16 Facts About Windows Surface

Microsoft Surface is a series of touchscreen-based personal computers, tablets and interactive whiteboards designed and developed by Microsoft, running the Microsoft Windows operating system, apart from the Surface Duo, which runs on Android.

Surface was the first major initiative by Microsoft to integrate its Windows operating system with its own hardware, and is the first PC designed and distributed solely by Microsoft.

Sinofsky initially stated that pricing for the first Windows Surface would be comparable to other ARM devices and pricing for Windows Surface Pro would be comparable to current ultrabooks.

Exterior of the earlier generations of Windows Surface is made of VaporMg magnesium alloy giving a semi-glossy black durable finish that Microsoft calls "dark titanium".

Originally, the design of Windows Surface was to feature a full "VaporMg" design, but the production models ditched this and went with a "VaporMg" coating.

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The Windows Surface Laptop is available in four colors: platinum, graphite gold, burgundy, and cobalt blue.

In 2014, Microsoft announced a five-year, $400 million deal with the National Football League, in which Windows Surface became the official tablet computer brand of the NFL.

Windows Surface 3 received generally positive reviews from computer critics.

Reviewers note that 37 GB of the total storage space in the low-end Windows Surface 3 is available to the user, while its close competitor, the low-end iPad Air 2, has only 12.

When Surface was first announced, critics noted that the device represented a significant departure for Microsoft, as the company had previously relied exclusively on third-party OEMs to produce devices running Windows, and began shifting towards a first-party hardware model with similarities to that of Apple.

Steve Ballmer said that like Xbox, Windows Surface was an example of the sort of hardware products Microsoft will release in the future.

Need for the Surface to market an ARM-compatible version of Windows was questioned by analysts because of recent developments in the PC industry; both Intel and AMD introduced x86-based system-on-chip designs for Windows 8, Atom "Clover Trail" and "Temash" respectively, in response to the growing competition from ARM licensees.

Peter Bright of Ars Technica argued that Windows Surface RT had no clear purpose, since the power advantage of ARM-based devices was "nowhere near as clear-cut as it was two years ago", and that users would be better off purchasing Office 2013 themselves because of the removed features and licensing restrictions of Office RT.

Sales of the first generation Windows Surface did not meet Microsoft's expectations, which led to price reductions and other sales incentives.

Poor sales of the ARM-based Windows Surface tablet had been credited to the continuing market dominance of Microsoft's competitors in the tablet market.

Windows Surface division scored $888 million for Q4 2015 despite an overall loss of $2.