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Predicting now price of $1k or higher. Also the press is absolutely going to hammer Apple for copying the Surface Pro (even down to the name.) EDIT: Ended up

by ebbv 11y ago

Predicting now price of $1k or higher. Also the press is absolutely going to hammer Apple for copying the Surface Pro (even down to the name.) EDIT: Ended up a bit high for the base price, $800. But add on any additional storage/LTE capability and you're at $1k. So I was damn close.

revscat 11y ago
$799 for 32GB model.
- fname 11y ago
  + the pencil @ $99 and the smart keyboard at $169. > $1k for the entry level model to be comparable with the Surface Pro 3 at ~$930 (which starts at 64GB, btw).
  - dangrossman 11y ago
    It seems more comparable to the Surface 3 ($499) than Surface Pro 3. The "Pro" moniker doesn't buy you a laptop replacement with Apple like it does with Microsoft.
gress 11y ago
If they do, they'll be being intellectually dishonest, given that 'Pro' has been part of Apple's naming scheme for a decade. 'Mac Pro', 'MacBook Pro', 'iPad Pro'. Microsoft wasn't even making computers when Apple started using the name.
venomsnake 11y ago
>Also the press is absolutely going to hammer Apple for copying the Surface Pro The press only give the writers' equivalent of blowjobs to apple. It has been that way for a decade.