The Surface Mini Is Officially Dead

[exfileme]

Microsoft has pulled the plug on the Surface Mini project. Meanwhile, a new Apple iPad Mini looms on the horizon.

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[everlast66]

It wont be missed much

 

[icemunk]

Perhaps because there are hundreds of manufacturers about to start churning out sub-8" Windows 8.1 tablets for incredibly low prices/margins - $100 Windows tablets are almost here.

 

[applegetsmelaid]

I'm gonna wait for the iPad Air Micro, same size as the iPhone and iPod. People will lose their minds!

 

[kawininjazx]

I wish Windows RT would pick up a little more steam, it's fast, intuitive, and more functional than the typical mobile OS. Running full 8.1 is a lot to ask of a cheapo CPU they put in sub $200 tablets.

 

[g-unit1111]

I honestly don't see where there is a market for this when you have low cost Intel Atom-based tablets like the Dell Venue 8 Pro, etc for less than $200 and you can run full Windows on them.

 

[kawininjazx]

I honestly don't see where there is a market for this when you have low cost Intel Atom-based tablets like the Dell Venue 8 Pro, etc for less than $200 and you can run full Windows on them.

My point is, some people, myself included, don't want "full windows" on a tablet. I have a great desktop for doing "PC stuff". I like my Surface RT because when I want to look up something on the web, it's right there and responsive. I have no desire to run desktop programs on it. The metro apps, IE, and apps from the Windows Store are all I need for a "tablet", and if RT had more support there would be way more apps available.

Now there is plenty of room for full 8.1 tablets, but my point is Microsoft already has RT 8.1 and it works great, why can't any of the hardware companies get behind it? I know RT probably confused people when it came out, and now all you hear is "it doesn't run desktop apps", which it never claimed to do.

 

[DookieDraws]

Ooops! I removed my previous comment. I had multiple tabs up and commented on the wrong article. My bad!

 

[TechyInAZ]

Problem I bet with the surface mini would of been expense, if you got the surface mini with the surface mini cover, your probably looking at $500 just for those two items.

 

[back_by_demand]

Good call, the Surface Pro 3 going bigger screen makes it unique. Pushing a pointless smaller unit into a saturated market would have zero benefit. Next years SP4 will be even better with Broadwell.

 

[de5_Roy]

i have a strong suspicion that this so called surface mini will resurface(geddit?) as a nokia tablet/phablet.