Microsoft announces the Surface Pro 3, a 12-inch tablet with high-resolution display

You mean iPhones?

That too...

You mean apple in general!

Laptops are something Apple does right.

In terms of sales, maybe not. But, as an iPad user, I can say that it will definitely beat the iPad in terms of functionality.

You are joking right? Even the surface 2 easily beats the ipad

Even the Surface 1! No joke!

SP1 and SP2 beat iPad in functionality but not looks/package. This SP3 beats iPad in both functionality and looks/engineering by a mile!

Fuck the iPad there is nothing better than windows 8 and the surface and when that are together that the best.
And there's nothing the does better than surface,90% of the apps and games that run on the windows doesn't run on iPad.
You guys get real.

They don't need to run on iPad, because every single major developer develops for iPad. Even Microsoft themselves develop for iPad quicker than for Surface. Being a fan boy is one thing, but constantly bashing a product just because it oversells yours is ridiculous.

First what the heck are you talking about what are the apps that developed on iPad from Microsoft before surface or you just making new things from your mind, and I can't lie iPad have more people to buy, but every video compressing between the to of them surface is better by performance and every thing, and the iPad is older from the surface so it's supposed to be like that. The iPad is like a small part of the surface.
(sorry if there are any mistakes in my righting)

First, calm down, lol. You seem to be taking this way too personal. Second, the only app that comes to mind is Skype. More often than not, Skype receives updates on both Android and iOS, before it does on Windows Phone, simply because of the amount of people using it on this platforms. Third, the iPad is better for some things, and the Surface is better for others. No product is perfect: as much as you love Microsoft products, even you can admit that.

I agree and disagree, I agree that there's nothing perfect but there's something is better than something and if there are updates for android and ios for Skype and there isn't for surface, that means every os app have his own bugs.

Yup.  The only gotcha is that each company is designing for different needs.  The iPad, for instance, is definitely designed for a specific audience.  Except for custom applications such as Point-of-Sale, etc, it is meant as a consumer appliance with not-quite-the-same-productivity expectations as a laptop or desktop.  Microsoft is attempting to eliminate the one-trick-pony mentality, as it were, and design for a broad audience and provide something that can do everything.  One things SP3 fails at is not having a AutoCAD optimized 27" display with backpack harness not to mention My Tiny Death Star will probably look pretty ridiculous #FAILSP3NOT6OR27INCHES (j/k) What ever your opinion is, this is another step in the right direction.  This kind of innovation around form factor and experience/utility continues to push boundaries.  This helps technology as a whole.  Even though MS had Windows Mobile enabled phones back in the day, it was Apple that made smart phones a profound success - their exclusively beat out even Moto's RAZR.  Microsoft is trying to do this with mobile computing and getting people accustomed to the idea that we don't have to settle just because we seek a table form factor. Which brings me to the next failure.  I'm pretty sure I can't play Crysis on this. :(  #FAILSP3CANTPLAYCRYSIS (j/k, again)

Everything I might have used an iPad for, this new Surface Pro will eliminate.  My biggest problem with the Surface Pro was weight and aspect ratio for reading.  That appears to be corrected.

Yeah, same here. As much as apps are brought up, I don't use many apps from either the App Store or Google Play. So, something like this would be perfect for me. But, due to there being no Surface Mini, I will be buying the Venue 8 Pro to complement my iPad and 1520.

Really though the problem with the iPad is that the people who buy it are are retarded. And generally don't know our case about what technology is in it. They just want what their friends have because they are sheep.

they also unfortunatley got touch based Office products before the Surface did as well. 

Skype, Office. Bing for iPhone.

Feel lucky that Microsoft released office for u Ipad users.Windows 8.1 and wp8.1 is just amazing.I don't think Apple will be a competitior when 9 releases.Good luck till then.

I agree that the iPad is a good product and at the moment has far more developers working with them. However, If Microsoft keeps going the direction it is going now. They will do what they did in the game console market! The Xbox is over 40 % of the market. That have the talent and the money to do it!

Why on EARTH people are still comparing this to an ipad??? WTF. The ipad doesn't even have a say in this if it concerns actual productivity and functionality. The ipad can't even see the tail lights of ANY Surface product to date, let alone a SP3! So people pleaseeee stop comparing a full fledged (and then some) PC with an ipad. For the sake of all humans. 

Thanks for this response! It's ridiculous to bring the iPad into this discussion, even insulting! Geez!!! We are talking Surface Pro here people, not some toy!

i think you are confusing rt with pro... ipad cant compare to surface pro when it comes to os and functionalities. ipad will be better than rt for sure but not pro ever 

Depends, the Surface RT with SD Card and free Office etc makes the iPad a toy.

