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Originally Posted by pl001
Two out of the three local k-12 school districts here have now chosen Surface RTs to distribute to their students, and the third doesn't use tablets. With the education discounts, Office, hardware compatibility, and four years of support, it's a no-brainer for any administrator who earns their pay.
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The more I use mine (32GB Surface RT w/TouchCover), the more I'm convinced that Microsoft did a disastrously stellar job of mishandling the marketing and promoting of the Surface. (I would include price points as an element of marketing)
The speed in which the wave of firesales on eBay sell out tells me that there is great interest in the Surface. But as with anything Windows, price is a top priority.
I've got a fairly good bead on the corporate culture at Microsoft... mostly because of my interaction with them when I worked for IBM. I anticipated a $200 firesale for the RT w/cover and was delighted to get in on it.
It would not surprise me to see Microsoft offer the Surface RT (1st gen) as a Black Friday doorbuster (similar to what they did with the Zune 30 when the Zune 80 was released)... that generates huge amounts of buzz during the holiday shopping season. When Microsoft did that with the Zune 30 ($100 on Black Friday), the Zune 30 became one of the hottest gadgets on shopping lists that season... along with it, drawing some people to check out and buy the Zune 80.
Either way, it'll be interesting.