4 Reasons Microsoft's Surface Might Bite the Dust

Some grim numbers from Microsoft's Surface recently surfaced, sparking the kind of hand-wringing tech journalists engage in during the slow summer months.

A report in Computerworld that tallied Microsoft's losses on the tablet device at $1.7 billion so far started the discussion about when exactly Microsoft will pull the plug on the product

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For its part, Microsoft expresses sanguinity. A rep from the company offered the following statement:

It’s been exciting to see the response to the Surface Pro 3 from individuals and businesses alike. In fact, Surface Pro 3 sales are already outpacing prior versions of Surface Pro. The Surface business generated more than $2B in revenue for the fiscal year 2014 and $409 million in revenue during Q4 FY14 alone, the latter of which included just ten days of Intel Core i5 Surface Pro 3 sales in Canada and the U.S. Read more...

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