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"This is the first time that Microsoft has actually entered the personal computing business, the Intel PC business," Gartenberg said of the Windows 8 Pro Surface. "I didn't hear 'HP,' or 'Dell' or 'Lenovo' mentioned even once, not a word."
But Mainelli wasn't sure OEMs had anywhere else to turn, no matter how angry they might be at the sudden competition from Microsoft.
"Partners aren't going anywhere," argued Mainelli. "Most of them have tried Android tablets, but without any success. So although this might irritate them, Microsoft knows that [the OEMs] need them."
Although both Mainelli and Gartenberg used the word "beautiful" to describe the Surface tablets with battery such as Toshiba PA3399U-1BRS Battery , Toshiba PA3395U-1BRS Battery , Toshiba PA3250U-1BRS Battery , Toshiba PA3356U-1BRS Battery , Toshiba PA3291U-1BRS Battery , Toshiba PA3506U-1BRS Battery , Toshiba PA3591U-1BRS Battery , Toshiba Portege 4000 Battery , Toshiba Satellite A10 Battery , Toshiba Satellite A100 Battery , too many questions remained unanswered for them to predict whether the line will be successful -- the next Xbox, in other words, in Microsoft's history of producing and selling hardware -- or a flop akin to the Zune music player.
"I looks damn nice," said Mainelli, "But we're left with the same question that we had leading into the press conference: How much are they going to cost?"
Microsoft's only comments related to pricing were that the Windows RT Surface would be "comparable" to other Windows RT-powered tablets, while the Windows 8 Pro model will sell for about the same as an Intel-powered "ultrabook," the thin-and-light laptop category whose average price is in the $650-$700 range.
By comparison, Apple's iPad starts at $499.
"We don't know pricing, we don't know battery life, we don't know what apps come with it, we don't know distribution or marketing, we don't know the user experience or the migration experience for the Windows 8 Pro [Surface]," said Gartenberg, ticking off the unknowns.
Some of those that Gartenberg mentioned Microsoft did, in fact answer: The Surface will be sold in some markets' versions of the company's online store, and in Microsoft's retail stores, which are in the U.S. only.