Microsoft has revealed Surface - it's own brand family of tablets. These touchscreen computers will have the new windows 8 software and will have a choice of Intel or ARM-based processor. Apple's rival has a new competitor to go against the iPad, Apple's best-seller. However there are other manufacturers that are planning to release similar tablets designed for Windows 8. Steve Ballmer, the company's chief executive said he wanted to give the software "its own companion hardware". The tablets have a 10.6 inch (29.6cm) displays, built-in kickstands and are encased in magnesium - the company described this as the first of their kind. They are 9.3mm (0.4 inches) thick - slightly thinner than the iPad, also they run the Windows RT version of the new system. The other versions, using Intel's x86 technology run Windows 8 pro and are 13.5mm (0.5 inches) thick. These specifications show that the screens on the Windows tablets' screens will be bigger than the iPad's but it will be heavier too.
By Andrew Barringer, Daniel Milnes and Chris Woodrow
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