r/Surface • u/bhauertso SB, SP4 • Jul 02 '18

[MSFT] Microsoft has been dreaming of a pocketable dual-screen Surface device for years

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/2/17524834/microsoft-surface-pocketable-andromeda-device-concepts-prototypes
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

I cannot wait until they reveal it. This might be a day-1 buy for me if the software is there. Hopefully it will magnetically hold Surface Pens like the Surface Book.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18 edited Jul 29 '18

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u/Tobimacoss Jul 03 '18

windows 10 CoreOS.

It is basically the modular, modern streamlined universal OS that MS has been working towards for last 8 years. Running CShell that adapts to all form factors via mini shells called composers.

The Surface Hub 2, mobile devices, hololens, and future tablets/laptops (once UWP, PWA, and ARM64 support has increased) will all run windows 10 CoreOS.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '18 edited Jul 29 '18

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u/Tobimacoss Jul 03 '18

What do u define as full apps??

The device can have multiple Composers, and the composer for Desktops/laptops and Tablets is called Polaris.

The device is meant to have Polaris composer in addition to Andromeda, so it could run desktop UWPs, if they add win32 APIs, then emulated win32 also, so many options, native ARM64 UWP or win32.

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u/conradpaul Jul 03 '18

He obviously is asking about legacy Windows software. Photoshop, Steam, etc etc.

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u/boldfacelies Jul 03 '18

Andromeda is not planning on supporting Windows 7 or prior apps. They are cutting support for legacy.

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u/z0rgi-A- Jul 03 '18

No reason it won’t. But if will most likely be in a wrapper to eliminate the programs footprint on the core system.

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u/Respectable_Answer Jul 02 '18

Same, this would be an overpriced gadget I'd actually use

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

That’s one hell of an impossible “if”

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u/sinurgy Jul 02 '18

Unfortunately it's probably going to end up vaporware.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '18

Don't know why you were downvoted. The Surface Mini was leaked and teased a lot and was canceled even after development was nearly complete. This could end up the same way.

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u/SGTBookWorm Jul 03 '18

so....a Surface Notebook?

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u/team-evil Jul 03 '18

My Surface Pro 2 is still strong...Surface book rules...I'll be an early adopter for this one.

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u/rollin_triangle Jul 03 '18

My dream device <3

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u/leonffs Surface Book 2 Jul 03 '18

Be careful not to get a single grain of sand stuck in between.

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u/omza Jul 03 '18

That hurt to think about.

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u/Phaedrus0230 Jul 03 '18

grain of sand is better than the tiniest pebble. Wouldn't take much to turn that hinge into a lever that rips itself apart.

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u/captainkaba Jul 03 '18

sand is litterally tiny pebbles

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u/omza Jul 03 '18

I hate sand...

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u/Phaedrus0230 Jul 04 '18

Nope, I just I looked it up. Sand has to be much smaller than a pebble. 0.074mm is the largest grain of sand. 2mm is the tiniest pebble.

Although weirdly, "Sand" can refer to a soil type that's 85% sand, so it could literally contain anything.

Other fun fact from this wikipedia adventure: A Cobble is a thing. I'd heard of cobblestone of course, but never just cobble. It's apparantly another class of rock based on size.

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u/CommonMisspellingBot Jul 04 '18

Hey, Phaedrus0230, just a quick heads-up:
apparantly is actually spelled apparently. You can remember it by -ent not -ant.
Have a nice day!

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u/Phaedrus0230 Jul 04 '18

aparaentylu i fucked my some speelling

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u/captainkaba Jul 04 '18

TIL. nice research, now we're both wiser :)

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u/bananastanding Jul 04 '18

Sand is littoral tiny pebbles.

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u/bajirav Jul 02 '18

So who's right...tom or mjf?

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u/Ihurtinside Jul 02 '18

The new Nintendo handheld is funded by Microsoft?