The CDW website currently has a listing for a 256 GB version of Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet, which has a price of $1,199.99. So far, Microsoft has yet to confirm this new version of the Surface.
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One year after Microsoft surprised the world with the announcement of Surface, we look back on the launch, and reflect on how the tablets have done since then, and what's still to come.
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After revealing details of its UK launch, Microsoft has announced availability and pricing info for the Surface Pro in a number of European countries, with most of them going for a May 31st date.
Microsoft has announced that the Surface Pro tablet will go on sale in Australia on May 30th on the local Microsoft Store website along with the JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman retail stores.
Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro tablet, the Surface Pro, will go on sale in the UK starting May 23rd, but it will only be on sale online via the UK Microsoft Store website.
Microsoft's latest firmware update for its Surface Pro and Surface RT tablets have been released, which offer some WiFi improvements for the Pro version and speaker upgrades for the RT tablet.
The Surface Pro will go on sale in Hong Kong starting on Friday, several weeks after the Windows 8 Pro version of Microsoft's tablet went on sale in mainland China.
Microsoft's latest software update for its Surface Pro product will fix a few issues with the Windows 8 Pro device, along with adding support for different types of keyboards.
As part of their effort to get businesses to stop using Windows XP, Microsoft is offering small and medium size businesses a 15 percent discount to Windows 8 Pro from now until June 30th.
Microsoft put in a new automatic update for owners of the Surface Pro PC this week that the company says is designed to improve the performance of its SSD during the boot process.
Panos Panay, the leader of Microsoft's Surface hardware team, said in a brief speech today that the Surface RT is a tablet, while the Surface Pro is meant to be a PC, despite its tablet form factor.
Microsoft has announced that China will be the first country outside the US and Canada to sell the Surface Pro tablet. The Windows 8 Pro device will begin sales on April 2nd in that country.
In a new blog post, Microsoft has promised it will continue to offer software updates for its Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets, including fixes for continuing WiFi and Surface Pro stylus issues.
Microsoft has released a new video that goes behind the scenes on the making of their recent Surface PR TV commercial The Vibe, directed by G.I. Joe Retaliation director Jon M. Chu.
Some owners of the Surface Pro tablet from Microsoft are reporting they are still experiencing issues with its WiFi connectivity, despite an update earlier in March designed to fix the issue.
Microsoft has issued the first software update for its Windows 8 Pro-based Surface Pro tablet, adding in support for the operating system's Windows To Go feature as well as other fixes.
A little known Chinese PC maker called HKC is displaying a "tablet PC" that runs Windows 8 Pro with a case design that's very similar to Microsoft's Surface Pro, complete with built in kickstand.
The Microsoft Store website once again has 128 GB Surface Pro units available for sale, after going out of stock earlier this week. You can also download the music from the recent Surface Pro TV ad.
The Microsoft Store website now shows that it is "out of stock" of of the 128GB version of the Surface Pro tablet, although some retail stores are reporting they have some units on their shelves.
The Microsoft Store location in Seattle managed to get a shipment of 50 units of the 128 GB Surface Pro tablets, but the store sold out of their shipment in less than an hour.
Even though the 128 GB Microsoft Surface Pro tablet is in short supply at the moment, it still shows up in fourth place in online tablet sales on Best Buy's website.
A quick check of Microsoft Stores' retail locations indicated that the 128 GB version of the Surface Pro tablet is still unavailable but a new shipment may be coming in Tuesday or Wednesday.
Panos Panay, the leader of the Surface tablet team, said during a Twitter chat that Microsoft will be shipping more units of the 128 GB version of the Surface Pro to select stores by Saturday.
Microsoft has released a new "Getting Started" guide, in PDF format, that's designed to offer information for new owners of both the Surface and the new Surface Pro tablet.
Panos Panay, the leader of Microsoft's Surface division, says that the company is working "to replenish supplies as quickly as possible" of the currently scarce 128 GB Surface Pro tablet.
Microsoft has updated the Surface website with official 64 and 128 GB storage numbers for the Surface Pro, but the site uses the binary system rather than the decimal system used in Surface ads.
People who buy the Surface Pro tablet from Microsoft will have the mainstream support for the product end on July 10th, 2017, several months before mainstream support for Windows 8 Pro ends.
During today's Reddit AMA session, the leader of the Microsoft Surface team hinted that the new connectors on the bottom of the upcoming Surface Pro could be used for an external battery.
The Windows 8 Pro version of Microsoft's Surface tablet has started to go on display in some US retail stores, with sales of the new device set to begin on February 9th.
Microsoft will hold a low key launch event for its upcoming Windows 8 Pro version of the Surface tablet on February 9th in New York City, the day before the tablet officially goes on sale.
At least some Microsoft Store retail locations are allowing people to pick up reservation cards that will guarantee they will be able to buy a Surface Pro tablet when it goes on sale February 9th.
Microsoft Surface general manager Panos Panay is hinting strongly that the company won't offer people a chance to pre-order the Surface Pro tablet before its official launch date of February 9th.
A new video for the upcoming Surface Pro tablet from Microsoft seems to suggest it's made for work , while older videos for the Surface RT show people using it for "fun". But will that strategy work?
Panos Panay, the lead on Microsoft's Surface division, posted a Twitter message that strongly hints the company has plans for a new TV commercial focusing on the Surface Pro version of the tablet.
The leader of Microsoft's Surface tablet division, used Twitter to announce the Pro version is "…arriving in the coming weeks" but would not confirm if it would still be released in January.
Microsoft has confirmed to Neowin that the upcoming launch of the Surface Pro tablet, running Windows 8 Pro, won't come with a free version of Office as the Windows RT version did.
Microsoft is reminding people who bought or will buy a new Windows 7 PC between June 2nd and January 31st will still be able to get a $14.99 upgrade to Windows 8 Pro until January 31st.
Microsoft's general manager for the Surface tablet, Panos Panay, has stated that the Surface Pro tablet with Windows 8 will have "approximately half the battery life" of the Windows RT version.
Microsoft has announced that the Surface Pro tablet with Windows 8 Pro will be priced starting at $899 for the 64 GB version, with the 128 GB version getting a $999 price tag.
