Microsoft Surface 3 Release Indicates Axing Of Windows RT Forever
Microsoft released a new device named laptop-tablet hybrid device called the Surface 3. It is a tablet that has so much to offer considering that it is the lightest and thinnest tablet Microsoft has ever designed but the real game changer here is that this tablet operates on a full version of Windows 8.1 instead of the Windows RT. It indicates that Microsoft has officially axed the Windows RT OS.
According to Venture Beat, Windows RT was disbanded after showing lack of interest from consumers and slow sales. Windows RT that was released in October 2012 onboard with Surface RT was an edition of Windows 8.x, which was designed for mobile device application. It was designed for use in 32-bit ARM architecture.
The Surface RT was designed to feature as an example first party device that could be used by other computer makers. Microsoft had unveiled the tablets Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 in September 2013. However, in 2014 May, it only announced the Surface Pro 3 that left many people and critics why didn’t the Redmond giant release a newer RT device.
Initially, Lenovo, Dell, Asus, and Samsung backed Windows RT but as years passed by, they begun to pull out and stopped producing devices that could run on Windows RT. The sales where getting abysmal and the consumers it targeted where just not interested with this product. It was not long before Microsoft was left alone in the arena as the only company that offered tablets with Windows RT.
Rumor holds that Microsoft plans to launch a Surface Mini that is smaller than the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, but this plan might have been scrapped. Speculations are also rife that the Redmond giant may release Surface Pro 4 later this year.
The Surface 3 arrived close to a year after the release of its counterpart, the Surface Pro 3. During that time, the company might have been figuring out what to do with its failed Windows RT and the end result finally came as scrapping it off.
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