Microsoft Surface Pro coming to the UK on May 23rd starting at £719

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/surfacepro-review-1368611149.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/microsoft-surface-pro-coming-to-the-uk-may-23rd/)Microsoft has a good excuse for the Surface Pro (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/05/microsoft-surface-pro-review/)'s late arrival in the UK: the company claims that demand in the US stripped its cupboards bare, leaving nothing but RT crumbs (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/23/microsoft-surface-rt-review/) to sell on this side of the Atlantic. In any case, Redmond tells us that a date has now been set, with the Core i5-powered tablet due to be available from Microsoft's online store from May 23rd. For once, Brits can look forward to dollar-equivalent pricing, with the 64GB version going for £719 and the 128GB model fetching £799 inclusive of VAT. (That may not be cheap, but at least it's fair.) Meanwhile, the bendy Touch Cover will continue to cost £99, and the more traditional key action of the Type Cover will add another tenner on top of that. So, there it is. Just in time for Haswell (http://www.engadget.com/tag/haswell) to make us wonder when a more power-efficient sequel might be coming out.

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