Microsoft is being aggressive with the design of this product. Maybe there's a chance they'll be aggressive with the price as well. $429 is probably the very h

Microsoft is being aggressive with the design of this product. Maybe there's a chance they'll be aggressive with the price as well. $429 is probably the very high top end of what I would consider paying for a device that can't run windows software, has no ecosystem, and has a high likelihood of being abandoned in a year or so. $699 would be an extremely attractive price for a ultrabook replacement. So I highly doubt it will be so cheap.