Call it round one of a Microsoft-Apple hardware heavyweight battle.
A few days before the expected rollout of Apple's new tablets, all Microsoft Surface tablets are now officially back-ordered in the U.S. A Microsoft representative confirmed with CNET today that delivery of three Surface RT modelshas been pushed back. On Tuesday, the same day that sales were launched, the order status of the $499 model (32GB) quickly slipped to three weeks. Now the $599 Surface with the black Touch Cover (keyboard/cover, 32GB) and the $699 Surface with the black Touch Cover (64GB) are back-ordered "one to two weeks." Surface is the first Microsoft-branded PC, making it the first Microsoft computer to go head-to-head with Apple. Microsoft is injecting fresh competition into the PC market, too. Surface will compete with Windows 8 and Windows RT products from Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Lenovo, Asus, and others.
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