Microsoft's table-sized tablet Surfaces for pre-order

[ronjor]

By Jon Brodkin

Almost a year after being demoed at the Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft's next-generation Surface hardware is almost ready for customers. The giant, table-sized tablet, also wall-mountable, can now be pre-ordered from Samsung resellers in 23 countries, including the United States. Its release is slated for sometime in early 2012, Microsoft and Samsung said today.

With a reported price of around $8,400, the Surface—or "Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface" as it's being called—is targeted at businesses and large organizations. Dassault Aviation, Fujifilm, and Royal Bank of Canada are planning to deploy some of the first units. Navigating to the pre-order page doesn't give you the option to drag SUR40 into an online shopping cart. Instead, prospective customers are given the phone numbers and e-mail addresses of Samsung representatives in each of the 23 countries in which the supersized device will be sold.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/...-pre-order.ars

[Bill_Bright]

I think that price is ridiculous. Samsung already has a 40" Touch Screen Monitor for $2000.00. Add $1000 for the computer, and $500 (and that's a stretch) for the "furniture" and you are still less than half the cost of that thing.