Welcome to obsoletetion day for the Surface 2! The day when pirated version of Windows 7 and 8 are offered free upgrades to Windows 10 but those who purchased a RT tablet and paid out $ to Microsoft are left behind. Yes, I'm somewhat bitter. I guess it is still better then the day that Microsoft kills the app store for the RT Surfaces and all those apps you bought and paid for will no longer be available to you as well. Oh but an update is coming to the Surface RT in September they say. Of course they won't say a word about what that means. It's such a big secret, got to get as many people off of RT before the big let down. Well, I guess I can concentrate on updating my Windows phone. I've been ready for an upgrade for 6 months now. Oh, today they say it might not be until November and rumors are that Verizon won't carry any.
I'm really beginning to think that Microsoft doesn't want me as a customer. :angry:
I just recently purchased a Surface 2 (a year after trading a Surface 2 in for a Macbook Air). I got it simply as an "MS Office appliance". (not to mention an insane deal that was too great to pass up)
The abandoning of the Windows RT devices is not primarily in the lack of a version of Windows 10 (which arguably walks back much of the tablet-centric features of Win 8) but more the lack of pressure (both positive and negative) on software developers to develop apps for the Modern UI.
Alternatively, Microsoft could open up the Windows RT-based Surface devices so that alternative operating systems could be installed. I'd love to be able to install Jide Remix OS on the Surface 2.
With the exception of the XBox, Microsoft is pretty consistent in abandoning their early adopter customers. I've been a longtime Zune fan (still am).
The ones that I feel a bit sad for are those who paid full MSRP for the Surface RT (first gen). THOSE people really got hosed.
Consider it a lesson learned.
Boo hoo. What about us Lumia owners who paid out the @$$ for phones such as the Lumia 900 to have them tossed aside 2 months later. It's tech. It always becomes obsolete the minute you walk out the door when purchasing and you choose to do that.
No. Tech doesn't suddenly become obsolete the minute you walk out the door. The only exception was the Microsoft Kin. That thing was killed stone dead within 30 days of release.