Surface Pro will be available in Malaysia this Year June~

and when will you be selling?

are you going to sell? If the price can compete with Macbook Air. I might get it or else I will wait next gen

Wait, surface RT in stock already? I checked Harvey Norman and Thunder match at Klang last week but nope, no stock yet.
Got to get this now for education use.

Thundermatch at LYP is selling.

woah sold that quick? you can try take a look in Sunway Pyramid Harvey Norman. Last week I saw still have plenty in stock. So far I only saw Surface RT in public once, guess still haven't popular in Msia yet

Nonono... It's that the stock does not arrive yet. Not even the first batch.
Thanks guys.
BTW I'm going to MidValley for PC fair this Friday. Will check Harvey Norman and Thundermatch there. If there is some technical issue, will go to Sunway Pyramid then.

This post has been edited by ZRong223: May 20 2013, 11:20 AM

Only some Harvey Norman sell those RT... one of it is in Ikano.

hi guys, any1 ere planning to get surface pro??

i am the one.

Hmm... seriously, I'll get a laptop rather than surface pro. Anyway this is subjective.

i dun own a tablet, and currently using alienware m14x, very inconvenient to travel/bring outside, the surface pro looks suitable to me,lol

yeah its subjective, Surface Pro did what 'normal' laptop do but in a smaller form factor. Yet still have that 1080p screen I think it can handle light Photoshop. Another alternative is Vaio Duo 11, they have i7 model

Surface Pro definately smaller than that bulky M14x
Yet can run your PC application

yes, thts wads tht attracts mi most, hopefully my friend working in microsoft can get staff discount for mi, haha well i dunno is it possible o not

Bought this last week at Harvey Norman. Been using this as a replacement to my laptop at work now.

All that I ever need work wise are available for me.

After what seemed like an eternity, i got my hands on this baby last night @ Challenger

SCREEN
10.6 inch screen isnt too small. If you can tolerate 11 inch, then probably this shdnt be too much of a problem. Display tech is visibly superior to the usual TN panels.

PERFORMANCE
Performance is snappy enough. The slowdowns are mainly caused by the notorious windows 8 app loading times. Switching between apps is just as fast as a full-fledged intel processor, tho i cant guarantee the same when u have music playing in desktop.

BUILD QUALITY
I can verify that all the reviews about how nice the built quality is are justified. The magnesium body is nice to touch and brush against. The dark greyish color of the body sports a professional, modern look. The curves and edges are deliberately designed, and the body is sturdy.


KEYBOARDS
I started with the Type cover - it's springy enough - which is easy to get use to. They're quite compact, so some people might find it unsuitable for their use. For me, i definitely had an easy time using it.

Touch cover on the other hand, isnt as intuitive and familiar. It feels weirder than an on screen keyboard or those rubbery foldable keyboards - the keys dont travel at all like an onscreen keyboard, but at the same time u need to apply pressure to the keys for the presses to register, and it seems the pressure areas are pretty small at the very center of each letter.
If you want to buy this, do TRY it first! you dont want to throw away RM 350++ for this weird and flat keyboard that only works exclusively with the surface.

Just as advertised, they 'click in' when placed near the bottom of the surface with great accuracy. Kudos for that.

Hope u guys like this mini hands-on

I agree the build quality part. Probably same or better than iPad. I would rather spend more for type cover than touch cover. Touch cover is totally not "type-able" for me

I'm forced to buy touch cover as Harvey Norman I visited does not sell any other accessories. I tried it and feels that it is still acceptable for me.
Today is day 3 for my touch cover, and I'm satisfied with it. I took some time to get myself used to it, and it do works.
I'm not a heavy typewriter, but touch cover is good for me currently.

Compared to iPad, surface RT is better in practicality for me, though it's expensive.

Sometimes I think, if I need a mechanical keyboard, I'll get a desktop keyboard and do typing indoor (or outdoor if it's convenient enough).
BTW, love both the tablet and touch cover very much.

Err... I'm thinking if screen protector is required, as nearly no shop selling screen protector for RT.

This post has been edited by ZRong223: May 28 2013, 11:28 AM

the 64GB of Ipad with Retina costs RM2000, while the 64GB of surface costs RM1850 + RM409 type cover. still the surface RT is better overall.

I think it's the matter of the pixel density when I found that the words are not so clear in PDF files though still readable.
Anyway I'm very satisfy with surface RT. used it to watch videos, browse and Skype, and some games like Tetris.
Currently I still do not require x86/x64 programmes, so yeah it fulfill my needs, but quite sad as can't play heavy games like those from Steam.