Yethulwe ngoMashi 31, namuhla ekugcineni iyaqhubeka nokudayiswa ezweni lakithi ithebhulethi yakamuva eyethulwa ngu IMicrosoft, iSurface 3. Isizukulwane sesithathu sohlu "oluncane" lweRedmond siza emakethe ngentengo ephansi kune-Surface Pro 3, eyethulwe ngonyaka odlule, ngenhloso yokufinyelela abasebenzisi ngesabelomali esilinganiselwe. Izici zayo ziphinde zaba nezinguquko ezibalulekile uma ziqhathaniswa nabangaphambi kwayo, njengoba belahla ukwakheka kwe-ARM okokuqala ngqa bevuna i-Intel chip futhi basebenzise inguqulo ephelele ye-Windows 8.1 ethuthukisiwe Windows 10.
I-Surface 3 entsha inesikrini se 10,8 amayintshi ene-Full HD resolution, Intel processor I-Atom Cherry Trail x7-Z8700 ngosekelo lwamabhithi angu-64 namakhora amane asebenza ngemvamisa engu-2,4 GHz, 2 noma 4 GB RAM, kanye nesitoreji esingu-64 noma esingu-128 GB. Igumbi elikhulu 8 ama-megapixels kanye nengaphambili elingu-3,5 megapixel, ibhethri liqinisekisa ukuzimela cishe amahora angu-10, ukuxhumana kwe-WiFi, i-Bluetooth, i-USB 3.0, i-Mini DisplayPort ne-microSD kanye Windows 8.1 inguqulo ephelele Ngokungafani namamodeli wangaphambilini ane-Windows RT, izothuthukiswa ibe Windows 10 uma iphuma ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo.
Njengoba sishilo, ungakwazi kakade ukuthenga ngokusebenzisa Isitolo esisemthethweni seMicrosoft eSpain, ngentengo eqala ku 599 euros (imodeli eno-2 GB we-RAM no-64 GB wesitoreji sangaphakathi). Uma sifuna imodeli ephakeme kakhulu (4 GB ye-RAM kanye ne-128 GB yesitoreji sangaphakathi), isibalo sikhuphuka I-719 euro, njalo ngaphansi kwama-euro angu-799 inguqulo eyisisekelo ye-Surface Pro 3 ebizayo (Intel Core i3, 4 GB ye-RAM kanye no-64 GB wesitoreji). Kuzo zombili izimo, a ukubhalisa konyaka owodwa ku-Microsoft Office 365 Personal inani labo libekwe kuma-euro angama-69.
Intengo ayifakiwe ikhava yekhibhodi (etholakala ngemibala emnyama, eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nobomvu) intengo yayo ingeyengeziwe engu-149,90 euros, noma Ipeni elingaphezulu (imibala efanayo kanye nomhlophe) ebiza ama-euro angama-49,99. Uma sifuna i isiteshi sedokodo (idokhi) kuzodingeka sengeze ama-euro angu-229 ku-akhawunti kanye nama-euro angu-54 uma sifuna isilondolozi sesikrini se-Microsoft esisemthethweni. Kukhona ezinye izesekeli ezitholakalayo njenge I-ARC Touch Mouse Surface Edition por I-69,99 euro.
Uma ungumfundi noma uyingxenye yabasebenzi besikhungo semfundo, kufanele wazi ukuthi ungakwazi ukufinyelela isaphulelo sika-10%.. Okokugcina, uma ungaqiniseki ngokuthenga, sikumema ukuthi udlule Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Surface 3 abaye benza kuyi-Internet, ngokuqinisekile kuyokusiza ukuba uphume ekungabazeni.