Surface Tablet to Arrive with Windows 8
Microsoft's Surface tablet will land on the same date as Win 8
Microsoft has confirmed that Surface tablets will arrive October 26 along with Windows 8. The next version of the operating system, Windows 8, will be generally available on October 26, 2012. At that time, Microsoft will begin selling the Surface, a series of Microsoft-designed and manufactured hardware devices, Microsoft said in its annual report filed this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Surface products will be offered in basically two forms. One is expected to be a more price-friendly version running Windows RT on top of ARM chips. The other, likely a bit pricier, will run Windows 8 Pro on top of Intel "Ivy Bridge" processors. And pricing? While there's a lot of whacky speculation about sky-high pricing, Microsoft's own guidance portends a more rational pricing scheme.
"Suggested retail pricing will be announced closer to availability and is expected to be competitive with a comparable ARM tablet or Intel Ultrabook-class PC," Microsoft said in a statement.
Based on that statement, a back-of-the-envelope estimate could put -- the operative word here is "could" as this is simply speculation -- Windows RT products as low as $500-$600 and Windows 8 Pro Intel-based products ranging up to $1,000, or possibly higher.
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