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Anybody have a slab yet? AKA Surface.
Nope. But I'm eyeing the Lenovo Yoga...
http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/lapto … 13/?cid=us
lenovo's "Accidental Damage Protection" sounds to be potentially the best feature of all. 
"Microsoft's biggest desire is to get you using Windows 8, and fast."
..."The Windows 8 eagle has landed, which means that Microsoft's $39.99 in-place upgrade is now available. They've made it extremely easy to upgrade your computer from a Windows 7, Vista, or XP computer to Windows 8. Here's how it's done. "
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-575 … windows-8/
To balance this so i don't sound like a spammer for MS, i am reminded of "Murphy" & PT Barnum (waiting for SP1). :^o
Last edited by TechDud (2012-10-28 17:33:01)
Never use version "0" of anything 
Quote: "Windows Media Center Offered for Free to Windows 8 Users for a Limited Time"
..."“If your PC is running Windows 8 Pro and you'd like to get Windows 8 Media Center Pack so you can watch and record live TV with Windows Media Center, you can take advantage of the following special offer: for a limited time, get Windows 8 Media Center Pack for free,” Microsoft says on its website."
[http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind … ture-packs]"
The campaign will debut tomorrow on October 26 and will run through January 31, 2013. Only one key will be sent for each email address, Microsoft explained."
Quoted from here --> http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows- … 2130.shtml
including quotes from the above address
"Teardown: Microsoft Surface Tablet"
http://www.eetimes.com/design/microcont … ace-Tablet
Am still assuming power consumption better in RT considering Surface vs. Surface-Pro.
Is the difference small enough to make the Pro version an obvious better bargain?
I do not yet know. 
Possibly upcoming, though a Win8 product may yet share the fate
of the 1988 Tandy-RadioShack CD Recorder.
Never made it to market.
"TI shows embedded tablet with $70 BoM"
...
"The eTab is based on TI’s Sitara AM335x SoC, a single core ARM Cortex-A8 running at up to 720 MHz that costs as little as $5 in volume. The seven-inch tablet also includes a number of TI analog chips and a TI Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo device, in total about $13 in TI parts.“It’s a non-traditional tablet that could be used as anything from a home automation solution to a replacement for a printed menu in a restaurant,” said Troy Coleman, a marketing director at TI."
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news … th--70-BoM
SylvieBarak of EE|Times commented @ 10/31/2012 2:49 PM EDT:
"TI has a certain quality level to adhere to, so for the firm to get down as low as $70 is really pretty impressive."
"Amazon to acquire Texas Instruments’ mobile chip business for entry into the tablet & smartphone market?"
...
"This follows news from last month that Texas Instruments is exiting the mobile processor market, suspending any further developments of its line of OMAP ARM SoCs."
Last edited by TechDud (2012-11-03 14:10:00)
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