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Oct. 16, 2012: A machine etches part that will eventually make up the Surface, an intriguing new hardware product from Microsoft built for the company's Windows 8 OS.![Microsoft_Surface_Building_Touch_Cover]()
Oct. 16, 2012: Colorful covers for the Surface tablet, with a flexible, integrated keyboard, are seen in the company's industrial design studio in Redmond, Wash.![Microsoft_surface_reliability_lab__2_]()
Oct. 16, 2012: The Surface tablet udergoes reliability testing in a Redmond, Wash., lab.![Microsoft_surface_id_studio_prototypes]()
Oct. 16, 2012: Prototypes of the Surface tablet are seen in the company's industrial design studio in Redmond, Wash.![Microsoft_Surface_teardown]()
Oct. 16, 2012: A teardown of the forthcoming Surface tablet reveals the parts that will make up the company's flagship new product.![Microsoft_surface_05]()
The new Microsoft Surface, the company's answer to the iPad?![Microsoft_surface_reliability_lab]()
Oct. 16, 2012: A Microsoft employee shows off a prototype of the forthcoming Surface tablet in the company's reliability lab in Redmond, Wash.![Microsoft_Surface_Sinofsky_Panay]()
Oct. 16, 2012: Steve Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division, and Panos Panay, general manager of Microsofts Surface team, discuss the Surface tablet in the company's Redmond, Wash., headquarters.![Microsoft_surface_02]()
An Intel-powered version of the Surface will measure 13.5mm in thickness; a version powered by chips from rival maker ARM will be just 9.3mm thin.![Microsoft_surface_04]()
A fold-out keyboard clevelry integrated into the Surface's case -- combined with a "kickstand" in the back of the tablet -- turns this tablet into a full laptop.![Microsoft_surface_03]()
A "kickstand" built into the tablet props it at an ideal angle for typing or desktop work.Under the Surface: Behind the scenes with Microsoft's new tablet
A trip to Microsoft headquarters yields an inside look at a process that began several years ago — even before Apple launched the iPad — and led to the new touch-friendly Surface tablet.
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