Microsoft start selling Surface tabletop computer to developers for $13,500, but that was after Q3. Microsoft did sell this computers to commercial customers like AT&T but that doesn't count as public release:
http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-su...
http://movies.ign.com/articles/915/91...
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008...
http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-su...
http://cdn.emmys.tv/downloads/2008/PT...
So, this topic cannot be resolved...
I suppose the consumers might be on the losing side because of the higher cost of eating out.