Yeah, they've already screwed the pooch. Too late, unless they do something errr drastic, and we know that ain't gonna happen.

I don't think anybody here is really the right market for RT. It's an iOS/Android OS, not Windows proper. It's not surprising their sales aren't going anywhere with the distribution limited to Microsoft Stores and only in a few countries.

I moved all my primary machines to Windows 8. I moved from Vista and Windows 7. The transition was not the hurdle that a lot of these bloggers make it out to be. Sure there's a little learning curve, but anyone here could surmount it. I too avoid the Metro interface most of the time, so I hardly even notice the change. I'm sure Metro is great on a touch device, but I don't have one that supports it...yet.

Anybody here moved from XP yet?

More on Surface Pro

Look how thick that thing is.  Here I am bitching that the HP Touchpad is thicker than the Ipad2 and the best MS can do is a clunky laptop-without-a-lid?  At $900+, maybe they've decided to sell it by the pound.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/01/at-long-last-microsoft-details-surface-pro-pricing-and-availability/

Maybe buying into Dell will help with the Surface 2.0

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/22/microsoft_dell_buyout_deal_rumors/

$900 = d.o.a.

I agree that the pricing is going to kill this one. Too bad, because a Microsoft signature device should be a great experience, like a Google Nexus product. However, this is Microsoft's first foray into the PC/tablet manufacturing, so I'm inclined to cut them some slack.

Unfortunately at the same price-point there are ultrabooks and other tablets that appear to have better specs. Here's to hoping that they do a better job next time around.

Looks like they did an excellent job on the bloatware

"Microsoft's 64GB Surface Pro will only have 23GB usable storage"

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/29/3929110/surface-pro-disk-space-windows-8

That's  Windows 8 + Apps + Office + recovery partition = does not bode well

>"Microsoft's 64GB Surface Pro will only have 23GB usable storage"

Wow, they are never going to get it.

And I must admit, I'm a bit annoyed by the apps crap on this machine. The pre-installed apps auto-update, and they keep the older versions on the drive, eating space slowly but surely. At least until I take 3 mins to boot into linux and nuke that dir.

Surface 2 arrives.

Will cost $449 for 32GB or $549 for 64GB

Surface Pro 2

priced at $899 for a 64GB device, $999 for one with 128GB

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9242590/Microsoft_takes_second_swing_at_tablets_with_new_Surface_2_lineup

Faster, more batt. life. That's about it.

I just don't see it making a dent.

>dent

not even a scratch. maybe a small smudge in the dust.

And no Drop box app.  I think even WebOS had a Drop box app.  It was pretty crude but they had one.

They're nuts to keep the same pricing levels. There's no way most people will consider a tiny, semi-portable machine like this when there are others for less that are as good, or better.