[cj-m]

Collaborating to deliver Windows RT PCs - Building Windows 8 - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

ASUS Tablet 600 (Windows RT)

Microsoft bares Windows RT 'PC' | Microsoft - CNET News

makes for some interesting reading...and the ASUS RT is looking good.

[the_coolestnerd]

engadget just posted that it might sell for $199..... unbelievable but if its true i'm so buying one on launch day Microsoft Surface for Windows RT tablet coming October 26th for $199? -- Engadget

[pedenske]

engadget just posted that it might sell for $199..... unbelievable but if its true i'm so buying one on launch day Microsoft Surface for Windows RT tablet coming October 26th for $199? -- Engadget

I don't think that anyone who even thought about it could resist to buy one for that price!

[cj-m]

i know.... $ 199 is a very tempting initial price. That makes me even more hopeful for the Win Pro! :D

[dwayne.williams]

If Microsoft priced the surface that low, I think that a ton of people would buy it. If I was in the market for a tablet I would definitely be one of them.


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[Mitlov]

The $199 price is almost certainly the down payment of an essentially-financed device (through a jacked-up price Xbox Gold or Xbox Music subscription), just like the $99 Xbox 360+Kinect. It's not that you actually get an Xbox+Kinect for $99; you just pay that up front. By the end of two years, you've paid $460 for the Xbox, Kinect, and two years of Xbox Gold.

I suspect the $199 Surface RT will include $20/month Xbox Music (price is normally $10/month), so it'll cost you about $440 by the end of two years. It's sa good deal if you'd buy Xbox Music subscriptions anyway, just like the $99 Xbox is a good deal if you'd subscribe to Gold anyway.

[dwayne.williams]

I agree. They want you to buy the hardware so that they can nickel and dime you on the services.


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[Mitlov]

I agree. They want you to buy the hardware so that they can nickel and dime you on the services.


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You say that like paying $500 up front is better than paying $200 now and $300 over the next two years. It isn't.

[dwayne.williams]

You say that like paying $500 up front is better than paying $200 now and $300 over the next two years. It isn't.

I didn't indicate that either scenario was better or worse.


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[checkit20]

I just can't believe the $199 price. I'm having trouble thinking $300 is going to be the entry level price for a RT tablet. ZDNet agrees too.
Is the Microsoft Surface a Premium Device? Surface Geeks Surface Geeks

I'm just kinda hangin out waiting for it to ship and not knowing the price is killing me!

[Rico]

The $199 price is almost certainly the down payment of an essentially-financed device (through a jacked-up price Xbox Gold or Xbox Music subscription), just like the $99 Xbox 360+Kinect. It's not that you actually get an Xbox+Kinect for $99; you just pay that up front. By the end of two years, you've paid $460 for the Xbox, Kinect, and two years of Xbox Gold.

I suspect the $199 Surface RT will include $20/month Xbox Music (price is normally $10/month), so it'll cost you about $440 by the end of two years. It's sa good deal if you'd buy Xbox Music subscriptions anyway, just like the $99 Xbox is a good deal if you'd subscribe to Gold anyway.

If they go the route of subsidization, I really don't see them inflating the Xbox Music price. More likely, they'll offer a bundle or bundles with various Xbox services and various prices for the Surface, including a revamped Xbox Video service which hopefully has an all-you-can-eat element that goes beyond music videos. I'd bite on a $199 Surface RT that includes music and video subscriptions, provided I could keep my old school "ten free" Zune account.

[Getintothegame]

Not entirely related, but Microsoft has recently updated the Microsoft Store website. There's new promo for the Surface, and I dug up one .jpg that may have not been used before.

New: http://dri2.img.digitalrivercontent....oming_Soon.jpg

Interesting, not "coming soon": http://dri2.img.digitalrivercontent....ot_Surface.jpg

[VagrantWade]

Not entirely related, but Microsoft has recently updated the Microsoft Store website. There's new promo for the Surface, and I dug up one .jpg that may have not been used before.

New: http://dri2.img.digitalrivercontent....oming_Soon.jpg

Interesting, not "coming soon": http://dri2.img.digitalrivercontent....ot_Surface.jpg

Well we basically already know the release date. So this isn't surprising with October here.