As a commenter on Engadget pointed out: Engadget - You linked to an article at CNET, but there I only read: 'Microsoft may consider maintaining a price gap fo

As a commenter on Engadget pointed out: Engadget - You linked to an article at CNET, but there I only read: 'Microsoft may consider maintaining a price gap for its Surface products to give hardware partners some competitive breathing room' [..] "Wang said that a Surface tablet priced at $199 would have a big impact" [..] Indeed, Surface pricing is a mystery. You see, they said quite the opposite of what you mentioned in your article. CNET says: MS considers selling the Surface tablet at a normal price, (maybe $400-$600) so Acer, Lenovo, ... have a chance to compete against it. They won't subsidize it, else they only hurt themself, and in the end MS will be the only Windows RT tablet manufacturers, because Acer, Lenovo will ditch Windows RT because they can't compete with subisidized prices.