The new Surface Pro will swap out the low - power ARM processor used in the Surface RT, for a meatier Intel processor, while
upgrading the Windows RT operating system to a full - fat installation of Windows 8.
The new Surface Pro will swap out the low - power ARM processor used in the Surface RT, for a meatier Intel processor, while
upgrading the Windows RT operating system to a full - fat installation of Windows 8.
Not exact matches
Each game has a free trial available and is available on
Windows 8 as well as
RT, so if you've
upgraded feel free to give them a go.
The 32 GB and 64 GB versions will also be available to accommodate
Windows RT and the now bundled copy of Office Home and Student 2013, with the addition of an
upgraded battery from the 7,000 mAh cell of the Note 10.1, on which the Ative 10.1 is based to an even larger 8,200 mAh unit while maintaining its equally thin profile.
So it looks like
Windows RT is being left while the new Surface 3 line - up should be getting the
Windows 10
upgrade when it finally lands.
The best - selling
Windows 8 Pro /
RT devices on the market right now are the Surface tablets from Microsoft, so it comes as no surprise that a report claims the company is working on next - generation
upgrades for release later in the year.
But even in a scenario in which the
upgrade to
Windows 10 Pro isn't possible,
Windows 10 S is still so much more than what
Windows RT was.
That sounds very similar to the language Microsoft used when describing the
upgrades that owners of the Surface and other
Windows RT tablets would receive when
upgrading to
Windows 10: specifically, they'll receive «some of the functionality» of
Windows 10, but not all of it.
That last point is a sore one for Qualcomm, as the ARM - based
Windows RT, a hobbled version of
Windows 8, didn't support many apps and never had an
upgrade path to
Windows 10.
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.
With
Windows RT 8.1, Microsoft has made a lot of
upgrades to the Start screen and its entire
Windows 8 interface.
Microsoft practically laid
Windows RT to rest when it acknowledged there won't be an
upgrade path to
Windows 10 for the mobile platform.