![]() ![]() Some of the advantages Microsoft touted over the iPad in its original TV advertising for the Surface RT (see below) also are part of what make it a good spare computer. It’s fast, has a great screen (a 10.6 inch ClearType HD display) and is pretty light (1.5 pounds) to carry around. Getting back to the issue of how good the Surface RT is as a computing “spare tire,” I would give it decent marks. Microsoft later released an update to Windows 8.1 for the Surface RT - and, in fact, you need to have that update in order for your Surface RT to remain covered by the Mainstream Support for Windows 8.1 (which ends on January 9, 2018) or Extended Support (which finishes on January 10, 2023). It was released to underwhelming sales numbers in 2012 and a subsequent $900 million charge on Microsoft’s balance sheet in 2013. You may recall that Microsoft’s ill-fated, cut-down version of Windows 8 for ARM processor-based systems powered the original Windows RT-based Surface RT tablet.
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