Windows Surface only 199 dollars?

[Badpaladin]

If the RT version is 499 pre tax, there is no chance in hell that the "pro" version will be under a grand.

Depends on who you get it from. My guess is that Microsoft wants to sell the premium device and let OEM's handle cheaper stuff.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

But Microsoft IS selling the "cheaper one". This is not to say that there will be no other Windows 8 tablets of course, Microsoft is licensing the software out to third parties (I think I saw a Lenovo tablet with Win8 advertised the other day).

[Badpaladin]

But Microsoft IS selling the "cheaper one". This is not to say that there will be no other Windows 8 tablets of course, Microsoft is licensing the software out to third parties (I think I saw a Lenovo tablet with Win8 advertised the other day).

Yes, and it's an x86 machine (with the full version of W8) for $599. Microsoft's equivalent will run more than that.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Yes, and it's an x86 machine (with the full version of W8) for $599. Microsoft's equivalent will run more than that.

On the other hand, MS's version has a 1080p screen instead of 768p, it has USB 3.0 instead of 2.0, not sure if the lenovo has video out or not, not sure if it has a keyboard attachment or not either. All things that add value (being able to run a beamer off your tablet instead of needing to schlep around a laptop aswell just to do presentations is a big QoL boost). Not to mention the Surface Pro having a quadcore IB instead of an Intel Atom single/dual core.