Prepare the Microsoft Surface and Surface Mini 3 by the end of the year

During the presentation of the Surface Pro 3, a device was missing: the Mini area  that many leaks announced during the presentation. Later it was learned that it had been canceled. But it seems that Microsoft is giving him a second chance by selling before the end of the year, along with the Surface 3.

At Microsoft, the range of tablet surface is divided into two: the Pro models, with an x86 processor and Windows standard and non-Pro models, with a processor ARM and therefore Windows RT. These models are experiencing a very relative success because of the reduced number of available applications . Moreover, this is particularly why that had earned the Mini Surface to be canceled because it had no point to make in relation to existing competition from Android or iOS. In contrast, an 8-inch Mini Surface Windows RT was not interesting. However, if Microsoft's plans have not changed, the future Surface Mini should incorporate an ARM processor. So what has changed since last May to justify its marketing? Perhaps the arrival of Windows 10 should democratize universal applications and thus increase the catalog of applications available . But the future Microsoft OS will not arrive until mid-2015 and by then, it will be use Windows 8.1 RT and some universal applications.

Along with this Mini Size, rumor also addresses the Successor of Surface 3 Surface 2 and little sister of the Surface Pro 3 , it could take the slab of the latter which has a format and a rather interesting definition: 12-inch 2160 x 1440 pixels. Unless Microsoft made ​​the decision to incorporate a slab with a lower resolution? Like the Mini area, it should be equipped with an ARM processor and therefore only compatible with Windows RT.

If the rumor proves accurate, it will be a little disappointed because it will still settle for a cheap Windows RT. Highly arrival of Windows 10 and the magnification of the catalog universal applications to allow finally the worlds ARM and x86 to reconcile, to enjoy an ARM tablet running Windows that does not seem restrained . Finally, for the record, know that the site Neowin could get hold of a copy of a Mini Living there a few weeks but could not make a picture. He says it looks like the image you see in illustration of this article. Neowin also think that the cancellation of the Mini Surface by Microsoft was a big mistake as the size of the device and its stylus makes it a perfect tool for taking notes.