Poor Microsoft haven’t been to move any units with its Surface Tablet. So everyone has offically labeled it a dud in the smartphone market. And we could see Microsoft giving the Tablet the R.I.P. treatment real soon. Ars Technica’s Peter Bright wrote nobody wants the device and are avoiding the tablet as much as possible. This might be Microsofts most disappointing product since Windows Vista. “In spite of having all the working parts of Windows 8, however, it can’t (officially) be used to run desktop applications, even if the developers of those applications are willing to recompile for the ARM processor,” Bright writes. “Instead, all applications must come through the Windows Store, and be built using theWinRT API.” Does Windows have a chance in the Tablet market?
Works pretty well for a dud! I have been loving my Surface RT since I got it almost 6 months ago. There is nothing my wife’s iPad can do that my Surface RT cannot do better. I realize that many in the media have monetary incentives to portray Surface as a failure compared to the iPad and that this has led many to never try a Surface out. I also realize that Microsoft is not very good in the promotional department. But I have to say I have no problems running MS Office apps with my Surface on my lap. It’s wonderful!