The device is thought to feature a display that measures approximately 8 inches diagonally, and it is also said to include a Qualcomm processor instead of an Nvidia chipset like the ones that powered Microsoft's
earlier Windows RT tablets.
The report also notes that it will be powered by a Qualcomm processor this time around — Microsoft's
earlier Windows RT tablets were powered by Nvidia chipsets.
Not exact matches
The Microsoft Surface and all
Windows Tablets are coming in two versions: the just launched
Windows RT with a 1366x768 display that we test here, and the
Windows Pro Tablets with a 1920x1080 display that will launch in
early 2013.
This also is the reason why
Windows RT can not be installed on any older tablet devices running
earlier versions of
Windows or even
Windows 8.
HP had
earlier pulled out from developing a
Windows RT based tablet, but has stated that it remains committed to a tablet device running
Windows 8.
The Finnish manufacturer is allegedly prepping a 10 - inch
Windows RT 8.1 tablet slated to debut as
early as next month.
Asus, for instance, which showed off an ARM - powered tablet with
Windows RT at the Computex trade show in Taipei
earlier this month, is one of the few Microsoft OEMs that has publicly committed to the new OS.
Earlier today ASUS showed off the Vivo Tab
RT running on the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and
Windows 8
RT..
The Tablet 600, which runs
Windows RT and includes an Nvidia Tegra 3 CPU, will now be known as the Vivo Tab
RT without any specification changes from what was announced at Computex
earlier this year.
While the company won't comment about its future
Windows RT plans, it did reveal to PC World that a fresh tablet line up will be announced at an event in
early October.
Windows readers from
earlier OS versions will likely work on all but the
RT version but may not support touch screen or other advanced features.
Earlier reports indicated that the Mini would have been an ARM - based tablet running
Windows RT, aimed at other small tablets like the iPad Mini.
Microsoft's ecosystem and planning chief, Mike Angiulo, hinted at this possibility while defending the
Windows RT operating system
earlier this year.
Executives said the later launch date for the
Windows RT device is because it wasn't complete quite as
early as the Yoga 13 device, which uses
Windows 8 and runs on an Intel chip.
After Microsoft surprised
Windows fans
earlier this week with the promise that not only would those running
Windows 8 get an upgrade to the latest OS, but those on
Windows 7 too, some of the goodwill sheen has been rubbed off after first
Windows RT users and now some Lumia
Windows Phone owners have been left uncertain whether they'll ever get
Windows 10 on their devices.
As most of you know the
earlier versions of surface ran on
Windows RT which was a specialized cut down version of
Windows 8 that allowed only store apps to run and no desktop could be run on it.
Microsoft's first attempt at getting
Windows to run on ARM chips was
Windows RT, and as mentioned
earlier, it was a spectacular failure.
I had been avidly awaiting the arrival of a new
Windows 8 PC after months of reading reviews and seeing The ASUS VivoTab
RT was one that caught my attention
early on because it was a truly unique When the... Read more
According to WinBeta, those rocking
Windows RT hardware will get the DirectUI Start Menu, which was in the
early Windows 10 Preview builds.
Despite backing
Windows RT earlier this year, it appears that the «slower» sales of Dell's device have led to its cancelation.
While the company won't comment about its future
Windows RT plans, it did reveal to PC World that a fresh tablet line up will be announced at an event in
early October.
This was especially a relevant point in the
early days of
Windows 8 when manufacturers were still focused on laptops with the slate form - factor primarily embraced by
RT products.
According to
earlier reports, Microsoft cancelled plans to unveil its smaller Surface tablet at the last minute this past May when the realization set in that consumers likely would have no reason to purchase the
Windows RT slate over the similarly sized iPad mini or Android tablets.