED HDTV for $398. So why can't Microsoft sell the Surface Pro X for $198 base and $398 top end. For this type of money you can get a laptop. Build the tablet here in USA save the cost of shipping parts to China then shipping the product back to the USA. Cut that that cost so we could benefit from the savings.

 

[Teko03]

Transparent tablets are coming so that should reduce the price down since there is no need for Magnesium Casing. I am not spending any money on these outrageous pricing on tablets. I was at Walmart Supercenter they had 32-inch LED HDTV for $198 and 46-inch LED HDTV for $398. So why can't Microsoft sell the Surface Pro X for $198 base and $398 top end. For this type of money you can get a laptop. Build the tablet here in USA save the cost of shipping parts to China then shipping the product back to the USA. Cut that that cost so we could benefit from the savings.

You can't be serious. This device isn't a tablet for starters. It's a ultrabook in tablet form. TV's don't haveIntel Core processors, Solid State Drives, RAM, fans for cooling, gorilla glass, digitizer pen (not a stylus), etc. Microsoft is managing to put something so amazing in a package that's so compact --- that people don't realize what they're offering. Is there a such thing as over-innovation? Microsoft may have just accomplisted that. Take the time to price these parts alone and look at the costs. The only thing Microsoft needs to do is INCLUDE THE TYPE COVER.

 

[darkzelda]

I really wish this thing was a bit cheaper or at least include the type cover, This latops/tablets simply make any other tablet a toy.

 

[drjekel_mrhyde]

I really wish this thing was a bit cheaper or at least include the type cover, This latops/tablets simply make any other tablet a toy.

Wait a few months and pay attention to the online Microsoft store. They once in a while will throm in the type cover

 

[captaincranky]

You can't be serious. This device isn't a tablet for starters. It's a ultrabook in tablet form. TV's don't haveIntel Core processors, Solid State Drives, RAM, fans for cooling, gorilla glass, digitizer pen (not a stylus), etc. Microsoft is managing to put something so amazing in a package that's so compact --- that people don't realize what they're offering. Is there a such thing as over-innovation? Microsoft may have just accomplisted that. Take the time to price these parts alone and look at the costs. The only thing Microsoft needs to do is INCLUDE THE TYPE COVER.

But then again, a 46" TV is so much more entertaining than a 10" tablet, and for half the price. Well, at least until M$' troupe of dancing imbeciles comes on your TV advertising Surface tablets. Then it goes downhill in a hurry.

 

[JeffDotNet]

I just got the Surface Pro 2 like 5 months ago.
I do like this...how will I convince my wife to go for this?
I did put the VS2013 Express environment on it, but the keyboard was a pain to use, maybe this is better.

 

[Emexrulsier]

I recently bought a Sony Vaio Duo 13 for £1700 ($2871) makes this look dirt cheap.

 

[Guest]

But then again, that 10" tablet is not mainly for entertainment.

 

[Guest]

But then again, a 46" TV is so much more entertaining than a 10" tablet, and for half the price. Well, at least until M$' troupe of dancing imbeciles comes on your TV advertising Surface tablets. Then it goes downhill in a hurry.

So you're saying people will buy this kind of tablet just to use it as a TV?

 

[Arris]

I bought a Surface Pro 2 for my wife (and for my use when we are travelling) rather than carrying her old Netbook and my laptop.

I can use it for just about anything that I could do on my laptop or desktop. Lightroom 5 adjustments and modifications are processed quickly and I have yet to hear the fans in it make much noise. The storage pricing isn't quite as bad as Apple but with the advent of 128GB micro SD cards extra storage is easy enough to add. The digitizer pen is the icing on the cake, plus the fact that I can colour calibrate the screen too is a huge bonus. For anyone that needs to run more than MS Word and IE in terms of applications this is a decent device. It's still heavy compared to other tablets but considering it's a full PC in tablet form that can be forgiven. Will be watching the Surface Pro 3 with interest.

 

[captaincranky]

So you're saying people will buy this kind of tablet just to use it as a TV?

Now that, "Angry Birds", has been pulled, sure, why not?

 

[Guest]

I've been using a surface pro 2 for a few months and have grown to quite like it. The one big omission was the lack of a cellular connection. This new version would work awesome with 2 external displays but still no cellular