Surface : Microsoft Tablet
Microsoft announced the new Surface tablet at a press event in Los Angeles, launching a pointed broadside at Apple’s market-share monster the iPad.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer described the new device as a “companion hardware innovation” for Windows 8. ”We see a tablet designed the way Windows is designed. A tablet that’s a great PC. A PC that’s a great tablet,” added Windows chief Steven Sinofsky.
Microsoft announced Surface tablet for Windows RT and Surface tablet for Windows 8 Pro.
While the Microsoft Surface PC for Windows 8 Pro will be powered by Intel’s 22nm Ivy Bridge chips running Windows 8 Pro OS, the Surface PC for Windows RT will be powered by an ARM chipset and Windows RT.
