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[dwigfor]

Microsoft has just made it official, the Surface Pro (starting at $899) will go on sale Saturday, February 9th online, in Microsoft Stores, Staples and Best Buy.

Featuring a Core i5 or Core i7 Intel processor and either 64GB or 128GB of storage, the high-end device with a 1080P display wont come with a Touch or Type Pad, requiring an extra purchase. However, users will get the pressure sensitive pen for note taking.

http://www.wpcentral.com/microsoft-anno ... burary-9th

1st time I've heard Surface pro will feature i7 processor... Wondering what the battery life will be on that.... Also, 1st time I've read it's a pressure sensitive pen!

I just built a new computer over xmas, so I'll hold off purchasing this for a while....

[Rork]

do you have a source for the i7?
it would explain the 5 hour battery life though.

the pen has been stated as pressure sensitive on many sites, it also has an eraser and a rightclick button.

it's too bad this will be US/Canada only for the time being though.

[dwigfor]

Perhaps they just made that up on wpcentral. I found these specs on the MS site. http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US/ ... ifications

Found it interesting that they included a footnote that the OS takes up drive space. I recall someone suing them last year because they barely had any room available on their 32gb surface rt.

[Rork]

On the RT there's a large space claimed by the restore bits of the OS and of course Office.
There's a lot more HD space being claimed when looking at a 'normal' installation. After the first complaints the note on used space was added to the site ;-)

I'll keep an eye out for the reviews, as it is an interesting piece of kit.
Especially there's not a lot of W8 tablets out yet with digitizers/pens that are interesting enough to buy. Or are clunky rehashes of the Transformer hybrids