The evening has come full of news from Microsoft. Besides confirming the arrival of Surface RT 13 new countries, also has announced the release date for Surface Pro, the model that will work with the full version of Windows 8. It will be on February 9 and the starting price, such and as expected, will be $ 900.


The arrival of Surface in Spain, is not the unique novelty which have left us in Redmond today. After several weeks of waiting after the announcement that Surface Pro would reach the market in the month of January, finally has been confirmed officially its release date: 9 February. As it happened with Surface RT, the launch will not be global, but it will take place first in the United States and possibly also Canada. Although we don't know how much more it might take to reach other areas of the world and is likely still have to wait months before we can buy it in our country. However, we have confirmation on its price which, without news, will be $ 900 for the cheaper model.

Surface Pro, as you already know, is distinguished from Surface RT by having a complete version of Windows 8 operating system. In general, the second tablet that Microsoft will release to the market, resembles more a laptop than the first: will feature a processor Intel Core-i5, screen with 1920 x 1080 resolution and will be available with up to 128 GB of storage capacity. It is also closer to a laptop in other less positive characteristics: the latest information we had on their autonomy indicating that your battery life would be approximately 4 hours, which is quite scarce for a mobile device such as a tablet. Soon, in any case, we will see independent analyses that confirm its performance in all aspects.