14 DAY TRIAL // Windows Vista is pretty much known as Microsoft's biggest flop in the operating system industry, but it appears that another product is very likely to get the same nickname anytime soon.
Windows RT, which was launched in October 2012 on the Surface RT, is very likely to be dropped in the near future, as Microsoft officially canceled the Lumia 2520 tablet running it.
Here's the story so far.
Windows RT's performance has always been below expectations, and even though it was available on two different Microsoft tablets, namely Surface RT and Surface 2, the operating system was often criticized by users and experts alike for promising a similar Windows experience, but offering a very limited one because of the lack of x86 and x64 app support.
As a result, despite all the investments it made in Windows RT, Microsoft has recently decided to kill the Surface 2, which was the only tablet it owned that was still in production and running its tablet-oriented operating system.
And according to a report by PCM, the company also silently killed the Lumia 2520, a Nokia tablet that was running Windows RT as well, for the very same reason.
Getting “some” Windows 10 features
Windows RT clearly has no future in Microsoft's lineup, and there's no doubt that the software giant is now looking into ways to get rid of it as soon as possible.
And yet, there's no easy way to do it because there are plenty of customers who have already purchased a tablet running it, so the company still has to keep it alive for a little bit longer.
When Windows 10 comes out, Windows RT will only get some features that are part of the new operating system, Microsoft has already confirmed, but there's no doubt that those with such a tablet won't benefit from all the great improvements that are included in this release.
Obviously, it's just a matter of time until Windows RT is phased out completely, and the next few months are very likely to bring us some pretty interesting details about the fate of this new controversial operating system.