Best Buy says it will start on Sunday a two-week promotion offering $100 discount on purchases of touchscreen laptops and desktop computers running Windows 8, the latest operating system from Microsoft intended to spark a new wave of touch-friendly computers.

Considering that most iPad and Android tablets are in the $500+ range, this puts the Surface in the same ballpark. Frankly, what confuses me is why the Android tablets aren’t a steal? That’s how you beat the iPad into the ground. Since Android is open source and one could easily argue that Apple has always charged a premium for their OS it makes no sense that they are priced the same.

Anyway, if you want to take advantage of the deal and are going out, stop by your nearest Best Buy or check out what they have for sale at the Best Buy website.