In some ways, it was anti-Apple in its approach to hardware design. The Surface RT/Pro, Surface Book, and Surface Studio were products that Apple would simply never make, and that’s what made Surface ...

The Surface RT was one of these: while the hardware was at least as good if not better than Apple’s iPad, its ARM CPU and an ill-advised signed-apps-only policy meant the tablet couldn’t ...

the Surface RT. That 10.6 tablet came with Microsoft's Windows RT OS that was made to be used with Arm CPUs. In this case, however, the Surface RT had a chip made by NVIDIA, the Nvidia Tegra 3.

The Surface RT was one of these: while the hardware was at least as good if not better than Apple’s iPad, its ARM CPU and an ill-advised signed-apps-only policy meant the tablet couldn’t ...

Of course, the launch of Windows RT/8 and Surface RT/Pro ultimately flopped, and it’s fair to say that was mostly because of Microsoft’s heavy handedness in its approach.