Sadly you're right... Every cool app comes to iPad before win8... Hopefully this will help turn the tide...

100% of iPad apps won't run on Surface.

well actually they will but apple wont let that happen, like they used to be the power pc but apple stopped that cause they ran faster than their apples, so technically it would very easily even using an emulator but apple wont allow, cause no one would buy a ipad ever again

Surface pro doesn't need iPad's little baby mobile watered down apps, its got the full versions they halfheartedly imitate.

With a half-ass GUI!!! IPad-developers seem to care about that... I'm incredibly unimpressed by win8 developers

That's not right even windows have his own store and if you are right these are small and stupid apps

the Surface Pro 3 can run the full version of Photoshop.  Can the iPad?  

ahh..gives me an idea what if i bring my ipad to the store, will they exchange my ipad with their new surface? :p hahaha

Half the studends in my grad school have iPads, yet they take notes on their laptops... I use my Surface to do everything. Seems to me like the Surface is significantly more productive. There are aspects of the iPad that are better. It all depends on what you want to do. 

Right.  I have an iPad.  It's ok, but I am hopefully getting a SP3 as soon as it comes out. Cant really do work on the iPad.  Imagine doing a paper on it.  Editing is such a nightmare.  It's great for Angry Birds, though.

Yes and no, absolutely. Value proposition, beat the iPad hands down. Sales, probably not yet.

In sales? No. In power, screen, usability, productivity, consuming content and somewhat every other scenario. Yes.

And even in apps and games

I do think it can beat the iPad, heck my Lumia 2520 beat my old iPad today, only buffered twice during the presentation and I didn't have to be standing near the window in my office to see the entire thing - I had LTE on both tablets and the only one that has not had issues is the 2520 - couldn't even check email on the iPad if not standing at the window or trying to read it in the sun

Rofl. "iPad". xD

Yes, it is real. You just don't see the reality as you are blinded by the shiny ipad. If Microsoft Surface is in a shiny package, you might see the light.

IPad what?

I have an iPad.  I like it, but I am soooooooooooooooo getting the Surface Pro 3. I can't do real work on the iPad.  It's great for games and social media, though. I hate, hate, hate typing on iPads.  

iPad is just a big phone. This is a full-blown computer. It's several hundreds times more powerful. Sorry but that's "real".

But iPad has more apps?

Every single program developed for pc runs on the pro so you can take your puny appstore and go play with it in the sandbox with the other kids

I'm reiterating the moron users. Apps are more important than a hot chick.

Wait a minute...u mean to say the surface pro runs a full fledged version of Windows 8?....
Sorry my knowledge about surface devices is limited

Yes. Just like any other laptop/computer.

Programs written for Windows look like shit and is generally terrible for touch... Maybe it will change. I certainly prefer s3

What the fuck are you talking about all the apps and games that run on windows and you are saying that

I'm just stating what the nimrod press has complained about. IPad is awesome due to apps. Even though you can't do Jack shirt with it like the surface pro, it has apps.

Lol, don't mind them, they have absolutely no clue.. iPad vs. Surface Pro, is that some sick joke or something? *Sigh*

Ok. Try playing nfs most wanted (original one, not the baby version) on ipad.. Apps are useless when you have a full file system running .exe programs, the most powerful (and misused too ?) extension ever.

I don't own an iPad.

actually it doesnt as the pro is a full pc

More apps? Do you realize that the Surface Pro 3 runs full Windows?

Tell that to the Mac and up iPad users in the audience.

What i think, most people stick to macbooks because of (a) iPhone (b) battery (c) the old misconception that windows is laggy and crashing (d) more 'clean' as compared to legacy systems. I do think all that has changed with win8, but not battery, sadly.

This isn't competing against tablets, it's competing against "Ultrabooks." Or whatever terrible name they're calling them this year.

Really? Faster than pro 2? I thought it would be slower ... That's crazy. A real surprise

Seems faster...

Btw I was tongue in cheek. Just found it funny saying "its as crazy as u think. Its faster than pro 2" ;)

Still seems faster.

And more furious.

One might say TOO fast, TOO furious.

Or even Fast i5
 

I hear ya. We would expect a Surface 3 to surpass the Surface Pro 2, at least.

Wow! Really blown away so far. Holy crap he actually dropped it.

Yeah, that was a nutballs!

Yeah I mean he dropped it on a padded stage that's carpeted. C'mon. He didn't exactly drop it on concrete.

He didnt claim it would withstand a drop on concrete either. 

Have you got concrete floors in your house? Do you browse the web on your Surface when you're strolling down the street?

