Microsoft has in a number of countries, a price reduction of $ 100 made on the Surface Pro tablets. The significant price cut follows shortly the discounts that Microsoft has introduced on the cheaper Surface RT tablets.
According to The Verge, the price drop of $ 100 for both the 64GB as the 128GB edition of the Surface Pro made in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Or also in other countries a similar discount on the Windows 8 running tablet will follow, is not yet clear. In the Netherlands for the 64GB currently around 890 euros to be paid, while the 128GB version almost 1000 euro cost.
Possible, Microsoft has the discounts reflected in the run-up to a ‘Surface Pro 2’ the existing stock is accelerated to lose. The successor would, according to rumors may be running on an Intel cpu from the Haswell-generation.
Microsoft reduced recently the prices of the Surface RT tablets. Students may temporarily have a Surface RT buy for half the price. Nevertheless, Microsoft has admitted that the RT version of the Surface series is not good sells. The company even had $ 900 million charge due to disappointing sales numbers.
