Microsoft Launches Surface 3, the tablet-pc from 609 € – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published March 31, 2015 at 15:46.
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Back Surface focusing on a strategy that begins to be a trend: performance slightly below the top range, lower price. This is not low cost, but the phenomenon in which the abundance of hardware capabilities now available – often unknowingly unused – you can have all or almost showing some muscle in less and less odious card. Specifically, processor and display are less efficient than the Pro, but the price starts from 200 euro less. And then EUR 609 for the base model (though not much) without keyboard (another 130 euro). In booking from March 31, on sale from May 7.

Microsoft Surface 3 is inspired by the Surface Pro 3 with the same basic idea of ​​being a tablet capable of replacing a laptop. It has the traditional keypad-cover and total compatibility with all Windows app and stylus to take notes or mark the documents. Available now in version wi-fi and later with 4G technology LTE2.

Inside is powered by the new quad-core Intel Atom x73 and promises a battery life of up to 10 hours. ClearType HD Display 10.8-inch 3: 2, speakers with Dolby sound design and magnesium. Always unlike Pro, the support for using the tablet resting on a table now has three positions.

3 Surface mount Windows 8.1 and can be upgraded for free to Windows 10 when available. Surface 3 will also offer an annual subscription to Microsoft Office 365 Personal, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, with up to a cloud storage OneDrive TB6.

Curiosity: the logo on the back surface disappears in favor of that of Microsoft, sign of an attempt for unity in the non-traditional activities hardware company in Redmond. Choice similar to that made on the Lumia, although the contact points between the categories end up substantially here, waiting for Windows 10.Il target: students and professionals with mobility needs. Microsoft says that the Surface Pro 3, alone, won the 10-15% of the market tablet / notebook above 800 EUR.

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