The software giant will be launching its first tablet - the Surface RT as well as the latest version of its software- Windows 8 on Thursday, Oct 25.
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Last week, Microsoft started taking pre-orders for the Surface RT. According to a report by Washington Post, the 32GB tablet has already been sold out.
To make matters easier, stores have been handing out reservation cards to those customers who are certain to purchase the tablet. These cards will allow them to wait separate lines and were designed to avoid chaos at the 24 Microsoft stores across the country.
According to the Washington Post, "Card holders will be in a separate line for the tablets, but only have until noon to claim their Surface." However, the tablets will not be delivered till three weeks.
The least expensive Surface RT will sell at $499. This tablet consists of 32GB and will not include the "Touch Cover" i.e. the keyboard cover, which sells separately as $119.99. The higher model will sell at $699 and will include the keyboard cover.
As for Windows 8, Recently Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, took to his blog to discuss the features of Microsoft's latest operating system. All in all Allen seems very pleased with Windows 8. He says that it is much "Snappier and more responsive than Windows 7."
The 59-year-old praised the latest system as an "evolutionary milestone in Window's development," according to his blog. Allen says that he has been using a release preview version of Windows 8, which was created primarily to expand windows support to P.Cs, smartphones and tablets.
And while Allen doesn't skip a beat to praise the successor of Windows 7, he acknowledges that there are some flaws in the system. These flaws are related to the system's bimodal interface, which Allen himself describes as "puzzling and confusing." What he found particularly confounded is that Windows 8 allows two applications to be opened and run simultaneously. Of course, Allen was quick to point that there was a solution to the problem, "Thankfully, you can alleviate these switching problems by changing file and program associations in Windows."
On the blog, "Paul Allen - Idea Man," he goes on to explain the workings of the system and also provides tips on how to optimize its usefulness.
