Its cute....
Surface RT
Base unit 32 gb $499.99
Type Key board 129.99
Apple I pad w/retina display
Base unit 32 gb $499.99
wireless keyboard 69.99
Also I can get an I pad anywhere, Surface seems to be a MS store exclusive.
This does makes me cringe because I am not a big apple fan, but MS built a tablet that does not beat Apple in price point, with an OS that were still all a bit iffy about, an underdeveloped app store, and because of my location I can't put my hands on one for testing.
Yes this is an innovative design, and honestly. With a good RDP client to my home systems I could see this as my primary interface for work. (btw how is the RDP interface? that was left out of the eval.)
However I am not going to spend the same amount of money I would drop for a solid laptop that can run any an all windows software for the sake of a few pounds or the coolness factor. Especially since I can't put my fingers on one before hand.
I do find it ironic that MS is making the same mistakes with its tablets and Apple made with its Desktops. Overpriced hardware and poor software penetration.
Also missing from this evaluation, how did it interact with other hardware, Scanner, printers, (yes some of us still need to handle paper) Connecting to a NAS, to a home group with other windows machines (I know it cant connect to a domain)
Basically its not robust enough for work, and its too expensive for a toy.
