New Surface Pro 3 officially announced by Microsoft. Designed to destroy laptops.[Update2: Surface Mini killed by Elop]

[Rafy]

Measures just 9.1mm (0.36 inch) thick

Familiar kickstand, it looks like. 9.1mm thin, with a stylus. USB 3.0.

the Surface Pro 3 is relatively (compared to laptops) lightweight, at 800g (1.76 pounds).

12 inch 1440p screen "Pixel Free"

3x2 aspect ratio

highest contrast ratios in the industry.

It's the thinnest Intel Core product ever made

Core i7 processor fan-less

Magnesium frame

More than 20 percent battery life than previous Surface products

Drop test on stage and it did not break.

It lets you display out to a 4K monitor as well through the docking station.

Two step kickstand, bends up to 150 degrees. (lap-ability)

 

"No compromises, everything in one package"

 

 

New Typecover:

 

Even thinner.

New trackpad that's 68 percent larger, has 78 percent less friction, etc.

With the Surface Pro 2, there's some looseness in the hinge that makes using it in your lap less than ideal. With the Surface Pro 3, you can click in the cover to stabilize the screen.

It's magnetically sealed to the screen

 

 

New Pen:

 

The pen -- "it's not a stylus" -- is meant to be the weight of a normal pen you'd use with paper.

When you hold it and a pen in your hand, it has to feel light.

Palm rejection lets you rest your hand on the screen without any accidental input, and the pen tip works as it would if it was a non-digital one.

Click the pen, and even if your device is off, it will turn on and you can write immediately.

You can write your notes, and as soon as you click your pen they are uploaded to the cloud.

You can use your camera with the pen to capture images by clicking it and then write on it using OneNote.

 

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/20/microsoft-surface-pro-3/

Video: http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/20/5734102/surface-pro-3-features-pricing-announcement#ooid=I1cGp5bTrYgFmC9u6qq1Ggt2nGSRuOVG

 

Pre-orders start tomorrow, with the price starting at $799. Configurations include Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7.

SKUS and prices:

 

Update2: Mini was killed by Elop

 

Bloomberg’s sources say Elop was worried that the smaller Surface didn’t do enough to differentiate itself from smaller tablets such as the iPad mini and the Nexus 7 and would thus be a flop comparable to the first-generation Surface RT. Speaking of the Surface RT, Bloomberg also notes that shipping a device that runs on Windows RT is basically a nonstarter at this point since all major OEMs have abandoned it and it doesn’t have anywhere near the number of apps that Windows 8 has

http://bgr.com/2014/05/20/microsoft-surface-mini-release/

[TheRoss0411]

WOW, an i7, and a fan for amazing cooling

I want it now

But the price must be so much

[Ivyk]

That has to be very expansive.

[Rafy]

WOW, an i7, and a fan for amazing cooling

I want it now

But the price must be so much

it's fanless

[Nineshadow]

Lol.He dropped it from ~1.8 meters and nothing happened to it

[TheRoss0411]

it's fanless

I thought he said it had a fan 

[kuddlesworth9419]

What a pretentious c*nt. 

[Fuzzy112]

it's fanless

I doubt.

[snowComet]

Lol.He dropped it from ~1.8 meters and nothing happened to it

from The Verge,

(Granted, the floor is carpeted)

~

[Willson94]

Thanks for the live link

[kuddlesworth9419]

Lol.He dropped it from ~1.8 meters and nothing happened to it

Onto carpet. Nothing breaks on carpet especially when it's thick carpet and not old and thin.

[totjup5]

That's going to cost a nice sum of money

[Nineshadow]

Onto carpet. Nothing breaks on carpet especially when it's thick carpet and not old and thin.

Well,my older phone broke from a 20cm drop on the carpet...but before it didn't break when I dropped it from around 3m(from the stairs).Odd.

[ShadowCaptain]

I love when he said

 

Its fanless

 

then showed what the fan looked like.....

[wtfxmitchell]

I love when he said

 

Its fanless

 

then showed what the fan looked like.....

that wasn't a fan, that was the heatsink

[Warcony]

Dat kickstand!!

[kuddlesworth9419]

Well,my older phone broke from a 20cm drop on the carpet...but before it didn't break when I dropped it from around 3m(from the stairs).Odd.

I could drop my phone from the top of a 5 story building and it wouldn't break but my phone isn't smart so it's already broke.

[ShadowCaptain]

that wasn't a fan, that was the heatsink

 

Its a fan, looks like the one in a macbook pro

 

[Maxibonbits]

Lol.He dropped it from ~1.8 meters and nothing happened to it

1.8M is probably more than the height a user would drop it off a desk or while standing. How do you expect users to use the product.

 

I think the 1.8M drop test is a reasonable test.

[carolkarine]

sooo..... thunderbolt 2.0?

[Nineshadow]

The ratio on a sheet of paper is sqrt(2)...I guess 1.5(3:2) is pretty close to that.

(He said the ratio of the screen was very familiar to a sheet of paper)

[AlexGoesHigh]

this sold me on it

[WiiManic]

this sold me on it

I know, I went from not caring to being upset I have no cash.

 

I'd have to try it, but if I can write notes as good as it looks on it, It would be so helpful.

[AlexGoesHigh]

WOW cheapest variant goes for 799$ MS just went right after the MBA

[snowComet]

idk why, but this surface pro 3 reminds me of the 12" fanless macbook air rumor a while ago...

and why Panay constantly going after Joanna Stern?