Microsoft unveils Surface 2.0 – a US$8,600 touch-screen “table”

Fancy a US$8,600 coffee table? With the second generation of Microsoft Surface on sale in late 2011 in Singapore, you certainly can. Microsoft has partnered with Samsung to debut the new Surface, citing the latter’s experience and expertise in LCD technology, hardware design and manufacturing, and worldwide marketing and sales of large format displays.

The Surface SUR40 has a 40-inch full HD display powered by an embedded 2.9GHz AMD Athlon II X2 dual-core processor and the AMD Radeon HD 6700M Series GPU with DirectX 11 support. At only 4-inches thick, Surface 2.0 is a major improvement over Surface 1.0. Customers can choose whether to mount it onto the wall, or use it as a table. Custom legs can also be built for the Surface. …