LMFAO

Actually, it's quite possible. Our garage has concrete, and one of our family members dropped a Lumia 1020. It stopped working, but thankfully AT&T replaced it. If you take the Surface Pro with you and don't put it in a bag, you could very well drop it. Not everyone holds nothing but the tablet. For instance, I might have it under my arm while I put an infant carrier into the car, and could very well let it slip.

Why wouldn't you put your tablet down somewhere to ensure you don't drop it or drop the infant? Responsibility should say "Let me put my tablet down so I don't risk breaking it and then I can get the infant secured".   Coming from a parent of 2.

Buy one and test it for us.

He dropped the surface pro before.... and on a harder material https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQddoyjef1k

Not the most detailed spec sheet I've seen. A dedicated GPU would be a welcome if unlikely addition.

Dedicated GPU in something so small and thin, are you serious?
Its not a gaming machine, it seemed to handle Revit & Photoshop pretty well on stage

because THAT would be a great way to save space an battery life, am I right?

It has a dedicated gpu. We have to treat the intel graphics with a bit more respect. The surface pro 1 actually runs quite a few games pretty well even on the hd4000. I'm guessing there is at least a 4400 in the S3

I'm assuming it can run games like nfs most wanted and other keyboard based games easily ? (not the high end graphics ones obviously)

I was able to run Fallout New Vegas at reasonable settings on my Surface Pro 1 just fine.

Its GPU was older. I remember my friend had a laptop with Intel HD, bought 3 years ago. He used to run max payne 2 with phenomenal frame rates. (though max payne isn't something you can play on a surface, needs a proper mouse)

well, one simple search and wasn't disappointed.
Battlefield 4 on Surface pro 1/2 it's working just fine, not the best settings/FPS but still better than my 3 years old laptop D: with AMD GPU

Oh really ? And you say it doesn't work well on your 3 year old laptop ? Does it have a graphic card ? I got a 4 year old, with 2.2ghz AMD dual core processor and ATI mobility radeon 512mb dedicated graphics. What are the chances that i can play bf4 on the lowest settings ?

"Does it have a graphic card ?" do i look like from mars ? yes it does -_-
http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/K52JT/specifications/
Processor Intel® Core™ i3 380M @2.5Ghz
Operating System Windows 8.1
Ram 4G
GPU AMD 6370m 1Gb
20-25fps on lowest ! 

What confused me was that you said AMD graphics, that would usually be taken as embedded graphics running from the north bridge of the motherboard, and using system RAM. Just the way Intel hd graphics work, use the processor's power for the GPU. Anyway, I'm in for tough luck then, trying to run bf4 on my laptop :))

http://d35lb3dl296zwu.cloudfront.net/uploads/photo/image/16063/DSC_1303.jpg   Look at that face and tell me how do you expect her to do an UNBIASED REVIEW....she will compare it against an iPad Air.... how much do you want to bet ?

Still, Ms. Stern is super adorable, it's impossible to not like her.

Not sure about that. She looks like a mean grade school teacher. Not exactly adorable in my book, lol. BTW, who is she anyway?

Tech journalist, used to work for Engadget, then the Verge, then ABC News, now for the Wall Street Journal apparently.

Who is that?

What else would she compare it to.. That's what it competeing against.  It's a laptop not a tablet.

He said an iPad Air, not a MacBook Air.   In fairness, it should be compared to both.  As in, MacBook Air + iPad = Surface Pro.

By the logic of your last sentence, it should be compared to the MacBook Air and not the iPad Air.

I'm kind of annoyed at how obnoxious she was during this entire press event. When the camera was on her she seemed to do everything in her power to do mock the Surface Pro 3.

I agree, especially when he said that once OneNote syncs, she would have the note that he wrote on and she can be seen saying "I don't have it, I don't have it, I don't have it" (or some combination of words that means she did not have the note) several times on camera. It was like she was trying to make it seem like the Surface Pro 3 wasn't that good, things didn't work and that she was confused by it somehow.

Kinda makes you wonder why she, and anybody like her were even there.

Seriously man! I just wonder, is she a stranger to the way the cloud works or something???

Exact same thing I thought when I saw her reaction to it. And it's the exact same smug bullshit that's messing this industry up.

Can't expect much from people that have no clue, not even the faintest idea of the sheer brilliance and supreme effort that goes into these devices... It's very painful when they just dismiss out of hand so many feats of engineering and design, but I guess that's the world we live in now, it's all about the press and media...

Lol!!!

She really did look like she decided that the SP3 was crap the moment she saw it. Maybe it's just the way she is in general, but maybe she is bias, I don't know, I don't keep track of her work.

