Bayan da ya kyale Apple ya sake tsarawa sannan kuma ya jagoranci tashar a cikin kwamfutar hannu tare da iPad , Microsoft ya yi ƙoƙari ya ƙaddamar da ƙasa ta ɓace tare da sakin ɗakunan Surface RT da Surface Pro masu amfani. Kodayake jerin tsararren ba a sayar da su ba kamar yadda ake yi da hotuna, yana samar da matakai mai kyau a cikin sararin samaniya wanda kamfanin Apple da iOS da Google ke sarrafa. Yanzu Microsoft yana da sauƙi a kan layinta na saki tare da sakin Surface 2 da Surface Pro 2.
Ba kamar Windows 8-powered Surface Pro 2 - wanda yake aiki sosai a matsayin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka a cikin shinge form - da Surface 2 wasanni Windows RT tsarin aiki kamar surface surface. Wannan yana nufin ba zai iya shigar da kayan Windows kawai ba amma ba cikakke shirye-shiryen bidiyo ba. Ƙara ƙaramin farashi na $ 449 vs. $ 899 don Surface Pro 2 kuma sabon Surface 2 an dauke shi mai fasaha ga na'urori iOS da Android a kasuwa. Ga yadda kullin Microsoft ya kware a kan gasar.
Nuna: Zabin Surface 2 na wasanni 10.6-inch tare da ƙaddamarwa 1,920 x 1,080 a 208 pixels da inch, yana sanya shi mafi girma kwamfutar hannu daga cikin uku. Duk da yake ƙuduri na iya kasancewa mai kyau a baya, duk da haka, yana da kyau idan aka kwatanta shi da wadanda suka yi nasara. Salon Apple na iPad na inaugural misali, alal misali, yana nuna alamar 9.7-inch tare da ƙudurin 2,048 x 1,536 da 264 pixels da inch. A halin yanzu, Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 Kindle na Amazon yana ƙaddamar da ƙudin allon 2,560 x 1,600 a wani nau'in 339 pixel da inch. Wannan yana sanya Surface 2 a ƙananan ƙarshen bakan tsakanin masu hammayarsu lokacin da ya dace da matakan allon. Idan girman shi ne babban tunani, to amma Surface 2 yana ɗauke da cake.
Brains: Gudanar da tsarin Surface 2 na Windows RT 8.1 tsarin lantarki ne na 1.7GHz NVIDIA Tegra 4 quad-core wanda aka kwashe ta 2GB na RAM. Sabanin haka, Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 tana amfani da na'ura mai nauyin 2.2GHz na quad-core yayin da ba'a iya amfani da na'urar ta Apple ta 1.4GHz tare da kawai 1GB na RAM. Rayuwar batir ta kunshi kwarewa ga masu fafatawa a cikin sa'o'i 10 na sake kunnawa bidiyo, wanda ke da layin Apple da Allunan da kuma kusa da Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 na 11 ko kuma haka hours dangane da amfani da ku. Lokacin caji yana kusa da sa'o'i biyu zuwa hudu.
Ƙarfin: Surface 2 ya zo tare da 32GB na gina-in ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya don $ 449 da 64GB na $ 549. Don yawan adadin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar, nauyin Wi-Fi na Kindle HDX 8.9 na $ Wi-Fi na $ 444 da $ 494 kodayake zaka iya rage farashin tare da shirin "Musamman Offers" zuwa $ 429 da $ 479. Wi-Fi-kawai version of iPad Air, a halin yanzu, halin kaka $ 599 domin 32GB model da $ 699 ga 64GB version. Bugu da ƙari, gwada da kyau tare da masu haɓaka ta hanyar farashin, ɗayan yana da amfani daya - ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwa. Kodayake kayi kwarewa da ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar da kuka samu don Fire Kindle FireXX 8.9 da iPad Air, Surface 2 ya zo tare da tashoshi na USB 3.0 da katin karatu na microSD. Wannan yana baka dama da ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya kuma yana ba ka damar ƙara ƙarfinka a hanyar da ta fi dacewa akan walat.
Sauran siffofin: Zagaye da jerin shimfidar wurare na Surface 2 sune gaba-gaba da kamara da kyamara 5-megapixel. Har ila yau yana da ƙananan microphones guda biyu da kuma hasken haske mai haske, gyroscope, accelerometer da magnetometer. A matsayin kyauta, shi ma ya zo tare da Microsoft Office RT 2013, wanda ɗan'uwarsa mai tsada, da Surface 2 Pro, bai zo tare ba. Surface 2 ma yana da ƙuƙwalwar ajiya a cikin kwamfutar hannu.
Ƙaddamarwa: Ko da yake Surface 2 yana kunshe da hammayarsu dangane da nuni da sauran siffofi, ƙirarsa ta musamman ita ce sananne ga masu goyon bayan waɗanda aka zuba jari a cikin tsarin Windows da Metro na Microsoft. Da sauƙi a gaban tashoshi na USB 3.0 shine babban abu ga masu amfani da wutar lantarki, ko da yake rashin yiwuwar shigar da shirye-shiryen tebur kamar yadda zaka iya yi tare da Surface Pro 2 ya zama bummer. Ƙarshe, babban juzuwan sakewa na Surface 2 shine ƙuntatawarsa idan aka kwatanta da ɗan'uwansa mai tsada. Yayinda ake amfani da kodin tsarin yanar gizo na iOS da Android, Windows apps har yanzu suna da hanya mai tsawo zuwa. Shafin Farko na 2 na cewa tare da ikon iya shigar da shirye-shiryen tebur amma Surface 2 ba shi da wannan zaɓi. Saboda haka, ko Surface 2 yana aiki ko a'a ba tare da la'akari ko ko kun yi daidai da yanayin Windows ba.
Jason Hidalgo shine Masanin Ilimin Electronics na About.com . Haka ne, shi mai sauki ne. Ku bi shi akan Twitter @jasonhidalgo kuma ku yi miki , kuma. Don ƙarin bayani game da slates, bincika iPad da Tablet hub.