Microsoft Surface Starts at $499, $599 with Touch Cover Keyboard
Oct 16, 2012 09:21 AM EDT by Brad Chacos, LAPTOP Contributor 
Wondering how much Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet will cost? Wonder no more. For a brief period of time this morning, the fabled Surface tablet was available for preorder through the Microsoft Store website. Microsoft quickly yanked the listing, but not before crucial details about the tablet were revealed.
Three flavors of the Surface RT tablet were listed: the basic 32GB version, sans that intriguing keyboard cover, costs $499 — the exact same as an iPad. Ponying up $599 adds the Touch Cover to your order, while upping that to $699 keeps the touch cover and doubles the internal storage to 64GB.
Those prices dispel the theory that Microsoft would undercut its Windows 8 OEM partners to sell its tablet at a vastly discounted price; instead, the Surface RT cost is pretty much in line with the cost of an iPad. When Microsoft puts the order page back online, it appears as though the Surface RT tablet will be available for preorder for an expected delivery date of October 26th — the very day that Windows 8 and Windows RT launch.
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October 16th, 2012 at 4:13 pm
It’s not accident, it’s back up and you can pre-order now.
Why is it inline with iPad price? iPad 16GB costs $100 more and doesn’t come with Office, USB,HDMI,SD ports.
Unless you think resolution would cost that much more (but then again contrast is better than iPad since it’s ClearType screen).