Welcome to Twenty First Tech’s Review of the Microsoft Surface 2. Check out what we felt were hits, and what we felt were misses.

Introduction

It’s been a rough ride for Windows RT. While Microsoft entered the arena to much fanfare in 2012, introducing their first ever tablet, the Surface RT, sales were much poorer than expected. The immature Windows RT platform, with its lack of apps and inability to run legacy Windows desktop apps, repelled manufacturers from producing Windows RT tablets, leaving only Nokia and Microsoft itself.

While the Surface RT might have been seen as a failure to many, Microsoft refused to give up on its tablet and pushed out the second generation Surface 2 a year later. With a faster Tegra 4 processor, 1080p screen and a slew of improved touch and type covers, the Surface 2 seems like a mighty contender in the tablet arena. But how does the tablet stack up against the competition? (Check out Should I Upgrade? Surface 2 vs Surface RT)

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