Eight years ago this week, the Microsoft Surface line, a then-revolutionary series of tablet/laptop hybrid devices, hit the market and helped usher in a whole new kind of computing experience. As Windows Central details, the original Microsoft Surface was a far cry from the types of devices Microsoft offers today. The original had bezels large enough to hold a small post-it note, but offered crucial stylus support, making tablet pens truly functional. The new 2-in-1 laptop form factor introduced by Microsoft has been adopted by all laptop manufacturers to varying degrees. Even Apple has blurred the line between a laptop and a tablet with its iPad Pro, released in 2015. In the eight years since its launch, Microsoft has added several different Surface products to its lineup, including the Surface Go, Surface Book, and Surface Duo based on Android.
Microsoft's Surface products have become a solid source of income for the company.
Microsoft gained notoriety in the 1980s and 1990s by leveraging software licenses for its operating systems from various computer manufacturers in the United States and Asia, unlike Apple, which built both the operating system exclusively for its line of personal computers. Macintosh. Allowing hardware manufacturers to install Microsoft's operating system on their systems relieved manufacturers of the need to write one themselves, allowing Microsoft to capture nearly the entire operating system market for itself without having to build its own. computers. So it's quite ironic that now, in 2020, the Microsoft-made Surface line has become a solid source of cash for the company, even though it still lags far behind the company's cloud computing division in income terms. . As the Surface product line matures, we can certainly expect more amazing products from Microsoft in the years to come. Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 –... Surface Pro 7 - Platinum, ...