Microsoft unethemba ngokuthengiswa kwedivayisi yakho entsha surface. Ngokusho kwe-CEO yenkampani, uSteve Ballmer, bahlela ukuthengisa "ama-Surface PC ayizigidi ezimbalwa" ngonyaka ozayo. Inhloso yakhe ukuthi abakhiqizi bamadivayisi ane-Android, nabo bakhiqize ngeWindows.
IMicrosoft ilinganisele lokhu kuthengiswa kuma-Windows PC ayizigidi ezingama-375 ezinyangeni eziyi-12 ezizayo. Abanye ababukeli bathi iMicrosoft ifuna ukusebenzisa i- Imodeli ye-apulaNgamanye amazwi, yiba nomthengisi oyedwa wehadiwe futhi wakhe ithebhulethi yakho ngokuphelele. Ngale ndlela, inkampani yakwaRedmond ihlose uku shintsha inqubo yakho yokukhiqiza ngokushesha okukhulu
Nokho, ukuthola umugqa omusha wehadiwe kuthatha a isikhathi eside ukulungisa kahle izinqubo zokukhiqiza, ukuqinisekisa ikhwalithi yazo, ukuhlinzeka abasebenzi ngolwazi lokusebenzela amakhasimende, njll. Ngalokho, kungenzeka, lokho el Inani le-Surfaces iMicrosoft eyayihlele ukuyithengisa ngonyaka wokuqala liyisifiso sokuvelela.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iMicrosoft iphinde yamemezela inhloso yayo yokuthenga a Isikrini sokuthinta se-Perceptive Pixel enkulu, ehlanganisa laba njengozakwethu be-Microsoft: umqondisi uJeff Han nethimba lakhe bazoba yingxenye ye-Microsoft Office. I-Perceptive Pixel yembule ekuqaleni kuka-2012 isixazululo esasisabela ku-stylus nokuthinta kanyekanye.
Le hardware ye-Perceptive Pixel okwamanje inenani lama- $ 80000, kodwa iMicrosoft ihlela ukusebenza ngokuthile okuthengekayo, ngokusho kukaBallmer.
UGiovanni Mezgec uthe iMicrosoft iseku-a inqubo reflection ngaphambili khetha umenzi. Ukumboza izindleko, iMicrosoft ayizange ikukhiphele ngaphandle ukubandakanyeka kwabakhiqizi bangempela.