Tech Advisor - UK (2020-07)

6 TECH ADVISOR • JULY 2020

NEWS

The Surface Neo may

be in doubt, but the

Surface Duo isn’t;

Microsoft corporate

vice president Brad

Anderson showed off

the Duo, Surface Book

and a Surface Pro tablet

in a photo posted to

Twitter in April

andovercomplicated.Theystillare.Google’sapproach

wastoconfineprettymucheverythingtotheweb,and

sandboxitwithinitsChromeOSoperatingsystem.That

metschools’budgetaryneeds,andalsogavethem a

devicethatwasharderforchildrentomessup.

Uptonow,we’veallbeensomewhatobsessed

with Microsoft’s vision for pricey dual-screen hardware,

and whetherthatmakessensein a PCworldlargely

predicatedonasinglescreenandkeyboard.Butwith

Microsoft now delaying those dual-screen devices, the

companycouldpivotandstartpositioning Windows

10Xforthelow-costmarket.