Yaziswa nge-31 kaMatshi, namhlanje ekugqibeleni iyathengiswa kwilizwe lethu ithebhulethi yamva nje eboniswe ngu IMicrosoft, iSurface 3. Isizukulwana sesithathu soluhlu "oluncinci" lweRedmond luza kwimarike ngexabiso eliphantsi kune-Surface Pro 3, eyasungulwa kunyaka ophelileyo, ngenjongo yokufikelela kubasebenzisi abanohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olulinganiselwe. Iimpawu zayo ziye zenziwa utshintsho olubalulekileyo xa kuthelekiswa nabandulelayo, kuba belahla uyilo lwe-ARM okokuqala bethanda i-Intel chip kwaye baqhuba inguqulelo epheleleyo yeWindows 8.1 ephuculweyo Windows 10.
I-Surface 3 entsha inesikrini se 10,8 intshi kunye nesisombululo esipheleleyo seHD, iprosesa ye-Intel Atom Cherry Trail x7-Z8700 ngenkxaso yeebhithi ze-64 kunye neentsimbi ezine ezisebenza ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwe-2,4 GHz, i-2 okanye i-4 GB RAM, kunye ne-64 okanye i-128 GB yokugcina. Igumbi eliphambili li I-megapixels ze-8 kunye ne-3,5 megapixel ngaphambili, ibhetri iqinisekisa ukuzimela malunga neeyure ezili-10, ukuqhagamshelwa kwe-WiFi, iBluetooth, i-USB 3.0, i-Mini DisplayPort kunye ne-microSD kunye Windows 8.1 inguqulelo epheleleyo Ngokungafaniyo neemodeli zangaphambili ngeWindows RT, iya kuphuculwa Windows 10 xa iphuma kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo.
Njengoko besitshilo, ungathenga nge Microsoft ivenkile esemthethweni eSpain, ngexabiso eliqala ukusuka I-599 euros (imodeli ene-2 GB ye-RAM kunye ne-64 GB yokugcina yangaphakathi). Ukuba sifuna imodeli ephezulu (4 GB ye-RAM kunye ne-128 GB yokugcina yangaphakathi), inani liyenyuka 719 euro, rhoqo ngaphantsi kwe-euro ye-799 ukuba inguqu eyisiseko ye-Surface Pro 3 iindleko (Intel Core i3, i-4 GB ye-RAM kunye ne-64 GB yokugcina). Kuzo zombini ezi meko, a umrhumo wonyaka omnye kwiMicrosoft Office 365 Personal ixabiso layo libekwe kwi 69 euro.
Ixabiso alifakwanga isigqubuthelo sekhibhodi (ifumaneka ngemibala emnyama, eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nobomvu) ixabiso layo liyongezelelweyo 149,90 euros, okanye Ipeni engaphezulu (imibala efanayo kunye nomhlophe) exabisa i-euro ezingama-49,99. Ukuba sifuna i isikhululo sokumisa (idokhi) kuya kufuneka songeze ii-euro ezingama-229 kwiakhawunti kunye ne-euro ezingama-54 ukuba sifuna isigcini sesikrini seMicrosoft. Kukho ezinye izincedisi ezikhoyo njenge I-ARC Touch Mouse Surface Edition yi 69,99 euro.
Ukuba ungumfundi okanye uyinxalenye yabasebenzi beziko lemfundo, kufuneka wazi ukuba unokufikelela kwisaphulelo se-10%.. Okokugqibela, ukuba awuqinisekanga malunga nokuthenga, siyakumema ukuba umise kwi Umphezulu 3 uphononongo abazenzileyo kwi-Intanethi, ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kukunceda ukuba uphume kumathandabuzo.