Thinking of buying a tablet this holiday season? Well, due to another '12 Days of Deals' promotion this year, the Microsoft Store decided to aggressively slash prices. Today, and today only, that $299 beaut brought to you by Dell will have a gigantic price cut. The Dell Venue 8 Pro is powered up with Windows 8.1, (while the Venue 7 and Venue 8 run Android Jellybean), making the 8 Pro the priciest of the Dell Venue series. Dropping from $299 to just 99 dollars, you can rush to your closest retail location or go onto the Microsoft online store to get the 8 Pro. The entire Venue line has been generally well-received, and compare rather nicely to the pricier, highly praised options, such as Microsoft's Surface Tablet line.

I get it, if you've been on the fence about buying a Windows running tablet this season, you truly cannot get a better deal than this. If you find one, let me know, because I have been looking for myself. Need an introduction or review of this particular goodie? Feel free to check out my first look video featuring the Venue 8 Pro. It comes with an 8-inch touchscreen, 1280x800 pixel display, 32 GB of storage, an Intel Atom Z3740D quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, Micro USB, up to 10 hours battery life, full Windows 8.1, as well as a preloaded copy of Office Home & Student Edition.

No need to worry about your location not providing this sale! All 77 Microsoft Stores around the country are offering it. Yes, there is a catch, but don’t worry its not that bad. The in-store promotional price of $99 is only for the first 20 people in line at 10 a.m. After those are sold, the tablet price increases to $199. Microsoft's online store will offer that $99 price to the first 100 customers, then again increasing to $199. Still, 100 dollars off is quite the deal if this is the tablet you’ve had your eye on for Christmas. Customers are limited to one device, and the promotion is only available in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Finally, the entire calendar of the 12 Days of Deals sale can be found here (http://holiday.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/html/pbPage.Cat/12-days-of-deals/categoryID.67001200 ).