One important thing for consumers to ask when considering Surface is whether they want to load any of the current Windows desktop apps they own today or if they will want to buy and install new Windows desktop apps in the future.

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It's got 8 speakers, a subwoofer, a removable keyboard, slot-load DVD drive, a "leather-like" surface.

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