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I'm guessing the author was talking about "Windows RT". And "Surface" in that sentence meant the tablets running regular Windows. The WindowsRT tablets from A

by jasode 11y ago

I'm guessing the author was talking about "Windows RT". And "Surface" in that sentence meant the tablets running regular Windows. The WindowsRT tablets from ASUS/Dell/Samsung didn't sell like Android and iOS. If one does a search&replace: s/Windows/WindowsRT/ : "Obviously Windows RT has a similar implementation, but the unfortunate truth is that the Windows RT tablet market is almost non-existent at this point outside of the Surface lineup." (I would appreciate if the downvoter who thought my interpretation was incorrect to reply with the correct way to read the author's sentence. It seems that Brandon Chester is quite aware of the difference between Windows RT vs Windows tablets : http://www.anandtech.com/show/8736/best-tablets-holiday-2014/4 http://www.anandtech.com/show/8736/best-tablets-holiday-2014...)

gtk40 11y ago
That seems like an unlikely meaning to me when Windows RT is effectively discontinued as far as I can tell. There is no Windows RT equivalent of Windows 10 and no Windows RT version of the Surface 3. There are plenty of Windows tablets at all sorts of price points, but most seem to be using x86 instead of ARM.
- jasode 11y ago
  >There is no Windows RT equivalent of Windows 10 The author didn't mention "Windows 10" specifically but instead, just "Windows" which can include the previous incarnations (both Windows 8 & Windows RT 8). The non-premium Windows RT had "multitasking" several years ago when iOS did not and that was the particular point of comparison to trigger his hard-to-parse statement. He also qualified his sentence with "outside of the Surface lineup" which seems like he was aware that Surface has turned into a somewhat of a success story for Microsoft. http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-surface-hits-1bn-revenue-mission-accomplished/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-surface-hits-1bn-reve... http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/23/microsoft-q3-2015-earnings/ http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/23/microsoft-q3-2015-earning...

by jasode 11y ago

gtk40 11y ago

That seems like an unlikely meaning to me when Windows RT is effectively discontinued as far as I can tell. There is no Windows RT equivalent of Windows 10 and no Windows RT version of the Surface 3. There are plenty of Windows tablets at all sorts of price points, but most seem to be using x86 instead of ARM.

jasode 11y ago
>There is no Windows RT equivalent of Windows 10 The author didn't mention "Windows 10" specifically but instead, just "Windows" which can include the previous incarnations (both Windows 8 & Windows RT 8). The non-premium Windows RT had "multitasking" several years ago when iOS did not and that was the particular point of comparison to trigger his hard-to-parse statement. He also qualified his sentence with "outside of the Surface lineup" which seems like he was aware that Surface has turned into a somewhat of a success story for Microsoft. http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-surface-hits-1bn-revenue-mission-accomplished/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-surface-hits-1bn-reve... http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/23/microsoft-q3-2015-earnings/ http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/23/microsoft-q3-2015-earning...