Surface 3 now on sale in Australia

Apple’s iPad Air 2 still rules the tablet roost, but that hasn’t stopped Microsoft from having another crack at displacing Apple from sitting upon the tabletised Game of Thrones.

iPads started off as a thorn in Microsoft’s throne, so much so that the thorn grew into an entirely new throne of its own, with iPhones and iPads the place these days that compelling and cutting edge new software is written. 

Microsoft’s answer to the iPad Air 2 is the Surface 3, an Intel-powered tablet running all Windows software, and it’s finally on sale.

Even so, Windows still has a massive library of software that is still very much in use across hundreds of millions if not billions of PCs around the world, and Microsoft isn’t a company that takes defeat lightly.

So now we come to the Surface 3, an Intel ‘Cherry Trail’ Atom powered tablet for $699, with 2GB of RAM and a 64GB SSD - a price that is $20 cheaper than the iPad Air 2 equivalent.

The 128GB model comes with 4GB - twice that of the iPad Air 2 - for $839, again $20 cheaper than the iPad Air 2 equivalent.

Both models come also come with a 1-year subscription to Office 365 Personal ‘for a limited period’, which includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access.

However, unlike the iPad, you’ll want to at least get yourself a keyboard and a mouse so you can use Windows in the traditional way (alongside the finger touch tablet way), and while you can buy inexpensive wireless keyboard and mouse combos, Microsoft’s $179 Surface 3 Type Cover is the one specifically designed to match.

A Surface Pen is also available for $59.99, with Surface designed with a pressure-sensitive stylus compatible screen, unlike any iPad.

iTWire colleague Ray Shaw has written up his thoughts on the Surface 3, calling it ‘almost a Pro’ in reference to the more powerful Surface Pro 3.

Ray gives the Surface 3 high praise and suggests that anyone thinking of buying a small notebook “should serious consider the S3”.

So, the reason for this post today is because Microsoft has announced the Surface 3 is finally on sale in Australia, as promised for 5 May 2015.

You can buy it from Microsoft’s Australian online store and get free shipping, and you can also buy it from JB Hi-Fi, Harvey Norman and ‘commercial resellers’.

Microsoft describes is at being the ‘newest addition to the Surface family of devices’, offering the ‘best of a tablet yet works like a laptop and starts at just AU$699.’

The description continues, with Microsoft saying it has a ‘quad-core Intel Atom x7 processor,’ and that it is Microsoft’s ‘thinnest and lightest Surface yet – perfect for students, families and anyone who needs to get work done on the go.’

There’s also a Surface 3 Docking Station for $279.99 and a Surface 3 screen protector for $59.99.

If you need more raw processing power than the Surface 3 provides, there’s the Surface Pro 3 and a whole range of competing tablets, notebooks, ultrabooks and 2-in-1s from traditional Windows PC builders.

There’s also always Apple’s MacBook range too, for those who wish to dance to the drum of a different beat while still being able to run Windows - at additional cost, of course, but without any of the touch screen capabilities you'll find on iPads or many of today's Windows PCs. 

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