Anyone know any info on this one? When it will launch, pricing?

Surface is powerful with Windows 8 Pro

Honestly, this is what they should have launched with. I've come away from the RT with the feeling of "well this is cool and will help me, but it couldn't replace a laptop for actual on the road work". Not at the moment at least. As a minimum I would need putty/ssh, gimp/photoshop, notepad++ and FTP.

If I could get that on this, or windows 8 pro - I really do think this could do the job for me. I really love the tablet when you want a tablet, laptop when you want a laptop.. feel.

Not to mention, it's considerably nicer:
- 10 point multi-touch instead of 5
- 1920 x 1080 screen instead of 1366 x 768
- 4GB ram dual channel instead of 2gb
- i5 instead of ARM
- pen input and pen included
- Cams read to be better
- USB 3.0 instead of 2.0

It is a little bit heavier and few millimeters thicker, but the obvious choice if you need true laptop functionality.