Looking nice. I think I'm interested in a pro device this time around.

It seems faster!

Someone said it already.

This thing is AWESOME! His argument for the surface was great and I loved that he called everybody out for having their laptops and ipads. 

Hells bells. I just got pro 2 in February

Why is the Windows logo on the side? Looks good. No need to upgrade my 2. Where's the mini?

I was thinking the same thing. It seems like it would easily to accidently hit the start button, considering most people hold the tablet on the sides. 

most people hold a piece of paper on the long side. and it's 3:2 so the primary idea is for portrait use. it's much better than 16:9

Then you hold it on the other side. Having the button on the shorter side is better when you are using it in portrait mode, assuming the camera and light sensor are still in the same position. It makes sense, so that you have one of the short side and one of the long side free for you to hold at any orientation. Your hands wont have to interfere with any button or camera/sensor.

One would think that it's because the keyboard attaches to the lower part of the bezel where it was on previous generations. Once you do that, you would't be able to use the home button. 

^^this

Remember, he marketed as a note book...

Is 9.1mm a typo ? This is crazy thin compared to the Surface Pro 2 ! How can they make everything more powerful and put all this in an even smaller chassis ? oO

No typo!

That's 4.3mm thinner than the Surface Pro 2. I guess the modified aspect ratio is responsible for this but still, it's damn impressive.

It is bigger, thinner and lighter than SP2. 

Why no Surface 3 though?

There's no need. The surface 2 is ahead of its time.

I think this is meant to draw those Mac crazed audience. Look how they feel so entitled just because they have a Mac.

Agreed. Everyone I know who went to Mac always seems entitled or they have to justify why they went Mac. :)

I've been told "once you go Mac, you won't go back." My own pitch, "once you go surface pro, you won't say no." ... And Mac is just a a ho... What you think of that?

Waiting for NVidia's K1 Processor to come out. ;)

Is this going to stay in the US and UK?. If yes, then it's a fail. There are other countries in the world, and Microsoft needs to enter other markets if they want to gain market share. The first 2 generations weren't launched in most of the world, what can we expect from the 3rd gen? I'm beginning to lose my patience.

In Malaysia, surface pro 2 still not arrived yet.. Lol now they announced surface pro 3..

They'll be sending the old stuff there soon.

http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-surface-pro-3-specs-features-everything-... Looks like a bunch of countries will get it. Posted via the WPC App for Android!

I think it's time to sell my Surface Pro 2... Which I just bought  2 months ago.

I just bought mine a week ago. Will definitely return now. Lol. 

Yeah, unfortunately I am out of the return window. :(

Yeah I'm out of my return window by a week.

I want a Surface Mini!!! If one is not announced today I will buy the Nexus 8 and forget about the Surface line. Office is coming to Android any way. Posted via the WPC App for Android!

Get the dell venue pro 8. Awesome stuff!

I want a Surface Mini RT. Posted via the WPC App for Android!

Why do you want such a small tablet ? 

It is mobile, light, can be used with one hand and fit in my purse. Posted via the WPC App for Android!

You must have not watched or paid attention to the event: Surface pro 3 mobile, light, c can be used with one hand, fitting in your purse it's over board necessity.

Is the weight under a pound and can it fit in a medium size purse? Posted via the WPC App for Android!

DV8P fits in my back jeans pocket. That's not overbroad necessity, it's a major f'n convenience.

Well, so can a phone, for instance a 6 inch lumia 1520. You can't really do much on an 8 inch tablet. Multitasking becomes a pain in the ass, you can't work with office very well, you'd need a seperate device for that. In the end it'd come down to taking notes, watchin netflix and such. That's my view  I can perfectly understand that you'd like something else. 

My Original Nexus 7 works great for me, except for 2 things.
1. I want a little larger screen size for web browsing - an 8" screen size is perfect.
2. I want all web pages I go to be the full website and all embedded links to work.
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LIke someone mentioned above. The Dell Venue 8 Pro. Full Windows 8 does everything that RT does so you will get your 1 and 2 above but with the added compatibility of being able to use whatever web browsers that you want. Go ahead and use FireFox, Chrome or any other of your favorite browsers that are not available on RT but are available on Windows.   Why have the limits of RT when you can have Windows 8.1 Update and create your OWN limits. Don't use Windows programs because you don't want to use them, not because you can't use them in RT. You are not losing anything with Windows, you are gaining what RT offers and gaining everything that RT doesn't have. Also, full windows isn't slower or any other negative connotations that you may or may not have read somewhere.  

If no Surface a mini is announced, then I'm definitely springing for the Dell Venue 8 Pro.

