Launches Microsoft Tablet Surface (by Tech Light)

Microsoft introduced the Tablet PC Surface, which is positioned as a competitor iPad from Apple. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, representing the Surface, said that the Tablet PC - part of the "new family", developed by the company. Ballmer presented one of the Tablet PC operating system is equipped with Surface Windows RT, weighs about 680 grams and a thickness of 9.3 millimeters. It is equipped with a detachable keyboard, fastened with special magnets. In the sale, it is expected to arrive in the autumn of 2012, presumably in conjunction with the release of the new operating system Windows 8. The price of this version of Surface, according to representatives of Microsoft, will be comparable with others on the market Tablet PCs. 

The second modification of the Surface, featured Ballmer, weighs about 910 grams and has a thickness of about 14 millimeters. This tablet PC will run under Windows 8 Pro, and its price is comparable to the price ultrabukov. In the present version of the tablet is equipped with a detachable keyboard, not just on magnets, and a stylus that allows the user to leave handwritten notes, for example, the documents in PDF. In addition, both represented by the tablet equipped with a special stand. Other technical parameters Surface were not disclosed. 

Under the name Surface Microsoft releases touch panels, designed for business users. Microsoft is developing software for tablet PCs since 2002, but production of such devices, the company had not previously worked.