Introduction and design
Update: Sure, everyone is fawning over the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book these days. (And rightly so – they're both pretty stellar.) But, considering what you might need from a PC, you might not have to plunk down a huge wad of cash for Microsoft's best yet.
In our bout of Surface Pro 4 vs
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Knock it for the Windows 8 launch. Lay into it for how it debuted the original Xbox One. But, when it comes to the Surface Pro 3, don't pull out the torches and pitchforks...
TechRadar 2016-12-21Introduction and design Original review follows... Knock it for the Windows 8 launch. Lay into it for how it debuted the Xbox One. But, when it comes to its latest product,...
TechRadar 2016-09-13Design, display, Surface Pen and Type Cover There's no doubt in our minds that the Surface Pro 3 was wildly successful. In fact, with its flagship tablet, Microsoft went so...
TechRadar 2016-09-01Design, display, Surface Pen and Type Cover Update: The iPad Pro may be outselling the Surface Pro 4 globally. But, in the UK, they're not even in the same league. Read on...
TechRadar 2016-05-25There's no doubt in our minds that the Surface Pro 3 was a success. In fact, with its flagship tablet, Microsoft went so far as to inspire its manufacturing partners...
TechRadar 2017-03-08
Top 10 best business tablets in 2016 Implementing a tablet, regardless of the OS, into your workflow could allow you to stay productive while reducing the weight of your gear bag. Many of today's best tablets come with processing power that rivals standalone laptops. And when you add in a decent keyboard, getting work done on a smaller, slimmer form factor device will be easy....
TechRadar 2016-09-15Best laptops Updated: the HP Chromebook 14 joins our short list of the best laptops in the world. Laptops are on the rise again thanks to Windows 10's arrival, Nivida's efficient Maxwell graphics cards, and fresh new Skylake processors from Intel. Notebooks once thought to be replaced by tablets are more plentiful and diverse than ever between gaming laptops that hook up to...
TechRadar 2016-04-05The success of the Microsoft Surface has proved that there’s a market for tablets that can replace your laptop. We loved the Surface Pro 4 for its sharp screen, excellent Type Cover keyboard and precise Surface Pen – and it’s still the benchmark for Windows tablets today. However, the Surface Pro 4 is not cheap. The Pro 4 starts at $899 (£749, AU$1,349), but configuring the...
TechRadar 2016-12-16Best Windows tablets Microsoft's been pushing tablet computers for the best part of a decade, so you can imagine how happy the success of great slates like the iPad Air and Samsung Galaxy Note series makes the software maker feel. But Microsoft's focus on tablets that can double as PCs has only gotten bigger with the introduction of Window 10. In fact, the numbers show that...
TechRadar 2016-08-22Best Windows tablets Updated: We've added the Samsung TabPro S to our round up of the best Windows 10 tablets around. Microsoft's been pushing tablet computers for the best part of a decade, so you can imagine how happy the success of great slates like the iPad Air and Samsung Galaxy Note series makes the software maker feel. But Microsoft doesn't give up easily, and Windows...
TechRadar 2016-03-29
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions. Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. Microsoft is one of the largest software corporations in the world.
Microsoft would also come to dominate the office suite market with Microsoft Office. The company has diversified into the video game industry with the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles and the consumer electronics and digital services market MSN, the Zune and the Windows Phone OS. The ensuing rise of stock in the company's 1986 initial public offering (IPO) made an estimated three billionaires and 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees (Forbes 400 list revealed that in March 2011 both Jon Shipley and Nathan Myhrvold lost their billionaire status). In May 2011, Microsoft Corporation acquired Skype Communications for $8.5 billion.
