Surface 3 announced (10.8 ", full Windows, $499)

[Why-Fi]

http://betanews.com/2015/03/31/microsoft-announces-surface-3-thinner-lighter-and-runs-full-windows/

Surface Pro 3 is the tablet that can replace your laptop, according to Microsoft. Assuming you spend money buying a Type Cover for it of course. My colleague Brian Fagioli absolutely loves his Surface Pro 3, but it’s not cheap.

If you fancy the slate, but your budget won’t stretch to the asking price, there’s good news -- Microsoft has just announced a cheaper follow up to Surface 2, called, naturally enough, Surface 3, and it’s cheaper than the Pro version, and doesn’t run Windows 8.x RT like its predecessor.

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The new tablet sports a smaller 10.8-inch screen, runs full Windows 8.1 (and will run Windows 10 in time), and costs from $499, for which you get 64GB of storage and 2GB of RAM, and a year’s subscription to Office 365. It's powered by a quad-core Intel Atom x7 processor and the screen supports pressure-sensitive pen input, like the Surface Pro 3. It is thin (just 8.7 mm) and light (1.37 pounds or 622 grams) too. Obviously it's nowhere near as powerful as the Surface Pro 3, but it's a good compromise if you can't afford the larger device.

Surface 3 also has front- (3.5MP) and rear-facing (8MP) cameras that both capture 1080p video. It's charged via microUSB, like most (non-Apple) phones. It includes a full-size USB 3.0 port, a Mini DisplayPort and a microSD card reader.

As you’d expect, it doesn’t come with a keyboard, that’s extra.

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Y so cheap

 

[Rekkapryde]

I'm confused. I thought the Surface Pro 3 dropped last year?

@Hiphoplives4eva

 

[Why-Fi]

I'm confused. I thought the Surface Pro 3 dropped last year?

@Hiphoplives4eva

it did. this is surface 3, slightly smaller and lower end version. drop the pro

 

[JerkPork]

This is the Surface 3, not the Pro line.

Surface RT to Surface 2 to Surface 3.

It runs full windows 8.1 (since RT is dead) using the latest Atom quad-core processor.

 

[Rekkapryde]

this shyt then.

Wait on the Pro 4 then.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Y so cheap

Much weaker processor. My Surface Pro uses an intel quad core chip. Performs like a beast!

Windows 8 runs very efficiently, so I'm sure the Atom processor in this thing will run just fine. Excellent budget tablet PC, especially given the fact it supports pen input.

 

[StatUS]

Much weaker processor. My Surface Pro uses an intel quad core chip. Performs like a beast!

Windows 8 runs very efficiently, so I'm sure the Atom processor in this thing will run just fine. Excellent budget tablet PC, especially given the fact it supports pen input.

Surface has never used a quad core chip on the pro line.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Surface has never used a quad core chip on the pro line.

My surface pro 3 has an intel i5 processor. its a quad core chip buddy. Get familiar

http://ark.intel.com/products/family/75024/4th-Generation-Intel-Core-i5-Processors#@All

 

[StatUS]

My surface pro 3 has an intel i5 processor. its a quad core chip buddy. Get familiar

http://ark.intel.com/products/family/75024/4th-Generation-Intel-Core-i5-Processors#@All

The Surface Pro line uses dual core u series low voltage processors.

It would be a modern marvel to put a desktop class cpu in such a thin package and retain such long battery life.

I also have a SP3 if that helps.

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

My surface pro 3 has an intel i5 processor. its a quad core chip buddy. Get familiar

http://ark.intel.com/products/family/75024/4th-Generation-Intel-Core-i5-Processors#@All

That's a dual core processor. The i7 in the Surface Pro 3 is also a dual core.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Appreciate it brehs...

 

[Cat piss martini]

i'll wait for the pro version.

 

[teacher]

i'll wait for the pro version.

It came out last year

 

[Why-Fi]

you have to buy the pen separately with these...