Don't bother waiting for the Surface mini.  Get the Venue 8 Pro (64GB).   I use it more than both my Surface Pro and Pro 2 because of its portability.

You won't regret the Venue 8 Pro!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efDdh1iOC_8&list=UUIVJaXRBpzFJD_SDDv-_wHQ  

I am going to wait until Google I/O before I make a decision about my next tablet. When I got home from work, I loaded Firefox on my Nexus 7 and it solved my browser problems! HTC is rumored to be making the Nexus 8. Hopefully it will have an active digitizer. A pen is not a must have for me but it would be nice to have one. Posted via the WPC App for Android!

I still don't get releasing the SP3 only 6 months after the SP2. It feels like they either rushed it out didn't believe in the SP2. Even if they just called this thing the "Surface Pro 2 XL" it might come across better.

Welcome to the tech biz. It's been this way for oh I don't know. FOREVER.

Examples please.

The most prominent:  iPad 3 to iPad 4 But hey it's just more Apple magic sooner!  /s

Here is one example: The iPad 3 came out March 16, 2012 and the iPad 4 came out November 2, 2012....what was worse is that the iPad 3 and iPad 4 had the same name in some markets: iPad with Retina Display. Confusing? No?  

How on earth is "Surface Pro 2 XL" a better name? The Surface 2 was good, but it was too small to replace a laptop & too heavy to use a tablet. This fixes both those problems. Does it suck for people who bought the 2 that it's out so soon, yes, but given sales of the 2 are mediocre I think it's a smart move to bring this out as soon as it's ready. I think under Ballmer they'd have waited a year between releases. I prefer this faster MS. Shame I just bought a laptop, would have been bloody tempted by this depending on the price.

dude watch the video. nothing about this device feels rushed silly. move fast or die. welcome to tech.

So any news on pricing and release date? I was on the fence for a Surface pro 2 due to its size, but this is PERFECT. 

On sale tomorrow, starting at $799.

Both were already in the article, but... i3-4GB RAM-64GB - $799 i5-4GB RAM-128GB - $999 i5-8GB RAM-256GB - $1299 i7-8GB RAM-256GB - $1549 i7-8GB RAM-512GB - $1949   Due out tomorrow.

Holy wowzers, that's getting into Macbook *Pro Retina* pricing territory.   Not sure how wise that is.
 

Very wise, since this is a computer, not an iPad on a stand.

I bought my Surface 2 in January but this is making me drool.

This is God's tablet

9.1mm thin? How thick is the surface pro?

SP2 13.4mm Surface 2: 8.9mm

NEED FLASH TO WATCH EVENT BROADCAST!?!? Really, MS? Guess you wouldn't want someone with a Windows Phone to be able to watch it...

I just finished watching it on Lumia 620!

I just watched it on my 920. This guy is either BSing or...

Umm... it was available in HTML5... I was watching it on my phone with no issues?

i watched it on my windows phone

Yeah...watched it on my L1320

Watched it in my Lumia 920 with 8.1 installed.

Links from here on WPC did not take me to html5 page. Tried all of them and got "you need flash" messages.

Is it really 2160x1440 or is it supposed to read 2560x1440?

it is a 3:2 screen sadly. probably the biggest downer of the whole thing. but I suppose they really think people use these things in tall format which off course, makes no sense as a laptop replacement.

Oh ok. Yeah, I've never used a device with that aspect ratio. Still, I'm excited to play around with one in-store!! Still have my fingers crossed for a surface mini, though.

Actually 3:2 is the perfect magic ratio, it would just shut everyone up regarding how the iPad 4:3 ratio is superior to 16:9 in portrait while at the same time would satisfy all those people who want 16:10 in landscape.  This is not a downer at all, it's the jackpot.

They're trying to make sure former iPad users don't have a hard time transitioning over to the surface. At least that's my guess..

The SP3 uses 3:2 aspect ratio instead of 16:9, so the horizonal pixels are less if the vertical pixels are kept at same 1440 pixels.

Very cool device. I would have liked a small surface as well. And what about a Surface 3?

Not really sure there is a new processor to justify a Surface 3 yet, kinda disappointing that they didn't release the 7.5" Surface today also, even though the 12" is the one I would buy.

Surface 3 is probably waiting on the NVidia's K1 chipset to finalize. ;) http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-k1-processor.html

8GB should be the standard really. Like with my SP2, I will have to spend 1300 bucks just to have a decent RAM allocation when in fact the cheaper device has all the specs I'd want, minus ram.

