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Microsoft Writes Off Nearly $1B In Surface RT Inventory

The Surface RT is officially landfill material following Microsoft’s decision to take a $900 million writeoff of “inventory adjustments” related to the underpowered and underequipped tablet.

(See also: Microsoft Tries Again To Aim Its Guns Outside The Company)

The writing has been on the wall for the Surface RT, which uses a tweaked version of Windows 8 that won’t run most existing Windows applications. IDC recently reported that Microsoft shipped 900,000 Surface tablets in the first quarter, most of which were the Surface Pro, a bigger cousin to the Surface RT that runs the full-fledged version of Windows 8.

(See also: Microsoft Slashes Surface RT Prices By 30%)

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