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Microsoft's Surface Roadmap Reportedly Includes Ambient Computing and a Modular All-in-One PC (venturebeat.com)
Journalist Brad Sams is releasing a book chronicling the company's Surface brand: Beneath a Surface. VentureBeat writes: While you'll want to read all 26 chapters to get the juicy details, the last one includes Microsoft's hardware roadmap for 2019, and even a part of 2020 -- spanning various Surface products and even a little Xbox. Here's a quick rundown of Microsoft's current Surface lineup plans:
Spring 2019: A new type of Surface-branded ambient computing device designed to address "some of the common frustrations of using a smartphone," but that isn't itself a smartphone.
Q4 2019: Surface Pro refresh with USB-C (finally), smaller bezels, rounded corners, and new color options.
Q4 2019: AMD-based Surface Laptop -- Microsoft is exploring using the Picasso architecture.
Late 2019: Microsoft's foldable tablet Andromeda could be larger than earlier small form factor prototypes for a pocketable device with dual screens and LTE connectivity.
Q1 2020: Surface Book update that might include new hinge designs (high-end performance parts may delay availability).
2020: A Surface monitor, and the modular design debuted for Surface Hub 2 could make its way to Surface Studio. The idea is to bring simple upgrades to all-in-one PCs, rather than having to replace the whole computer. GeekWire adds: A pair of new lower-cost devices Xbox One S devices could come next year. Sams reports that one of the models may be all digital, without a disc drive.
Spring 2019: A new type of Surface-branded ambient computing device designed to address "some of the common frustrations of using a smartphone," but that isn't itself a smartphone.
Q4 2019: Surface Pro refresh with USB-C (finally), smaller bezels, rounded corners, and new color options.
Q4 2019: AMD-based Surface Laptop -- Microsoft is exploring using the Picasso architecture.
Late 2019: Microsoft's foldable tablet Andromeda could be larger than earlier small form factor prototypes for a pocketable device with dual screens and LTE connectivity.
Q1 2020: Surface Book update that might include new hinge designs (high-end performance parts may delay availability).
2020: A Surface monitor, and the modular design debuted for Surface Hub 2 could make its way to Surface Studio. The idea is to bring simple upgrades to all-in-one PCs, rather than having to replace the whole computer. GeekWire adds: A pair of new lower-cost devices Xbox One S devices could come next year. Sams reports that one of the models may be all digital, without a disc drive.
aside from being another new buzzword to learn, that is
Huh?
I'll have what he had.
. Notice it's also a cross. It is especially evident nowadays. Even Microsoft company logo has a cross sandwiched between color cubes.
I'm not seeing it.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
The power cable is the biggest disappointment with the Surface. I thought they want to use it as some kind of docking adapter but leaving out a USB 3 charging port option is just wrong.
Kriston
Linux mascot is little devil. Daemon...
Uh, since when is a penguin a little devil/daemon? I assume you meant BSD?
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
Or a giant robot!
Uh, since when is a penguin a little devil/daemon?
When you're a fish just trying to eke out a living in the Antarctic ocean.
Are you smarter than fifth grade citizen?
Yes, in fact, I am.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
If the PC is all-in-one, then why is it modular?