Words can't explain how happy I am with Microsoft. It drives me insane when people flock around with their iPads and MacBooks flaunting how amazing it is. I'm getting this a) to definitely replace my laptop, and b) to prove how wrong they've been splurging on pointless Apple products.

I'll be in line right behind you....bye bye Nokia 2520, you just go canned. Not this its bad, but this will be all I Need.

I've never felt poorer.

I watched on my phone 925 8.1

Tell me more.

Wow this is a premium device. But I can only affor a $500 laptop

Its time to buy a Surface Pro 2

I wonder if they will do some sort of exchange program. Give a previous generation surface, get a discount. Thatd be nice tho im not gonna hold my breath for it.

avaliable the next day too? wow, talk about being impressive microsoft! 

You can buy it tomorrow, but won't be in your hands until mid-to-late June if I read correctly.

2x3 ratio is going to be awesome for reviewing photographs from a DSLR.

Good bye windows 8 Rt. Most useless operating system ever made ;D 

I wouldn't say most useless, but it might just be goodbye.  I love my Surface RT.

Why do you say this? Is iOS or Android really superior to RT? Now I'm talking of the core OS itself not the number of apps available for it... I think people fail to realize that RT is MS OS for ARM. In terms of the raw OS, RT is pretty powerful for an ARM operating system, it is not in any way inferior to iOS or Android...

I'm sad, where is the Mini surface????

so no surface mini, and no clue about battery life. 12 inch is a perfect size for me, i haven't bought a laptop since 10 years ago.

WOW THEY ARE NOT KIDDING THIS TIME AROUND.  THIS IS MY NEXT PRIMARY DEVICE!!!!!!!  *Drools*

No Surface Mini? Geez...was all excited and a total let down as I'm really would love a RT in the size of a iPad Mini...guess I can't fully get all Win8. Guess Ill pick up that iPad Mini I've been putting off in hopes of a RT in the 8" size range.

Why get and iPad mini the dell venue pro 8 is an 8 inch and you get the full experience of windows, no compromise I love mine and I use it more than my old kindle and it's a great size when I don't want to lug around my ipad or laptop. 

Well, you have options. You can always opt for one of the numerous 8-inch Pro models, or you could go with the iPad Mini. You won't be disappointed in the Mini: the screen looks great, battery life is great, and it provides an all-around smooth experience. But, as much as I like it, iOS is limited in functionality, especially when compared to a Windows tablet.

i5 - 8GB sounds perfect

Very beautiful. It's a shame that Surfaces aren't available worldwide

100% Decided now.  Have had the SP2 since launch and looking to see whats out there to give to staff.  10 SP3's looks like the answer, wonder what ports the dock will have, is there a place to put the pen, im on 3rd one already!

Dude, can I come work for you?

Hehe, funily enough I own an IT recruitment company, Nokia is a client, will see if we can start supplying MSFT :)

DAT SURFACE O.O

What the hell? No cheaper Surface 3??? I'd get an iPad or Surface Pro 2 over these prices!

I'm always confused when people put the iPad and ANY Surface Pro in the same sentence for comparison sake. They are so different its almost ridiculous to compare them!

It turns me into ..(pulp fiction quote) .. A mushroom cloud laying *&^*^&& Seriosly tho I was reading through Joanna Stern's twitter comments and so many Apple fan boys compare it to an iPad LOL She doesnt even take the time to clear up this popular misconception...its like comparing an Xbox One to a 1 trick pony Pac Man game.  I have an Ipad as well and its great for kitchen use as I dont care if it gets covered in flour or eggs, SP2 tho - too valuable to take it into kitchen, especially the way i cook!

Laptop style keyboard accessory?

Im in love with Pro 3 but sadly I wont be able to afford it as a student :(

Would be cool if a version came out with a real graphics card. Even if it's thicker.

These type cover things still look awful to me....no thanks...  

Yeah, it has some nice features, like the pen input demo, but this can't replace a laptop though. IMO, they *still* didn't solve that 'lapability' thing.   Looks very awkward trying to prop a SP3 on your lap.

It appears so to me too.. The lapability problem, but I'm willing to give it a try first before passing my final decision..

so are the announcements done, just the sp3?  i thought it was giong to be multiple models?  guess not. 

This is going to be the hottest W8.1 device that would put tremendous pressure on all OEMs and all other tablet formfactors.  Every business professionals will jump on SP3 immediately.  MS will face the supply issue again.  The SP2 would be discounted soon.

I'm feeling sad, as I got my SP2 in April 1st and now they released Surface pro 3 that to its better in every aspect from my SP2, now I'm in India I can't even exchange it but MSFT is doing really good things with their Surface haardware. May be they can continue that on Lumia too. Really good times ahead for Microsoft yay.

