During Microsoft's briefing event on Wednesday, the software giant unveiled a number of new features and talked about the future of Windows 10. However, there was no talk about what will happen to Windows RT, the operating system that currently runs on the Surface RT and Surface 2 devices.
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At the nearly two-and-a-half-hour event, Microsoft showed off many of the new features in the next version of the operating system and even talked about the version of Windows 10 for mobile devices, which includes phones and tablets with screens smaller than 8 inches that run on Intel's x86 and ARM CPUs. Nothing was said about Windows RT, however.
After the Windows 10 unveiling, the company held a question-and-answer session with the audience, during which Terry Myeson, head of Microsoft's operating system team, was asked, "Will Windows RT be part of the Windows 10 upgrade?" and Terry replied, "We are working on an update, but we haven't worked out all the details yet."
Thus, it seems that Windows RT is not dead yet, even if the company has failed to bring the software into the mainstream. This is partly because the operating system offered a desktop environment but users could not use traditional applications other than Outlook, Office and Internet Explorer. There will be an update, but it will only include some of the improvements and features of Windows 10. However, this may just mean that Surface RT and Surface 2 will continue to be supported throughout the lifetime of the devices, but it does not necessarily mean that Windows 10 will run on them.
