[fatclue_98]

This is great news!

Microsoft sells out of $499 Surface tablets (but you can still pre-order) - Technology on NBCNews.com

[VagrantWade]

This is great news!

Microsoft sells out of $499 Surface tablets (but you can still pre-order) - Technology on NBCNews.com

It sold out of the 32gb without a touch cover. We already knew that the day they went on sale.

[crystal_planet]

Meh. You still can get a 32 - it just has to be mated to the keyboard.

[camptime]

Not having the option to choose the color of your key board is not helping their cause.
I would of ordered 2 64GB if I could of picked my own colors. The black is so boring.

Still trying to decide if I want to pay extra to get a Cyan cover $140 Australian is a lot to waste.

[texantony]

Not only that, but imagine how many more tablets MS would of sold. This makes no sense to offer a 32g without a cover but with the option to choose your color, but yet, the person who is paying more gets no option.

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[dqgeek]

Not only that, but imagine how many more tablets MS would of sold. This makes no sense to offer a 32g without a cover but with the option to choose your color, but yet, the person who is paying more gets no option.

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Sounds like Henry Ford - You can get it in any color you like, so long as it's black.

[Gken]

It sold out of the 32gb without a touch cover. We already knew that the day they went on sale.

aww don't be mean he is just spreading the news. I agree this is great news.

[stephen_az]

Not having the option to choose the color of your key board is not helping their cause.
I would of ordered 2 64GB if I could of picked my own colors. The black is so boring.

Still trying to decide if I want to pay extra to get a Cyan cover $140 Australian is a lot to waste.

Unless their cause was to not sell out in two days, I think (so far) they have helped their actual cause pretty well....

[stephen_az]

Not only that, but imagine how many more tablets MS would of sold. This makes no sense to offer a 32g without a cover but with the option to choose your color, but yet, the person who is paying more gets no option.

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1) It is would have sold, not would of sold.
2) Perhaps people might want to consider that the reason why they don't have colors for all options yet is it is a new device and they estimated that the best seller would be the 32GB model.

[smoledman]

I suspect the reason the "64GB with Black Touch Cover" option and no just "64GB with no Touch Cover" is because the marketing folks thought having 4 options was 1 too many.

FAIL.

[crystal_planet]

I suspect the reason the "64GB with Black Touch Cover" option and no just "64GB with no Touch Cover" is because the marketing folks thought having 4 options was 1 too many.

FAIL.

Probably more like if they added that option, a 64 w/cover would be priced into the stratosphere based on the current model.

[fatclue_98]

To the casual reader this would sound like a major thing. Think about it for a minute. With the global economy in a mess, Microsoft has just introduced a new product, with a new OS, in a market dominated by Apple and it sells out. That's called "creating a buzz" and some of you still complain. You reap what you sow.

[crystal_planet]

To the casual reader this would sound like a major thing. Think about it for a minute. With the global economy in a mess, Microsoft has just introduced a new product, with a new OS, in a market dominated by Apple and it sells out. That's called "creating a buzz" and some of you still complain. You reap what you sow.

True. And remember this product is of an unknown quantity at this point. Most (including me) pre-ordered based on faith. It would be easy to say, "I think I'll wait until it's out for a while."

That's pretty cool.

[squire777]

This is great news for a market segment that is saturated with ipads and Android tablets yet some of the same characters find a way to be negative about it. lol

[smoledman]

IT doesn't really mean much. Maybe the batch that got sold out is 50K units.

[cj-m]

So lets say that the 32GB with a Touch Cover is suddenly dropped $ 100 in price? Another sell out?

[smoledman]

Probably more like if they added that option, a 64 w/cover would be priced into the stratosphere based on the current model.

32 GB without Black Touch Cover $499
32 GB with Black Touch Cover $599

64 GB without Black Touch Cover $599
64 GB with Black Touch Cover $699

What was so difficult about that?

[will25u]

now all of their stock is backordered in the US