Can Microsoft's New Surface Tablets Rival the iPad?

Microsoft's new Surface tablets, the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, go on sale Tuesday, Oct. 22 — the same day Apple is expected to unveil its new iPads. Their products are vastly different, but both companies have the same goal: to make the tablet you use every day.

For the Surface, Microsoft set out to go above and beyond the iPad's capabilities. Both Surface tablets can run Office 365, and the suite comes free with purchase on the Surface 2. With state-of-the-art processors in each (Nvidia Tegra 4 for Surface 2, Intel Core i5 in Surface Pro 2), these are tablets designed not only for casual web browsing and email, but also for a real "computing" experience. Read more...