Microsoft has unveiled two new touch pads "Surface" with powerful features and a price range from $ 449 to $ 1799.
The Microsoft Surface, the first version was presented a year ago, are tablet devices more than laptops. Both offer a retractable stand, detachable touchpad and can receive USB devices. Like a traditional laptop? This is especially true for Surface Pro 2, a little less for Surface 2 RT.
Surface 2 "RT"
The weak point of the original Surface RT was not its price or its configuration, or its looks, but its Windows RT operating system, Windows 8 created for ARM mobile processors on which we can only use Windows Store's 10 000 applications instead of traditional software.It is one of the improvements announced by Microsoft witch now offers 100,000 applications in the Windows Store for its Surface 2 "RT". It is not in fact the only good news on the side of software and services as a result Office 2013 RT, integrated by default, is now included with the email client Outlook 2013 RT.
If the software package swells, this is not the case of the tablet witch itself becomes even more thin (less than 9mm thick) and lightweight, says Microsoft. The components and features are also improved in the tablet witch is animated by a NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor which will display Windows 8.1 RT on a screen of 10.6 inch ClearType Full HD.
Storage capacity does not change but the user has the option to complete his disk space using the new USB 3.0 port or 200 GB of SkyDrive storage offered for two years.The Tablet of 32GB will be offered on October 22 at a price of $449 and $549 for the 64 GB version (all without keyboard).
Surface Pro 2
If the Windows 8.1 Pro comes with Surface Pro 2 to display perfectly the full Office suite, it will not be included by default and must be acquired separately. The tablet, like any PC under Windows 8.1, can run traditional software and 100,000 applications on the Windows Store.
The installed processor, Intel Core i5 and the fourth-generation Haswell will be supported by 4 GB of RAM for 64 and 128 GB or 8 GB of RAM for storage of 256 and 512 GB .
Unlike Surface 2 "RT", with its robust configuration and ample storage space, the Surface Pro 2 is a laptop that worth this name, able to perform all the tasks that are expected of a PC, without sacrificing the mobile side.Only accessory included, the stylus used to taking notes or drawing in tablet mode.
Comparison Between The Two Tablets
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Price, release date and pre-order
Two versions of the Surface RT will be available for some time.The first version sold from $349 since the summer price drop and the new Surface 2 "RT" available in two versions.Surface 2 32 GB: $449 (without keyboard)
Surface 2 64 GB: $549 (without keyboard)
In the other side, the first version of Surface Pro completely disappears to make room for four versions of the Surface Pro 2 offering storage capacity and RAM levels.
Surface Pro 2 64Go/4Go RAM: $899 (without keyboard)
Surface Pro 2 128Go/4Go RAM: $999 (without keyboard)
Surface Pro 2 256Go/8Go RAM: $1299 (without keyboard)
Surface Pro 2 512Go/8Go RAM: $1799 (without keyboard)
The Surface 2 and Pro 2 is available for pre-order today from the Microsoft Store. The launch is just a few days after Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 on 17 October.
