Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Specs: New Tablet Coming Following 'Modest' Sales of Surface with Windows RT

By Michael Oleaga / m.oleaga@latinospost.com (staff@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Nov 13, 2012 08:53 AM EST

Tags Microsoft, Surface, Windows RT, Windows 8

The Microsoft Surface is still fresh in the market and it hasn't made the similar numbers as what an Apple product would.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was interviewed to be content with the numbers.

The French newspaper Le Parisien interviewed Ballmer when he states the sales numbers "are starting modestly." He added that the reason for the modest sales numbers are because the Surface tablet is only available online and in a select number of Microsoft stores across the US.

Ballmer or Microsoft did not provide the exact numbers in sales of the $499 tablet, but there were supply shortages, which the CEO considers as "a good sign."

According to Ballmer, Microsoft will fix the shortages and how the increase in capacity is part of the technology company's strategy.

The CEO also announced that in the upcoming months, a "high-end version" of the Surface equipped with Intel Corp's new processor and higher-definition screen. The new version might as well be the Surface with Windows 8 Pro, labeled as "coming soon" on Microsoft's official site.

The Surface with Windows 8 Pro is different to the current Surface, known as the Surface with Windows RT.

Weight:

Surface with Windows RT: 2-lbs

Surface with Windows 8: 1.5-lbs

Thinness:

Surface with Windows RT: 9.30mm

Surface with Windows 8: 13.5mm

Memory:

Surface with Windows RT: Internal Storage of 32GB, 64GB; 2GB of RAM

Surface with Windows 8: Internal Storage of 64GB, 128GB; 4GB of RAM

Display/Screen:

Surface with Windows RT: 10.6-inch ClearType HD Display with 1,366x768 pixels