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Microsoft Surface Pro sales CANNIBALIZING Surface RT

Redmond's slab slump continues despite Windows 8 model

Microsoft: We need a pro to flog our Surface slabs in UK

New bod to tackle Apple, Samsung, twitchy channel partners, skint consumers...

Microsoft: Brits, grab our Surface Pro ten-incher for satisfaction in May

Hey, where's our cut, grumbles UK channel

Dixons and Microsoft haggling over Surface RT Ts&Cs

Distie deal likely but not before end of 2012 - sources

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Surface Pro to hit Blighty priced 25% up on top-o-the-range iPad

Microsoft has confirmed prices for the Surface Pro: the 128GB model will cost punters 25 per cent more than a top of the range iPad. The laptop-cum-tablet, which Redmond says is "designed to showcase Windows 8 Pro", will land in the UK on 23 May, Microsoft revealed today. The estimated retail price for the 64GB version is £719 …
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HP PC chief: Microsoft's Surface is 'KLUDGEY'. There, I said it

HP's chief of personal systems has branded Microsoft's Surface "kludgey" in a broadside against the new laptop-cum-tablet hardware. Todd Bradley dismissed the fondletop in an interview with IDG's CITEworld, and said although the tech press is obsessed with it, the public couldn't care less about Microsoft's 10-inch offering. It …
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Surface tablets snapped up on pre-order, but no camping in the street

Brits loving it, Americans and Frenchies holding back

Microsoft Surface priced up for Blighty

Compares well with rivals
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Surface more profitable than iPad

Microsoft's Windows RT-based Surface tablet - designed to compete with the full sized Apple iPad - has a larger profit margin than its rival, a teardown analysis has revealed. The Surface, with its minimum 32GB of Flash storage and optional Touch Cover, has a bill of materials (BoM) that totals $271. Chuck in an additional $13 …
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Smaller, second-gen Surface slabs to arrive in June?

Microsoft has struggled to make headway in the tablet market so far, but sources say it may be ready to take another crack at it by releasing a new Surface model with a smaller screen as soon as next month. Inconsistently accurate Taiwanese IT industry newspaper DigiTimes reports that a variety of Asian component suppliers are …

Surface RT now on sale in 13 more European markets

On sale, yes – but is it selling?

Microsoft halves Surface RT production orders - report

Ballmer was right after all, might only 'sell a few million'

Microsoft supporting Surface with Windows RT until 2017

Trying to make Apple and Android look bad

Microsofties to get Windows 8 Surface tabs

Touch your work PC, like it or not

Microsoft Surface Pro will land in UK in WEEKS*

Updated That pricing with those channels? Good luck, Redmond

Microsoft Surface to hit third-party stores on Wednesday

US, Australia first, other countries to follow

Microsoft's Intel-powered Surface Pro to launch in February

New accessories coming, too

Windows 8, Surface slabs ALREADY need critical security patch

Mega vulns affect ALL Windows kit from XP onward

Ballmer plays down sales impact of Surface

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has downplayed the impact of Redmond's "iPad-killer" – aka the Surface tablet – as he wrapped a comforting arm around PC OEMS that may feel a little unnerved by the move. The covers were lifted off the shiny slate weeks ago, but it was dismissed by several hardware vendors, including long-time partner …

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Tim Ayling

Er, what does that mean? Anything you want it to
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Eddie Pacey

Get your money up front if you want money up front

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