Microsoft Surface Pro 2: We Go Hands On
Check out Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 as it appeared at Microsoft's Surface event today in NYC.
Microsoft today announced a brand new version of the Surface Pro. The laptop is running Windows 8.1 and is launching next month. We were on the scene at Microsoft's New York City event this morning, and we've got hands on for you! Check out our first impressions below and let us know if you'll be pre-ordering in the morning.
The Surface Pro 2 packs a full version of Windows 8.1 Pro, a 10.6-inch ClearType Full HD display, support for microSD, USB 3.0, and mini DisplayPort. Both 64 GB and 128 GB capacities are available with 4 GB of RAM. The 256 and 512 GB capacities will each have 8 GB of RAM. The Surface Pro 2 will start at $899 and will include 200 GB of SkyDrive storage (again, for two years). Pre-orders for both the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 will start tomorrow, September 24, and availability in 21 markets is expected on October 22.
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Raise your hand if you'd pay $400 extra to run office on your tablet. I see two hands...LOL. A 13in laptop can do the same for $600 and have far more power. I expect a huge writedown again next Q...ROFL. I hope they don't price Surface 2 RT the same way. They get another writedown for that also if they do. RT already hurts that to begin with. A high price of say, anything over $400 will have problems.
Raise your hand if you'd pay $400 extra to run office on your tablet.
Add $300 for the Wacom graphics tablet for your 17" laptop.
I'm a photographer and interested in it as a much cheaper Cintiq.
My 16-bit layered files are rarely larger than 1GB, so the 8GB RAM with 512GB SSD will do me just fine and still be half the price of the Cintiq Companion or the same price as the Cintiq 13" and I get an entire computer instead of just the touch sensitive monitor.
Raise your hand if you'd pay $400 extra to run office on your tablet. I see two hands...LOL. A 13in laptop can do the same for $600 and have far more power. I expect a huge writedown again next Q...ROFL. I hope they don't price Surface 2 RT the same way. They get another writedown for that also if they do. RT already hurts that to begin with. A high price of say, anything over $400 will have problems.
Except that said laptop does not transform into a tablet at weighs way more.
Battery life on that laptop is also not nearly as good as the Surface Pro 2 will have.
Its a different market. I wouldn't mind one for my work because sometimes a tablet would be better to use than a laptop for the ease of moving it around.
Thats like saying why buy a $600 smart phone when you can build a mid range gaming pc recommended by toms and play WAY more games lol. Ummm, cuz the computer won't fit into my pocket?
Also doesn't have enough ports and there is nowhere to put the pen (yeah the magnetic thing but no one uses that because it is a great way to lose your pen). Looks good, works bad school of design.
This is too expensive for the consumption crowd and the wrong form factor for the business crowd. All of the gee whiz new stuff is just me-too's to what their competitors are offering with better for factors.
Also doesn't have enough ports and there is nowhere to put the pen (yeah the magnetic thing but no one uses that because it is a great way to lose your pen). Looks good, works bad school of design.
This is too expensive for the consumption crowd and the wrong form factor for the business crowd. All of the gee whiz new stuff is just me-too's to what their competitors are offering with better for factors.