Just sell it! Simple

i think the price point is good compared to competition. this is competing with ultrabooks and notebooks. clearly in the conference he kept comparing it the laptops and walking with a tablet. WORK n PLAY in one package that is lightweight, portable, durable and customizable n not least running WINDOWS 8.1 x64. Now i think 799 is not. for some reason i think its competing in 2 categories and killing each Tablets and Laptop. to buy a laptop with core i3 youll be spending like 800-1000 so why are ppl complaining about 799 for so many advantages you get with this device.

Well said, well said. If I would have just a single device to replace my countless toys and laptop, this would be it! Solid bargain, doesn't get any better seriously!

Did he show how to connect the pen to the surface? It sucks so much with my pro 2.

I so thought that when they compared the Surface Pro 3 to a 8.5 x 11 pad of paper, that they were going to whip out the Surface Mini and compare it to the standard 5x8 pads of paper.  That's what I take all my notes on...

Lol, they really love the kickstands at Microsoft. I guess the next makes the surface fly and swim.

I think its presently the 'only' way to really preserve that tablet feel.. The alternative is the yoga style or vaio convertibles which really cannot get that slim...

I agree and think they made a good job here. But it still appears a bit funny that they spend so much time for such a simple thing. But yeah, as he said, it's critical.

awesome device.. will the i3 processor be powerful than the processor in ipad air?

Yeah, but does it pack NVIDIA?

Aww was anticipating the surface mini... never the less the SP3 will be hard to beat. The weight comparisson between the 13" Macbook and the Surface Pro 3 was genius :D plus it was subtle yet agressive. Any word on the uk pricing?

But he "forgot" to weigh the surface with the keyboard attached, lol. So it looked a bit unfair. Or did i miss it?

Love the high resolution option, but did they address the color gamut?  Nobody ever asks those questions. For the Surface to take the lead, especially for Photoshop and video work, a wide color gamut would let it lead the pack rather than suffer behind it.  Resolution isn't everything. That said, I love my original Surface and would like to upgrade, but I really want better color fidelity.  So far, the only laptop that even remotely gives better color seems to be the Asus UX301 with its 2560x1440 display.  I think it gets about 80% sRGB if I remember correctly.

If the Surface line continues to be this awesome when my lap top dies I will seriously consider moving towards a Surface - in the meantime I will start saving my money and not be in a hurry to spend my Best Buy Cards in case it happens sooner than I expect

Could someone tell me about the battry of this device ,, how much it could stand ?

Same question, What is the battery life on this?

15% better than pro2. Probably around 9 hours

This is insane! Waiting eagerly for the hands on!!

My boss at my engineering company has announced they're ditching the Dell laptops for Surface Pro 3's.

It's as if MS has been following me around and addressed every concern I had on the SP1 and SP2. Now I have no choice but to get a SP3. I'm now a full Surface Pro fanboy!

A really really cool device but at least here in Mérida, Mexico we only have the Surface Pro first generation. I hope they try to bring it soon here because that note taking capabilities are exactly what I'm looking for.

That tablet looks awesome

I wish I knew what i5s they were and if they support virtual technologies and if they are quad core or quad core with hyper threading, etc. I'm looking forward to a more detailed specs sheet on it as well as pictures of the docking station which I'm hoping can be layed down flat while its hooked up to two monitors to replace my desktop. I'm pretty excited about this however I was hoping that the surface pro 3 was going to stay at 10" and then just make a mini version and a larger version such as this one as options. I wonder if we'll see another surface pro at 10".

Where are you surface mini

By default the 10 inch just became the mini :)

Cut down the price. Keep buyback offers against macbooks. So the surface rises and Mac book falls

Who wants to buy my Surface Pro 2?

A lot of people are saying this beats the iPad, but I have to say, I have a SP1 and a Nokia 2520 (LTE) and an iPad Air (LTE) and I use the SP1 LEAST of all because it doesn't have LTE support.   For a device to truly replace BOTH my laptop and my current tablets it has to work anywhere and without LTE this doesn't.  Sorry - good - but not quite there for me.  If it has it, I haven't seen it listed in any specs yet.  Of course they may add it later, then I will have to consider it....
 

Why compare the SP1 with the iPad or the 2520??? I don't understand :-(

iPads are designed for the same people who only like/listen to music they hear on the radio, even though most of it's lacking in substance, but everyone else likes it. So...the overpriced/under featured iPad wins consumers: The iCattle I call them.

