If you were a little disappointed by the Surface Pro being exclusive to the US, you won't have much longer to wait -- Microsoft is bringing the full Windows 8 Surface to Britain "in the coming months".
While Microsoft didn't exactly offer much explanation as to how many months that would be, or if it'll be on sale in John Lewis like the ARM-powered Surface RT, it did say the rollout of the Surface PCs to more countries will begin in late March -- and why wouldn't the UK be an early bird? After all, we did get the RT early. Lucky us.
The Surface Pro won't only be hitting the UK -- it'll be reaching our chums in Australia, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong and New Zealand. The Surface RT will also be rolling out in Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan.
One thing to note is the Surface Pro sells for much more than the RT -- currently in the US it's $899 (£560), but if you're hoping for an exact like-for-like conversion, then you'll be sorely disappointed. The Surface RT, like most other tech products, is cheaper in the States than in the UK, mainly due to VAT. If I were to take a guess, I'd say the Surface Pro will land at around £700.
When our very own Luke Westaway took a look at the Surface Pro, he loved that the full Windows 8 OS was on-board, but he also had several reservations -- mainly the chunkier form factor and Windows 8's touch-friendliness (or lack of).
The Surface Pro has also played host to many other controversies -- most notably the fact you get much smaller storage space than advertised, meaning if you buy the lower-end model, you'll find yourself running out of room very quickly.
If you don't want to wait another minute for a fully fledged Windows 8 tablet, you do have other options. We recently reviewed the Asus VivoTab Smart and Acer Iconia W700 -- both of which received a very respectable four stars.
Is the Surface Pro exactly what you've been waiting for? Or is it too little too late? Let me know in the comments or surf on over to our Facebook page.
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rahanullah20 1 March, 2013 20:54
ACER ASPIRE S7 looks better then the surface
anonymous 1 March, 2013 21:31
At the price they are charging, who cares?
anonymous 2 March, 2013 14:02
Was planning to buy surface pro in late March but now think I will wait to the end of the year for something better.
anonymous 2 March, 2013 16:32
As far as I'm concerned Microsoft has made a complete fiasco in the way they have built up to the release of the Surface Pro (its still not generally available in the US!). I got fed up of no news on a release date and have gone with the Acer W7. Its good and available in the UK. TT
anonymous 2 March, 2013 17:46
Giffgaff is playing up again. They are ignoring goodybags and charging for bundled calls and texts. When will they get this service sorted out
anonymous 21 March, 2013 21:36
I think MS are losing credibility in the UK very quickly. In my view the product should never have been launched if they couldn't deliver. I hear they haven't sold too many units in the US and they still couldn't meet demand. Microsoft's marketing has been a disaster and it's their own fault if UK customers buy from other manufacturers. No UK release is one thing, but the refusal to provide a release date is quite frankly unforgivable. The message it sends me is that MS don't value their customers. If they don't release within the next couple of weeks I'm looking to buy another brand.
tompogorobinson 16 April, 2013 18:35
After weeks of waiting for Surface Pro I ended up going for the Asus vivotab smart although if MS release the SPro I may be enticed to buy it again .
anonymous 18 April, 2013 21:51
Going on about the storage is a bit lame considering how easy it it to pop in a 64gb sd card or 10.
Even wire up a USB3 drive. Unlike the ipad.