Prospective owners in the US will have to wait three weeks to take possession of Microsoft's 32GB Surface tablet as available stock sold out in pre-orders.
The Microsoft Surface RT has only been available for pre-order in the US for 24 hours, but the entry-level $499 32GB tablet has already sold out. Visitors to the pre-order site in the US are being met with the message "order now for shipment within 3 weeks."
However, the more expensive 32GB model with touch cover ($599) and the 64GB model with touch cover ($699) are both still available for delivery on October 26 the device's official launch date.
Many experts have questioned Microsoft's approach to pricing its new tablet, especially the fact that the entry-level model isn't bundled with a touch cover keypad -- something that Microsoft has focused on heavily in differentiating the Surface from all other tablets on the market.
To gauge consumer feeling on the subject, computerworld.com has been polling vistors to its site. Of 1652 visitors so far polled, 32.32 percent believe that Microsoft's pricing makes the Surface competitive with the iPad, whereas 30.15 percent believe that the Surface RT would only succeed if it was cheaper than the iPad. Only 9.6 percent believe that there was no competition as the iPad is a superior product.
Wonder why Rasta never posted this but did update bad reviews from vendors and just pointed the negative. Congrats to them, was looking forward to getting one but now that Nexus 10 is coming, im just going to have to wait this out and compare and make a very hard, HARD decision come the Beginning of November.
I think I'll purchase one this holiday.
I don't like the metro idea, but it seems pretty good for touch screen.
The clip on keyboard/cover hyrbid thing is really convenient as well.
I had an iPad, but Apple is just not for me.
As I've said in the past, the time it took to sell out doesn't matter. Sales numbers do. For all we know, they could've allocated 1,000 tablets for the first wave.
I think I'll purchase one this holiday.
I don't like the metro idea, but it seems pretty good for touch screen.
The clip on keyboard/cover hyrbid thing is really convenient as well.
I had an iPad, but Apple is just not for me.
The keyboard I think is sold separately which sucks big time.
As I've said in the past, the time it took to sell out doesn't matter. Sales numbers do. For all we know, they could've allocated 1,000 tablets for the first wave.
The fact that it exceeded their expectations matter. Sales are indication of success but we must know that for a struggling company like Microsoft, exceeding their expectations are VERY important. It's the law of supply and demand. They thought that the supply they made would cope with the demand that they thought would be but it was greater.
As I've said in the past, the time it took to sell out doesn't matter. Sales numbers do. For all we know, they could've allocated 1,000 tablets for the first wave.
Because he is clearly an applefanboy nothing wrong with that tho.
Chromebook was sold out too in less then 5 hours in google play store. Being a cheapass bootleg as it is.
I posted ppl praising W8 and calling it the next XP also. Man***** is just obsessed And this "selling out" stuff for Microsoft/other manufacturers never really seems to produce any actual large numbers on launch week other than the Kinect which was largely successful. This is a big tech week though. Microsoft + Google both have an event the same day with a couple hour difference. I wonder who's event is going to be more interesting. I'm betting Microsoft.
I posted ppl praising W8 and calling it the next XP also. Man***** is just obsessed And this "selling out" stuff for Microsoft/other manufacturers never really seems to produce any actual large numbers on launch week other than the Kinect which was largely successful. This is a big tech week though. Microsoft + Google both have an event the same day with a couple hour difference. I wonder who's event is going to be more interesting. I'm betting Microsoft.
I agree I think MS is gonna bag that day with that massive hype revolving Surface. It's their time to shine after all having the game changer MS Surface.
Google has a bunch of interesting gadgets to unveil too though. And most people i know (in RL and virtual) are looking forward to them so It could go both ways.
I personally am looking forward on the official reviews for both Nexus and Surface for I am getting either one this Holidays
I agree I think MS is gonna bag that day with that massive hype revolving Surface. It's their time to shine after all having the game changer MS Surface.
Google has a bunch of interesting gadgets to unveil too though. And most people i know (in RL and virtual) are looking forward to them so It could go both ways.
I personally am looking forward on the official reviews for both Nexus and Surface for I am getting either one this Holidays
What exactly is the game changing part of the Surface? It's the same thing we've seen basically but a new OS. There hasnt really been a game changing tablet since '10 which basically popularized the tablet + helped consumers find their niche with it.
What exactly is the game changing part of the Surface? It's the same thing we've seen basically but a new OS. There hasnt really been a game changing tablet since '10 which basically popularized the tablet + helped consumers find their niche with it.
Well for starters its not just a tablet, it's a laptop and a good one too. The Pro that is.
Congrats to them, was looking forward to getting one but now that Nexus 10 is coming, im just going to have to wait this out and compare and make a very hard, HARD decision come the Beginning of November.
I'm still thinking about it tho since I don't know what I'll use it for. 
