<p>Microsoft aimed to boost the sales of its Windows tablets with a special holiday deal on the Dell Venue Pro. It turns out, the deal was so good that some customers were walking away angry.</p><p>That's because the $99 price tag on the Windows 8.1 Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet sent the tablet shopping, bargain hunting masses to their nearest Microsoft store to pick up one of the mobile devices -- and there weren't enough to go around.</p><p>The $99 price tag was a one-day-only sale and each customer could only purchase one device. In order to get your hands on the tablet you had to be one of the first 20 buyers at one of Microsoft's brick-and-mortar stores stateside.</p><p>What Are We Buying?</p><p><a href="http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Microsoft--99-Tablet-Deal-Ends-Quickly/story.xhtml?story_id=021002CFBUSL">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=15601">Microsoft Surface Pro 2 is it worth the price?</a> (Geekzone)</p><p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/a-week-with-the-surface-pro-2-8983740.html">A week with: The Surface Pro 2</a> (The Independent)</p><p><a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-selling-dell-venue-8-pro-for-99/">Microsoft will sell the Dell Venue 8 Pro for $ 99 on Monday</a> (Digital Trends)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dWaYAtEh65Wb0jMX_xbwERZoMfgIM&ned=us">151 additional articles.</a></p>