Surface RT shipping with free keyboard cover ($129 value) for limited time

[Rick]

Starting today, U.S. and Canadian customers who purchase a Surface RT from either Microsoft or an authorized reseller will receive a free keyboard cover (a $120 value). The deal is for a "limited time only", although details regarding its official...

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[treeski]

The touch covers should have been free or significantly cheaper to begin with.

 

[tipstir]

Bring this tablet down to $199 include the free keyboard no matter what. $499.99 just too much for this RT.

 

[Railman]

The touch keyboard just looked cheap and tacky when I saw one in a shop. I would not buy a Surface RT especially as it has such a small screen. You can buy a laptop PC with far better spec for the same money and it would be compatible with legacy programs

 

[treeski]

The touch keyboard just looked cheap and tacky when I saw one in a shop. I would not buy a Surface RT especially as it has such a small screen. You can buy a laptop PC with far better spec for the same money and it would be compatible with legacy programs

And that laptop will be a lot heavier with shorter battery life and no standby notifications. There are always trade-offs.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

Bring this tablet down to $199 include the free keyboard no matter what. $499.99 just too much for this RT.

You took the words right outta my mouth. (No. I'm not Jim Steinman)

 

[Railman]

So what if the Surface RT is lighter and has longer battery use. It only runs a lite version of MS Office and you can only run Apps from the MS store. Fine to watch films whilst on the train. More of less useless for serious use. It is just an expensive toy. Why not buy an Android or Apple tablet which are cheaper?

 

[Jad Chaar]

Bring this tablet down to $199 include the free keyboard no matter what. $499.99 just too much for this RT.

Yeah. It would be worth $500 if they put full Windows on it, or made RT more functional.

 

[captaincranky]

Starting today, U.S. and Canadian customers who purchase a Surface RT from either Microsoft or an authorized reseller will receive a free keyboard cover (a $120 value). The deal is for a "limited time only", although details regarding its official...

Couldn't you actually buy a whole "Kindle" for something like $120.00.....?

I full well realize that this is an apples to oranges comparison, but it does highlight what an arbitrary and vastly inflated value the ********* at M$ have attached to a simple piece of molded plastic.

I was right, you can: http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Paperw...ie=UTF8&qid=1370139180&sr=1-3&keywords=kindle

And TBH, you probably don't need to jump all over a desktop to enjoy it.....

 

[killeriii]

"Starting today, U.S. and Canadian customers who purchase a Surface RT from either Microsoft or an authorized reseller will receive a free keyboard cover (a $120 value)."

should have been a free rt with the purchase of a keyboard...I might have considered it.