Microsoft Puts Price Tag on Intel-Powered Surface Pro, Starting at $899

Poo

November 29, 2012 at 10:15 am PT



It won’t be available until January, but Microsoft said Thursday that its Intel-powered Surface Pro tablet will start at $899.

That price is for the 64 gigabyte model, with a 128GB model selling for $999. Both models include a digital pen, but don’t include either of the two keyboard covers, which cost roughly an additional $130.

“It’s hard to believe it’s been just over a month since Surface with Windows RT hit the market,” Surface project head Panos Panay said in a blog post. “The response from Surface customers has been fantastic and exciting to see.”

The Nvidia-powered Surface RT went on sale at Microsoft stores and via its Web site on Oct. 26, and starts at $499.

The Intel-equipped Surface pro uses a similar casing and includes the signature kickstand, but is bigger on both the specifications front and when it comes to size and weight. Its core i5 chip powers a 1,920 pixel by 1,080 pixel display. And because it is running an Intel chip and Windows 8 rather than an ARM processor and Windows RT, Surface Pro can run existing Windows programs, as opposed to only those designed for the Windows 8 store.

It is heavier and thicker than the current Surface RT model, coming in at just under two pounds and 14 millimeters thick.

Microsoft announced both Surface models back in June, but until now had said relatively little about the Intel-powered model. The company said earlier this week that it has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses, but hasn’t released a statement on Surface sales specifically, other than a comment by CEO Steve Ballmer that the tablet was off to a modest start.

Update: In a post on Twitter, Microsoft said that the Surface Pro will have battery life approximately half that of the Surface RT. Microsoft has described Surface RT as having “all day” battery life–so I guess that would mean Surface Pro at a half day. Some tests show Surface RT having about 8 hours of battery life in regular use, which would suggest maybe four hours of battery life for Surface Pro.

天行者

比我理想中多了200块钱啦

Cobra

天行者 发表于 2012-11-30 10:42 PM
比我理想中多了200块钱啦

699的有啊，都已经有卖了，Samsung的，ATOM核的。

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/prod ... 9209f7dcbc15cdaen02

天行者

Cobra 发表于 2012-12-1 01:26 AM
699的有啊，都已经有卖了，Samsung的，ATOM核的。

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/samsung-sa ...

好谢谢，不过这个好像它的系统是WINDOWS 8RT版的啊，不是那个PRO的啊

reignton

Surface, surface Pro or Samsung 可以像iPad一樣用手指在板上書寫中文嗎？

dsp

"That price is for the 64 gigabyte model"

Guess half of capacity is taken by MS OS.

Cobra

天行者 发表于 2012-12-1 10:43 PM
好谢谢，不过这个好像它的系统是WINDOWS 8RT版的啊，不是那个PRO的啊

ATOM的核怎么可能是RT呢？写得很清楚，是Windows 8。你不信，可以去dell.com上找，也有类似产品：http://www.dell.com/us/soho/p/latitude-10-tablet/pd，可以用Windows 8或者Windows 8 Pro，而不是Windows 8 RT。

天行者

Cobra 发表于 2012-12-2 03:57 PM
ATOM的核怎么可能是RT呢？写得很清楚，是Windows 8。你不信，可以去dell.com上找，也有类似产品：http:// ...

抱歉，我还以为pro的还没出来呢，看了是的。谢谢哈

Cobra

天行者 发表于 2012-12-2 10:27 PM
抱歉，我还以为pro的还没出来呢，看了是的。谢谢哈

ATOM的机器很慢，最好不要买。

天行者

Cobra 发表于 2012-12-3 01:33 AM
ATOM的机器很慢，最好不要买。

是这个处理器不好吗？？？
好的，谢谢老大哈

Cobra

天行者 发表于 2012-12-3 12:36 AM
是这个处理器不好吗？？？
好的，谢谢老大哈

ATOM太慢，最好等i5。至少也得是i3啊。$899的应该是i5的处理器。Acer有一款i3的，明年1月份出来，便宜$100，可能$749的样子。Acer的i5的要$849。Samsung的i5的已经在卖了。128G，i5，带键盘的，加拿大这里要卖$1299。

天行者

Cobra 发表于 2012-12-3 11:05 AM
ATOM太慢，最好等i5。至少也得是i3啊。$899的应该是i5的处理器。Acer有一款i3的，明年1月份出来，便宜$10 ...

，好。再等一下吧，谢啦，懂了好多啊

rightonmoney

$599 包括键盘，那就完美了。

$999再加$130的键盘，再打税，太贵了。

微软这一仗要不胜，windows的顶峰就过去了。

Cobra

rightonmoney 发表于 2012-12-3 11:48 AM
$599 包括键盘，那就完美了。

$999再加$130的键盘，再打税，太贵了。

是贵了点，不过竞争厂商也都是这个价位附近。Windows 8的tablet可不同于iPad，Windows 8的tablet可以run所有现有的application，iPad不行啊。

Poo

Cobra 发表于 2012-12-3 03:37 PM
是贵了点，不过竞争厂商也都是这个价位附近。Windows 8的tablet可不同于iPad，Windows 8的tablet可以run所 ...

三星比微软的大而且重。那键盘设计的也没新意。
如果你去微软店摸摸他的surface 你就舍不得放下了。

是贵了点。不过你看看现在的中档计算机也就差不多这价。只是surface 内存太小了。

Poo

天行者 发表于 2012-12-3 12:27 AM
抱歉，我还以为pro的还没出来呢，看了是的。谢谢哈

我说的微软这是pro. 明年一月出来。现在市面上的是RT. 三星的好像是pro 版本。但太大太重了。

Cobra

Poo 发表于 2012-12-3 05:16 PM
我说的微软这是pro. 明年一月出来。现在市面上的是RT. 三星的好像是pro 版本。但太大太重了。

老大，pro版本会比RT厚，且重，这个surface pro也不例外。computer没有什么独家技术，三星在这一领域算是佼佼者了。