Pre Order Surface Pro 64gb and get $100 GC @microsoftstore.com

Hi,

I am thinking you meant 64GB model. I see it as $899+$100 gift card. How did you get $800+$100 gift card? Please let me know.

Quote from woomer051 : http://surface.microsoftstore.com...aching=off Add to cart and you will see a $100 credit for your next purchase. NOTE: They are sold out and taking preorders. The 128gb is $900 and this model is $800 + $100 in credit. I would certainly recommend this over the 128gb model (plus they are not taking pre orders for the 128gb model). Please do not thumb down because this is a pre-order, it would not be very accurate to do so. Many video game pre order deals would never hit front page if thumbing down pre orders made any sense, which it doesn't.

how do you preorder 128GB?
do i have to call?
that is against the SD rule!

Quote from retrospeedo : Hi, I am thinking you meant 64GB model. I see it as $899+$100 gift card. How did you get $800+$100 gift card? Please let me know.

My bad, edited. I did not purchase this, I just saw that it had a gift card offer and thought people pre ordering would like to know. Would probably pay for most if not all of a keyboard.
I will sit out until intel based tablets come down in price. However, this is an excellent product that is as smooth as butter. I currently own an asus tf600 rt tab I got for $350 w/ keyboard, however its obviously restricted to the MS Store. Given the smooth experience on a tegra 3, I can't even imagine how w8 runs on an i5. This simply isn't in the same league as an ipad, I hope people don't start comparing them on this forum. An ipad simply doesn't have the architecture to accomplish what this tablet does. For its price however, it will scare many.

Quote from rocodog : how do you preorder 128GB? do i have to call? that is against the SD rule!

Rumor is such limited qts that they are not taking orders for it now. I did not call, however calling probably wont do anything at all.

How is the battery life on the new i5 version compared to the say Dell/HP/Lenovo versions with Atom CPU? I'd be more tempted if it weren't for sales tax w/ MS store...

I'm hearing a lot of rumours that the prices on these will be coming down due to low sales and general meh reception of Windows 8. I am sure the initial demand will be high on these beefier units, but will it hold up? I would like to get one of these at some point, but they seem a little pricey right now.

Quote from rocodog : how do you preorder 128GB? do i have to call? that is against the SD rule!

The call rule only applies for price mistakes, coupons / coupon stacking, other possible errors, etc.

This is an advertised sale - there is no harm from calling.

Quote from SilverSurfer : I'm hearing a lot of rumours that the prices on these will be coming down due to low sales and general meh reception of Windows 8. I am sure the initial demand will be high on these beefier units, but will it hold up? I would like to get one of these at some point, but they seem a little pricey right now.

I don't think the price will come down for quite some time - after all, the Pro's were JUST released. And generally businesses are the ones that are buying. Other than a sale every now and then like this one with a $100 GC included, I wouldn't expect a price drop any earlier than 6 months, if not Christmas time .. and I doubt it will be a significant drop on the Pro units since these are not targeted towards casual or home users primarily.

Weak sales are on the RT models, people see the marketplace for those going as far as the windows phone..........This is basically like introducing a whole new segment (although I really think that was done with atom based w8 tablets too). There were windows desktops (majority) then windows laptops (majority) now windows based tablets. As prices lower and get closer to laptops (larger screen sizes too maybe), you really just have to ask yourself do I want a laptop or a laptop that I can take the screen off and use as a tablet too? This has a 3rd gen i5 with intel 4000 integrated grx, you simply can't compare it to a kindle/ipad/galaxy. So you keep the same functionality of a laptop and only add more options.

It is expensive but at least it replaces any need for something like a macbook air. Now with w8 os and a touch screen, and the fact you can run programs as you like on desktop mode with a keyboard, whats the point of a macbook air unless you solely want mac os. You have to give up touch features and a touch screen. You'd have to buy an ipad and carry both around (laughs). There are tablets and there are intel tablets, which are basically laptops.

Quote from SilverSurfer : I'm hearing a lot of rumours that the prices on these will be coming down due to low sales and general meh reception of Windows 8. I am sure the initial demand will be high on these beefier units, but will it hold up? I would like to get one of these at some point, but they seem a little pricey right now.

it won't happen.
don't listen to A and i fanboys speculations.
I think the price is reasonable if you consider some fancy stuffs that it has.

and microsoft has to swallow up much its pride for that too happen. and they are too rich for that. They won't probably lower the price until like BF or when the new one comes out.


I will take the surface pro 64gb one with 100 coupon over ipads and nexus 10 any day.
no comparison here.

good deal but noone wants a 64 GB Surface Pro

I wish somebody would tear this thing down and let us know for certain if the SSD is replaceable. If it is, I'm all in for a 64GB version just so I can strip it out and put in a 240GB SSD from Crucial or Intel. We already know that the SSD is a mSATA part from Crucial, we just don't know if its soldered, or a custom form factor, or just a royal PITA to get to.

Quote from jwcdis : good deal but noone wants a 64 GB Surface Pro

Meh, flash drives or micro sd..............also if its msata then $100 more for 64gb is really not the way to go.

wow, just saw 1080p screen, thats not even necessary, 720p would have been fine

Quote from SilverSurfer : I'm hearing a lot of rumours that the prices on these will be coming down due to low sales and general meh reception of Windows 8. I am sure the initial demand will be high on these beefier units, but will it hold up? I would like to get one of these at some point, but they seem a little pricey right now.

$99 or bust.

Quote from jwcdis : good deal but noone wants a 64 GB Surface Pro

Bill Gates said he uses these...in interviews. I'm sure he has a secret ipad somewhere for casual use, though.