[circlecity]

"I’m curious to see what price the full blown Windows 8/Ivy Bridge surface will go for later on in the year."

I checked out the specs on the web site and it doesn't look like there will be a tablet version of Outlook - which dampens my enthusiasm considerably.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Not sure what you mean but Microsofts own website says the Surface Pro next year will allow you to run Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, etc.