The impact of Windows 8. Microsoft has put much detail and thought into the Surface design — right down to the clicking sound that Surface makes when you attach a clever optional touch keyboard ...

Microsoft launches Surface tablet with keyboard cover ... The Windows RT version is 9.3mm thick and weighs 673g, while the Windows 8 Pro Surface 13.5mm thick and weighs 903g.

Since the days of Microsoft’s Tablet PCs there have been debates about Tablet PCs and keyboards. Many die-hard Tableteers insisted that the Slate (without a keyboard) was the key to the future ...

A 32GB version of Surface with Windows RT will start at $499, according to the listing. That version will come without an included Touch Cover, the signature Surface keyboard accessory that clicks ...

Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday update, ... Microsoft update boosts Surface RT wireless, typing and trackpad. by Todd Bishop on March 12, 2013 at 2:46 pm March 12, 2013 at 2:53 pm.

I pull the keyboard off the Surface and toss the two pieces -- tablet and keyboard -- into a bin. Microsoft's Surface RT ($499) is a 10.6-inch tablet that runs Windows RT, a version of Windows 8 .

With a sleek magnesium chassis, sharp and vivid screen and a magnetic Touch Cover that doubles as a keyboard, the Surface with Windows RT ($499 to start) is one of the most innovative iPad ...

Microsoft's Surface RT is a great tablet and good enough to do real work in Office, if you invest in a Type keyboard. But it's still a bit less than a full laptop replacement….

It would be difficult to justify the Surface's $500 price tag (plus $100 for the Touch Cover keyboard) if it didn't include Microsoft Office Home & Student 2013 RT, dumbed down though it may be.

The initial version of Surface will run WIndows RT and will start at $499 for the 32GB version. $599 will net you the same 32GB tablet; however, with a Touch Cover Keyboard and for $699, a 64GB ...

Microsoft opted for a custom-sized 10.6-inch panel that best fit with its keyboard sizing ambitions and the split-pane multitasking of Windows 8/RT, falling in-between the more typical 10.1- and ...

Microsoft’s hip marketing may be luring people to buy its Surface RT tablets, but it hasn’t prevented some customers from complaining that the touch cover keyboard falls apart. Even though the ...