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by ChuckMcM 4946 days ago
Should be interesting. One of the things I've wished for was a tablet that could do both capacitive touch style interactions and more precise Wacom pen/tablet style interactions. Looks like I'll have a chance to play with an implementation of that.

I agree with kimura that its a pretty high price point. Although reserve judgement on whether or not it crosses into the 'too expensive' territory. Its essentially the same machine as a Macbook Air which is $1,199 for a 128G model (vs the Surface Pro 128GB @ $999)
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FireBeyond 4946 days ago
Well, no, it's arguably a "better" machine than the MBA in the sense that it can convert to a tablet, has a pressure sensitive digitizer, higher resolution, better sound system.
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ChuckMcM 4946 days ago
Sorry, I was being imprecise. From a Compute/Memory/Storage point of view its nominally the same as a Macbook Air. Gives context on what sort of programmatic performance you get.

Agreed it has a different peripheral set which makes it 'better' for some applications and perhaps 'not as good' for others. But I haven't tried it out so its hard to know.

I do have a Kagi capacitive stylus for my iPad and its not nearly as nice as the stylus I had on my old IREX e-reader or the Bamboo Wacom tablet on my Mac.

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joejohnson 4946 days ago
The price is not $999; with a keyboard (to be a fair competitor to the MacBook Air), it costs $1050. At $999, it's just a crappy iPad alternative with a large hardrive.
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yusefnapora 4946 days ago
Or, alternatively, it's a decent alternative to the Modbook Pro (http://www.modbook.com/modbookpro) at a $2500 discount. I'm sure there are people to whom the Surface Pro is more attractive than a normal laptop. I haven't decided whether I'm one of them, but I don't think that a direct comparison to the Macbook Air is appropriate. If we're going to be "fair" by adding a keyboard to the Surface, shouldn't we also add an aftermarket touch screen to the Air?
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