Every Surface product Microsoft has ever launched has focused on the needs of a particular niche of users. Surface RT, Surface and Surface Pro took on the tablet market, Surface Book is a 2-in-1 with the option of a faster GPU, and the Surface Studio is meant for designers and artists. …
When Microsoft launched the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 , the company won accolades from many users. The new laptop-style device was hailed as one of the best pieces of hardware you could buy, while the Surface 4 Pro continued to refine and improve on Redmond's earlier Surface devices. …
… Unfortunately, consumers have not been particularly enamored with the Surface or Windows 8 . Now Microsoft is set to announce a new Surface on September 23. Leaks have painted a picture of a version of the Surface with improved specs, but is that anywhere close to enough? …
… The new launch may feature products from Intel's 10th Generation CPU family, but Surface has been historically slow to adapt cutting-edge Intel parts -- it isn't unusual for Microsoft to tap older hardware for its various updates. …
… This makes the new Surface Pro effectively $100 more expensive than previous older models, and The Verge notes that the "full Surface experience" will run you $1,528 if you buy a Surface Pro and $1,299 for the same specs in the Surface Laptop. …
… Microsoft followed up with the faster Surface 2, but retired Windows RT thereafter . While Windows 10 Mobile still runs on ARM hardware, Microsoft never released the kind of x86 emulation that would allow mobile ARM devices to access the full suite of Win32 applications -- until now. …
… Next, we have some data from Soluto Opens in a new window , a company that provides a remote administration tool for Windows -- and seemingly, it also tracks its users' hardware and software specs. …
… At this point, a hardware revision within a year of release would simply be the icing on Microsoft's upside-down cake.
… In practice, it means an entire class of hardware issues no longer get picked up or resolved due to changes in testing procedure. …