I was also thinking about waiting for surface but I'm not sure that I could see myself actually coming up with the money for one. I feel like it will be a much better machine though. I was pretty much hoping that surface would be able to serve as a genuine laptop replacement and then I could just have a Desktop at home. If the specs are actually comparable to a full Windows laptop i'm guessing 800-1000 for a Surface for the "Pro" version. I definitely wouldn't consider WinRT but that's only because i want ditch my laptop once i pick one of these up.