Surface 3 announced, 499$ USD base price, features atom X7 and full windows 8.1 (not RT!)

[RH00D]

Can the mod that merged the repost fix the op, i don't understand why they merged it that way

 

I was wondering what happened. Your magnificent post has been butchered.

[RexinOridle]

I would love to get that and dual boot Win 10 and OSX on in, just because I can.

 

Oh wait, I can't, because I'm poor as fuck.

[Opcode]

Doesn't seems to be enough of a price different for the gimped processor specially since it's expected to run full OS versions of software. Though I might be completely wrong.

It's definitely not as strong as the other Surface products rocking i5's and i7's although the Atom x7-Z8700 should suffice for most of what you're looking to do with a tablet.

 

If it came with the keyboard for the $499 price tag it would be a great buy although without it the unit is just too pricey imo.

[EpicAdom]

Didn't the surface 3 already come out?is this just the low end version?

That's the Surface Pro 3. This is the Surface 3 (non-pro). It is the lower end version.

 

MS finally figured out what the Surface is supposed to be, this is good.

[Lazmarr]

This actually looks decent....

 

 

until the UK price is announced at £499

It better not be lol will maybe have to import from the US

[Misanthrope]

It's definitely not as strong as the other Surface products rocking i5's and i7's although the Atom x7-Z8700 should suffice for most of what you're looking to do with a tablet.

 

If it came with the keyboard for the $499 price tag it would be a great buy although without it the unit is just too pricey imo.

 

That's the thing: with a tablet os and apps I'd be fine. This has a full version of Windows, not the RT or tablet version, meaning that it will have to cope with full version of apps

[beebskadoo]

This tablet only really seems to be for Office use only. Great build quality but a bit under powered for me. Though the average user would love it but at $500? hmm we shall find out.

[Opcode]

That's the thing: with a tablet os and apps I'd be fine. This has a full version of Windows, not the RT or tablet version, meaning that it will have to cope with full version of apps

There shouldn't be any problems running x86 software. We've had tablets out for a while now that has been running the full version of Windows 8.1 without issues.

[Norman_the_Owl]

Micro usb Charger?

God dammnit microsoft, really?

[atrash]

Micro usb Charger?

God dammnit microsoft, really?

 Seems fine by me. Most tablets and phones use it for charging and you can reuse your existing phone charger with this and avoid having to use only proprietary charger.

[Opcode]

 Seems fine by me. Most tablets and phones use it for charging and you can reuse your existing phone charger with this and avoid having to use only proprietary charger.

Agreed, it has a full size USB 3.0 port so it's not like charging it restricts you from using USB devices.

[BloodySinner]

What an ugly looking device. I'll stick with my iPad.

[Agosto]

500$?

It's 600 euros for the base version in Italy. Without the keyboard.

[carolkarine]

Until I can attach an egpu I'm going to wait. I want one so bad but I'd get the fully specced pro, and I can't justify that price unless it's replacing something.

[GzeroD]

This tablet only really seems to be for Office use only. Great build quality but a bit under powered for me. Though the average user would love it but at $500? hmm we shall find out.

IDK after using my old atom tablet for a year it seemed snappy enougph for almost all my daily media consumption and reading tasks. and that one's CPU was 600Mhz slower.the only thing I really wanted to upgrade on it was the ram 2GB was borderline last year 4gb really should have been the low end cut.

[TopWargamer]

Still too darn expensive. 

[GzeroD]

Still too darn expensive. 

How so? Its cheaper than the nearest apple equivalent device with quite a bit more functionality. 

[TopWargamer]

How so? Its cheaper than the nearest apple equivalent device with quite a bit more functionality. 

A tablet over a couple hundred Dollars I see to be too much.

[GzeroD]

A tablet over a couple hundred Dollars I see to be too much.

So your not a fan of any name brand tablet from this generation over 7 inches? 

[TopWargamer]

So your not a fan of any name brand tablet from this generation over 7 inches? 

Over 8 inches. Ten inches for a tablet is too large in my opinion. I see 8" as the perfect size. 

[GzeroD]

Over 8 inches. Ten inches for a tablet is too large in my opinion. I see 8" as the perfect size. 

 

Thats fair enough but this tablet isn't competing against 7 or 8 inch tablets its competing against 9.7 to 11 in tablets which while they are also good for content consumption get used for business purposes much more often.

 

Personally I like my larger tablets like my 14" yoga when I'm going to be using it for longer than 20 or 30 min like on a long car ride or chaining through a anime series especially if i'm watching with someone else. But a smaller tablet like my Dell venue 8 pro is great when I'm waiting at a doctors office or for reading an article on the couch.

[LAwLz]

How so? Its cheaper than the nearest apple equivalent device with quite a bit more functionality. 

The iPad Air 2 is 500 dollars. You might say "but that's the 16GB model!" and you would be right, but it's Microsoft's choice to not have a lower capacity model. The bigger eMMC doesn't cost that much either so comparing it against the iPad, which has a huge Apple tax on it, isn't exactly a good defense.

 

You also have to factor in the price for the keyboard (both its USP and pretty much necessary to make the device usable) when comparing it to the iPad. That's an extra 130 dollars.

[GzeroD]

The iPad Air 2 is 500 dollars. You might say "but that's the 16GB model!" and you would be right, but it's Microsoft's choice to not have a lower capacity model. The bigger eMMC doesn't cost that much either so comparing it against the iPad, which has a huge Apple tax on it, isn't exactly a good defense.

 

You also have to factor in the price for the keyboard (both its USP and pretty much necessary to make the device usable) when comparing it to the iPad. That's an extra 130 dollars.

1 I think it is a fair enough defense when 16 GB is hardly a usable device unless your 100% on a network. The few GB that you have left over make the 16GB iPad a terribly niche device when used without WiFi or LTE if your looking at video your going to run out of content on your local storage before you run out of battery. then again if your reading or reading and listening to music/ audiobook it is less of an issue but the storage management aspect of it seems very blah. Also there is a much larger number of things you can do with the device on the windows platform.

 

2 there is a $50 keyboard option and I have used my 8 inch dell with only the on screen keyboard before for extended periods it is not a bad experience at all. (its a bit unwieldy on the 14 inch unless your in portrait mode)

 

Then again if the battery life is not very good  (as I am expecting it to be) It starts to look a lot less appealing than a cheaper or beefier (spec wise) convertible PC

[han_han08]

i really waant this

 

im guessing it'll arrive here with about 978.6usd price tag..and in about 2years from now

[Aethelbert]

This'll be great for all the people who want a Surface Pro 3 but can't afford the higher price and don't demand enormous power. Most of the time I just take notes on my SP3 so if this were out when I bought the Pro 3, I'd have probably gotten this instead.