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The tablet's name is "Surface"? Isn't that a bit odd, given that the previous Microsoft Surface didn't ever really take off?
by NTH 14y ago
The tablet's name is "Surface"? Isn't that a bit odd, given that the previous Microsoft Surface didn't ever really take off?
- aik 14y agoThe previous MS Surface never became mainstream, or reached mass market. Therefore it doesn't matter. IMO calling it "surface" instead of "tablet" is brilliant. It distinguishes it from tablets and conveys "touch".
- agiamas 14y agoCan I get android on it?
- rbanffy 14y agoNot without signing your boot image, AFAIK. Microsoft had a program for allowing companies to sign UEFI boot images, but I'm not sure that will extend to ARM machines.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoAnd was based on completely different technology and served a different purpose.
- Kerrick 14y agoYeah, I feel that Microsoft is bastardizing or abandoning everything that Microsoft Surface (the table computer) was supposed to be by repurposing its name into Microsoft Surface (the tablet computer) just to compete with iPad.
- smackfu 14y agoIt's an already vetted name that is pretty good for a tablet. Might as well reuse it since no one outside the tech community even knows what a Surface is. Edit: And the old Surface is now "Samsung SUR40 with Microsoft Pixelsense"