About Microsoft Surface Tablet: Main Specifications, Features, Release Date and Price
Finally, Microsoft unveiled their first tablet on Monday, a Windows 8 and Windows RT machine hereinafter known as Windows Surface. Microsoft insists from the outset that the Surface is a Windows-based products.
The presence of Surface makes this tablet as a new flagship product for Microsoft, which was previously known for its dominance in PC operating systems business and also game console hardware like the Xbox and Kinect. But, the most important thing is the presence of Surface to show to the world and Microsoft Windows 8 PC-making partners about how Windows should look and feel like on tablet.
Surface is a high-end tablet, which means the presence of surface is a competitor to the iPad and most Android tablet that exist today. Here are the main characteristics of the device, release date and price of Microsoft Surface:
Main Specifications and Features
Below are the main specifications and features of the Surface for Windows RT and Surface for Windows 8 Pro:
Surface for Windows RT
- OS: Windows RT
- Light: 676 g
- Thin: 9.3 mm
- Clear: 10.6-inch ClearType HD Display with 16:9 aspect ratio. Corning Gorilla Glass 2 technology also included.
- Processor: ARM-based by NVIDIA
- Energized: 31.5 W-h battery
- Connected: microSD, USB 2.0, Micro HD Video, 2×2 MIMO antennae
- Productive: Office ‘15’ Apps, Touch Cover, Type Cover
- Practical: VaporMg Case & Stand, edges angled at 22 degrees
- Configurable: 32 GB, 64 GB
Surface for Windows 8 Pro
- OS: Windows 8 Pro
- Light: 903 g
- Thin: 13.5 mm
- Clear: 10.6-inch ClearType HD Display with 16:9 aspect ratio. Corning Gorilla Glass 2 technology also included.
- Processor: Intel Core Ivy Bridge
- Energized: 42 W-h battery
- Connected: microSDXC, USB 3.0, Mini DisplayPort Video, 2×2 MIMO antennae
- Productive: Touch Cover, Type Cover, Pen with Palm Block
- Practical: VaporMg Case & Stand, edges angled at 22 degrees
- Configurable: 64 GB, 128 GB
Accessories
- Built-in stand – 0.7mm thick (comes with any Surface)
- Surface Touch Cover – 0.3 mm thick full multitouch keyboard dock that also acts as a magnetic cover, with trackpad included
- Surface Type Cover – similar to Touch Cover but slightly bigger at 0.5mm, it’s a keyboard with actual keys and trackpad buttons
- Pen with Palm Book – a pen that magnetizes to the body of the Surface to offer digital ink support
At demo products, executives from Microsoft emphasized the importance of features and design challenges they have to go through in order to produce this tablet. As shown in the paper, pictures and videos shown by Microsoft, the tablet is very worthy to compete with iPad and of course this tablet would be a tough competitor for the Android tablet.
Unlike Windows Phone, which until now has not been able to become a tough player in the smartphone market, then the Windows 8 will be more popular as a tablet OS. One thing that we can not know is how reliable software on the tablet and whether users will love Metro UI-based Windows 8 like they love the design on another tablet.
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