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Microsoft's Surface Pro has been on sale in the US and Canada for just under a month now, and more territories around the world will have the Windows 8 Pro tablet PC for sale in the coming months. However, a Chinese PC maker is trying to get its own knockoff of the Surface Pro design off the ground at the CeBIT trade show this week in Germany.

MobileGeeks.com walked through the exhibit hall at CeBIT 2013 this week and saw that the company, HKC, had on display what it simply labeled as a "Tablet PC". As you can see in the video above, the tablet has copied the case design of the Surface Pro, along with a docking station at the bottom of the tablet that could be used to attach a keyboard accessory. It even has a built in kickstand. One difference is that the case is not made of magnesium: this clone is made of aluminum.

The "Tablet PC" is in fact larger than the Surface Pro, with an 11.6 inch screen. It runs Windows 8 with either an Intel Core i3 or i5 processor, along with 4 GB of RAM and a 32 GB SSD. HKC is apparently looking for partnerships with other companies that would sell the Surface Pro knockoff with a different brand name.

It's likely that this Surface Pro clone will be sold in China and other parts of Asia, where many technology products have to compete with cheap knockoffs that are not as well built and don't have the features or the hardware of the PCs they are trying to clone. The article speculates that this Surface Pro clone could be sold for as little as $350, well below the $899 of the 64 GB Surface Pro.

Source: MobileGeeks.com
Via Winbeta.org

I like it and I like the price even more.

I think devices like this will collectively outsell the Surface Pro.

doesn't sound too bad for that price, i'm still not really interested in tablets but with enough power i will maybe by one next year or so...

I don't think Microsoft cares because selling these devices generates revenue for them...

The Surface Pro should have been this all along is what I'm saying. If people want a $1000 polished Win8 device they get a laptop. $350 seems perfect for mostly-portable mostly-functional Win8. Were they blinded by prestige? Or differentiation needs of RT? I know MS are trying to compete as a lifestyle company now but there's a definite need for things that in general work and at a good price.

I find it strange that you think this knowing Microsoft and what they are trying to do with Windows 8... For now in its current state, Surface is just a halo device for Microsoft. Its goal (for now) is to drive Windows 8 adoption for OEM's by generating Win8 stories, buzz, commercials and having people want a surface but settle on other windows 8 tablets due to high price and lack of availablility.

If Microsoft did what you're saying they should and release surface RT for 299 and Surface Pro for 499-599 and OEM's can't compete at that price...the following is bound to happen:

no one buys OEM stuff because they can't compete on price;

OEMs stop buying Windows 8 license from Microsoft;

Microsoft revenue sinks as windows licenses make much more money than Surface sales; 

Down the road I see Surface line of devices becoming the be all end all of the Windows ecosystem, but Microsoft has to play this game carefully and keep the OEMs happy for now.