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$799 for 32GB model.

+ the pencil @ $99 and the smart keyboard at $169. > $1k for the entry level model to be comparable with the Surface Pro 3 at ~$930 (which starts at 64GB, btw).

It seems more comparable to the Surface 3 ($499) than Surface Pro 3. The "Pro" moniker doesn't buy you a laptop replacement with Apple like it does with Microsoft.

>Also the press is absolutely going to hammer Apple for copying the Surface Pro

The press only give the writers' equivalent of blowjobs to apple. It has been that way for a decade.

If they do, they'll be being intellectually dishonest, given that 'Pro' has been part of Apple's naming scheme for a decade. 'Mac Pro', 'MacBook Pro', 'iPad Pro'.

Microsoft wasn't even making computers when Apple started using the name.