Earlier this week, Microsoft OEM Acer criticised the company’s plan to launch its own Surface tablets — a decision that led to consternation among Redmond’s hardware partners. Lenovo could be the first vendor to offer a product that might help kill off Microsoft’s plans. “Lenovo may be saying ‘Microsoft is doing Surface, but we’re doing everything the Surface does,'” said Leslie Fiering, a research vice president at Gartner. “Plus, if you want to use it for business, we’ve implemented additional manageability.”
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Lenovo's Thinkpad 2: Microsoft's Nightmare - or Dream?
Posted by: Richard Adhikari August 9, 2012 02:55 PMEarlier this week, Microsoft OEM Acer criticised the company’s plan to launch its own Surface tablets — a decision that led to consternation among Redmond’s hardware partners. Lenovo could be the first vendor to offer a product that might help kill off Microsoft’s plans. “Lenovo may be saying ‘Microsoft is doing Surface, but we’re doing everything the Surface does,'” said Leslie Fiering, a research vice president at Gartner. “Plus, if you want to use it for business, we’ve implemented additional manageability.”