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Microsoft’s Surface tablet flops, orders reportedly cut in half
Thursday, November 29, 2012 · 12:32 pm · 64 Comments
“The upstream supply chain of Microsoft’s Surface RT has recently seen the tablet’s orders reduced by half, and with other Windows RT-based tablet orders also seeing weak performance, sources from the upstream supply chain believe the new operating system may not perform as well as expected in the market,” Monica Chen and Joseph Tsai report for DigiTimes.
“Microsoft originally expected to ship four million Surface RT devices by the end of 2012, but has recently reduced the orders by half to only two million units,” Chen and Tsai report. “Although Asustek Computer, Samsung Electronics and Dell have all launched Windows RT-based tablets, consumer demand for those devices is also weak.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Garbage with kickstand. Like RIM’s PlayBook – amateur hour is over, don’t cha know – look for Microsoft’s ill-conceived mess to be liquidated via in Groupon soon.
Thursday, November 29, 2012 · 12:32 pm · 64 Comments
“The upstream supply chain of Microsoft’s Surface RT has recently seen the tablet’s orders reduced by half, and with other Windows RT-based tablet orders also seeing weak performance, sources from the upstream supply chain believe the new operating system may not perform as well as expected in the market,” Monica Chen and Joseph Tsai report for DigiTimes.
“Microsoft originally expected to ship four million Surface RT devices by the end of 2012, but has recently reduced the orders by half to only two million units,” Chen and Tsai report. “Although Asustek Computer, Samsung Electronics and Dell have all launched Windows RT-based tablets, consumer demand for those devices is also weak.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Garbage with kickstand. Like RIM’s PlayBook – amateur hour is over, don’t cha know – look for Microsoft’s ill-conceived mess to be liquidated via in Groupon soon.
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