Microsoft has revealed it will charge $899 (£560) for the basic version of its Surface with Windows Pro tablet. The device will be released in January and features an Intel chip allowing it to run the full version of the Windows 8 operating system.
The price is $400 more than the existing Surface with Windows RT tablet, which is less powerful and does not run programs such as Photoshop.
The devices are intended to challenge the iPad and Android-based tablets.
Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, told shareholders this week that the fact his firm was releasing its tablets more than two years later than Apple might have contributed to its share price being outpaced by its rival.
"Maybe we should have done that earlier," he said. The Surface is designed to be combined with a keyboard which is sold separately He had earlier suggested that he was certain sales of the original Surface would grow.
"We've had a modest start because Surface is only available on our online retail sites and a few Microsoft stores in the United States."
Source: BBC Business News
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