Microsoft removes the RT word of Surface

Computer store news: Microsoft likes to change its name, and now renames the original Surface RT to Surface, which erases the words “RT”. Microsoft simplified its name to Surface 2 last month on the next-generation Windows RT 8.1 self-branded tablet. The new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 are currently available in 21 countries.

A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed the change, "In order to maintain the consistency of our product naming strategy, Surface RT is now called Surface." & rdquo;

Microsoft Surface Product Manager recently acknowledged that RT names would confuse users, “we hope that in this way it will be easier for people to know that these two products are Designed by different groups of people. "Or earlier, Microsoft once called Surface "Microsoft Surface with Windows RT", but it has been called Surface RT.

With the change of Surface naming, Microsoft also removed the default desktop tile for Windows RT 8.1. The desktop tile is no longer included in the default start screen of the new Windows RT device, deliberately reducing the presence of the desktop mode in Windows RT 8.1 (although the desktop mode is still there). The current Surface 2, Nokia Lumia2520 has ushered in this change.