Tech Advisor - UK (2020-01)

JANUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 53

Multitasking two

apps on one

screen while the

Surface Neo

keyboard and

Wonder Bar

consume the other

Microsoft apps (if not also third-party programs) will

be optimized to give you the best possible dual-screen

experience. Outlook will show your inbox on the left

screen and messages on the right if you ‘Span’ it, for

example. Or, if you leave the email app on a single

screen, clicking on links will open your browser on

the other display. Groovy. Surface Neo isn’t launching

until holiday 2020, and part of the reason Microsoft’s

showing Windows 10X and Neo off now is to entice

developers to support its new paradigms as well.

While reliable leaker Evan Blass broke news of

Windows 10X with a claim that it will “run desktop

applications in containers”, Microsoft’s formal early

reveal didn’t get into nitty-gritty technical details.

There’s no official word whether Windows 10X will

JANUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 53

Multitasking two

apps on one

screen while the

Surface Neo

keyboard and

Wonder Bar

consume the other

Microsoft apps (if not also third-party programs) will
be optimized to give you the best possible dual-screen
experience. Outlook will show your inbox on the left
screen and messages on the right if you ‘Span’ it, for
example. Or, if you leave the email app on a single
screen, clicking on links will open your browser on
the other display. Groovy. Surface Neo isn’t launching
until holiday 2020, and part of the reason Microsoft’s
showing Windows 10X and Neo off now is to entice
developers to support its new paradigms as well.
While reliable leaker Evan Blass broke news of
Windows 10X with a claim that it will “run desktop
applications in containers”, Microsoft’s formal early
reveal didn’t get into nitty-gritty technical details.
There’s no official word whether Windows 10X will