Monday, September 23, 2013

Microsoft tries to raise its head with Surface 2 - The País.com (Spain)

Surface, second attempt. Microsoft has presented on Monday morning in New York the second generation of its RT and Pro tablets in order to enter a market it was late and it costs you enter (1.8% of the tablet market).

Microsoft needs to take a blow, and soon. So to try to change their luck and show he can be a viable competitor in mobile computing, presents the second generation of its tablet Surface. But before worrying about Apple, Google and Samsung, the Redmond technology must see that the new device succeeds where its predecessor failed.

Surface 2 and plans to begin responding to complaints raised him believers Microsoft and Windows. That translates into more harmony between the functions of tablet and desktop unit. It is a machine which at first sight is equal to the previous model, the weight and dimensions, although the improvement is in the components.

Microsoft has two tablets

: Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro The first one could say that is the low cost version. The second is more powerful, to strengthen its market share in the high end market. No time for small-screen tablet. The two devices will reach the Spanish market on October 22, days after it leaves the Windows 8.1 operating system.

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Panos Panay, vice president for Surface, said in the presentation that have 18 months working on these two products. “Simple: the Surface Pro 2 is the most powerful tablet to market professionals and Surface 2 the most productive for the individual,” he said. The price was one of the great problems of the original version. Now offers the base model to 429 euros and 879 Surface 2 Surface 2 Pro For the former remains the price.

Inside, the base tablet comes to market with a processor Nvidia Tegra 4, while the Pro version premieres new i5 processor Haswell your partner

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