Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet with the Windows 8 OS is due to ship on Feb. 9, starting at $899. The tablet will have a 10.6-inch screen and come in models with 64GB and 128GB of storage. Surface Pro’s early reviews have been mixed, and there are many Windows 8 alternatives already available from Samsung, Acer, Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard. The tablets come with touchscreens and Intel’s Core processors, and a keyboard attachment turns the tablets into full Windows 8 laptops. The tablets mostly come with 128GB of storage.
But the Core processor demands a lot of power, so these tablets won’t offer the battery life of Microsoft’s Surface RT or Android tablets, or even Windows 8 tablets running on Intel’s tablet-specific Atom chip code-named Clover Trail. Windows RT devices cannot run existing Windows applications, however, so Surface Pro alternatives could appeal to buyers looking for a PC and tablet in one.
“I would absolutely love a product that could double as a tablet for easy carrying,” said Catherine Chang, who is master instructor at Chang’s Taekwondo America in Methuen, Massachusetts.
She already uses laptops at home and school, and uses Apple’s iPhone 4 often for tasks such as email and Web browsing. But she is looking to buy a new laptop and has considered a tablet, and a device that combines the best of both is attractive, Chang said.
Source : pcworld.com
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