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stevejabs | 13 years ago

While it looks like a slightly promising competitor to iOS and Android, if they don't lock down good pricing, it will fail. $1000 is just not a good price point when it comes to a tablet. I understand that this thing will support a full Windows environment, but honestly, I use my tablets to surf and play. If I want to run Photoshop or an IDE, it's going to be on my workhorse laptop.

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ryanhuff|13 years ago

The $1,000 price-point is for pc tablet, which sounds more useful for the enterprise market. The ARM tablet, which is more in-line to what you describe, is supposedly going to be $500-600.

facorreia|13 years ago

Surface RT won't cost $1000. As for the $1000 model, I suppose it depends on whether someone considers the Surface Pro a desktop-capable tablet or a MacBook Air with touch screen.

s_henry_paulson|13 years ago

I don't think the target market is looking to play starcraft on these things, but rather just be able to run the full version of applications.

I know having a nice thin device that can run OneNote is what I look for more than anything.

There's nothing better than being able to take endless amounts of handwritten notes, and have them all indexed and searchable without any extra effort.