Sonke sakuzwa lokho Microsoft ibingenzanga kahle ngokudayiswa kwe-Surface, umugqa wayo wokuqala wamathebhulethi anezinhlobo ezimbili: enye ine-Windows RT enye ine-Windows 8. Ngokombiko othunyelwe kuhulumeni wase-United States njengengxenye yezibopho zakhe zentela, siyazi ukuthi inkampani Imali engenayo engu-$853 million evela ekuthengisweni kweSurface. Nakuba kuyimali eningi, iqiniso liwukuthi ayizifaki izindleko zocwaningo nokukhiqiza nokukhangisa isitoko esingakaze sidayiswe sisonke.
Umbiko esikhuluma ngawo uhanjiswe ku-Security and Exchange Commission uhlanganisa ubude besikhathi la madivayisi athengiswa ngaso, kusukela ngekota yesithathu yonyaka odlule kuya kuJuni 30, 2013, mayelana Izinyanga ze-9. Lesi samba semali sihambisana, cishe ukubalwa kweyunithi yokuthengisa kulinganisela lokho wenza iBloomberg. Ngokusho kwabezindaba, bese bedayisiwe 1,5 million tablet. Kule Surface RT, ibimele amayunithi angu-1.100.000 kumayunithi angu-400.000 e-Surface Pro. Sinikeza lesi silinganiso njengoba abakwa-Redmond bengakaze banikeze idatha esemthethweni, ngale kwalesi sitatimende sika-Steve Ballmer ebonisa ukungeneliseki ngemiphumela engaphansi kwama-initials ayekulindele.
Njengoba ungase uqaphele, sibhekisela emalini engenayo. Yebo, kube nezindleko futhi, okubi nakakhulu, ukulahlekelwa. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa nokukhangisa kwalezi zinhlobo ezimbili kubiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-898. Esikhundleni salokho, ukulahlekelwa okuvela ekuthengisweni okungalungile kwe-Surface RT, engakaze ifinyelele izinombolo zezibikezelo zokuqala, yayizofinyelela ezigidini ezingu-900 zamaRandi.
Ngisho, I-Microsoft ilahlekelwe ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-900 zamaRandi ukungena ebhizinisini lethebhulethi. Sebezibonile izinhlelo kumele baqhubeke bazibeke inyama eningi ku-grill kufanele kubhekwe njengokutshalwa kwezimali emakethe encintisana kakhulu kodwa namathuba amaningi ngenxa yokukhula kwayo okumangalisayo.
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