Commercial Package -These are for businesses such as hotels and casinos that do not plan to develop. Currently, it is not available to private consumers. It comes with Vista Business and Surface Platform 1.0 software. This does NOT come with the SDK. The price tag on this one is around $10000, depending on how many you buy.

Developers Package – If you plan on developing with the SDK, this is the package for you. This is a little pricier than the commercial package, but comes with a Surface SDK, two seats in a Microsoft Surface Essentials training session, and 5 license’ to the Surface SDK workstation software. It also gives you access to the developers forum where you can download applications. The developer package sells for just over $13000.

Both packages come in either a plain metal or a black frame.

Availabilty – Microsoft Surface is available in Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Qatar, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. Prices on this page are based on the U.S. Dollar.

Price to go down – The price is expected to go down as this technology advances, just how the price of computers have gone down significantly since when they started.