FOR PROS: Microsoft Surface Pro is a full fledged computer in tablet format. (Photo: Microsoft)
Microsoft confirms Windows 8 tablet coming 30 May.
big brother Surface RT, Surface Pro is almost ready for the Norwegian market. Microsoft announced in April at its Surface blog that the tablet was on the way to Norway, and now is the time to confirm 30 May.
In Norway we now confirmed the following retail prices: 6.690 million for the 64GB version and 7.390 million for the 128 GB version.
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Combined tablet and laptop
What distinguishes Surface RT from Surface Pro is that the former only running RT version of Windows 8, while the latter runs the full version of Microsoft’s latest operating system. It makes it possible to run software such as Word, Excel and Photoshop and so on, not only apps from the Windows Store.
Instead of an ARM-based processor is Nvidia Surface Pro equipped with an Intel Core i5 processor. The screen is 10.6 inches high and has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. In comparison, Surface RT display a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. The tablet has also one USB 3.0 input, one microSDCX card slot and a Mini DisplayPort connector. A Surface-pen also comes with the purchase.
Mixed reception
Surface Pro was launched in the U.S. in early February, and received mixed reception in the press, according to Danish Comon.
It has been criticized for, among other things, to be too heavy (it weighs nearly one kilogram) and to have poor battery life (only four to five hours). Sales of tablet should also have been disappointing, and the first month, Microsoft will have sold only 400,000 copies, writes The Guardian.
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