You must not have spent much time with an iPad then if that's all you think it can do.  It does a lot more than that and the new versions of the MS Office apps on them make them very useful, especially when paired with a BT keyboard.   It's not just consumers buying them either, they are the top in business use too and there are a lot of vertical market apps written for them.  And when it comes to eBook reading, I prefer the text rendering on the iPad to anything MS produces with ClearType, especially when looking at technical documents. Take a further look, I think you'd be surprised how much depth is actually there. Surface and Surface Pro can compete, but not until people stop pretending the iPad is a media consumption device only.

I would only very partially agree with you here. Those apps you are referring to are extremely light weight seriously. I mean, can I run my circuit simulations that take about 2 hrs on my Core i7 with 8GB on my iPad? or Can I run complex Matlab scripts on it? Or do serious video processing? These are the types of things people that buy the Surface Pro use it for, not reading ebooks, or even MS Office! It's a waste of money to use the overpowered Surface Pro for anything that RT or an iPad can do. Truth is ANY Surface Pro simply should not be compared to an iPad or RT device.

No they compare to ultrabooks and still don't compete, because you can get an ultrabook with identical specs and have it cost 200-300 less.

For the price I pay for a iPad with equal.memory of surface rt they don't compare its still able to do the media consumption plus easier to be productive free full office and keyboard attached not seperate with the ability to plug in a mouse or keyboard, any USB, u realize u overpaid for a toy

Looks like a great device.  I am disappointed by the lack of the Mini that was rumored, but this is a much more intriguing tablet than the Surface Pro has ever been.  That said, I don't understand the iPad comparisons or the iPad hate.  It too is a great device for what it is and it did create a revolution.  For me, the Surface Pro 3 would be a better device, but it also costs quite a bit more.

Windows still needs a "Bookshelf" type app integrated in the os. So glad they went with 3:2 much better for reading.

I get that they're supposed to compete with computers, but they just cost too dang much. If I'm going to shell out 1000$ for a laptop I can get a pretty good gaming ultrabook. What the surface is competing with are convertible pcs that only need the power of a netbook. People will use the surface for typing documents, not high performance computing. The surface is a novelty item. It's gorgeous, but not worth it with ultrabooks as small and cheap as they are. I'd rather have a real keyboard and a dedicated video card.

No, surface mini?

This is truly revolutionary! Finally, the Empire strikes back! The way forward for MS is emphasizing it's true strength. Productivity! Apple can't touch this!

Not interest. Wanted a Surface Mini running RT.

So its Intel HD 5000 graphics?

I think SP3 looks great. I just bought a LYPro 2 and I'm pretty happy with it. I cna't really see going to the SP3 quickly. I was really hoping for Surface Mini built around not taking. I have a surface 2 but I find even that is bigger than idea for taking notes in a meeting. I do have a Dell venue Pro 8 and with the update and the new pen it'll be OK for now but really want and 8 inch with superb note taking capbilities. DVP 8 is just good, not great.

Friction kickstand?  Does it emulate a hinge?

Honestly the Windows button at the side of the device is a big turn-off for me. I loved the SP2, but this one is, because of that, a no deal for me :/

This is terrific! Now all I need is a decent sheet music app on W8.

Starting at $799 ? They need to have a base one that would be cheaper than a iPAD, if they cant do that they will have a problem capturing that market. That was the primary market Microsoft was going for with Windows 8 (yea, say as you will but, moving to a touched base interface is CLEARLY trying to expand the marketplace). Nothing about RT based models, does this mean RT is dead at this point ? They need to have a lower priced tablet...

Seems faster

Woohoo, that's what I was talking about. Love this thing, if it was 128GB for $800 and weighted 700g nothing would stop me from buying this ASAP (and if they release this model with RT for that price I'm buying with no hesitation, because 700g or less is essential if I am to use it as a tablet).

I'm curious about the batter life....

Is this supposed to compete with iPad as many are suggesting? Looks to me like this is supposed to be competing in the hybrid laptop/tablet space.

Wanted Surface Mini =\

This seems amazing, I mostly wanted an iPad to read comics, and play hearthstone and w/e else but this I can use comixology without going outside the app, read manga z, play hearthstone, and all my indie games :D Also draw and use photoshop directly! I would be able to also update the website on the fly if needed.  The thing is...The minimum to get is the i5,  since really 64gb?  More like 27gb after everything is said and done...$1000 plus tax...that is quite a big invest ment really.  The one I would LOVE to get is the i7 with 256gb...I also was really hoping for a surface mini with 8.1 on it...

On my 2013 MacBook Air, using Windows 8.1 mostly for Visual Studio development, I get about 12 hours of battery. I will pass on the Surface 3.

That nine hours for browsing the web. Nothing, i meam uses battery like the web. Posted via the WPC App for Android!