Surface Windows RT Supported By Microsoft Until 2017

If there is one major scourge about technology, it is the fact that things move so fast, what you own today is already obsolete not too far down the road. Having said that, it makes perfect sense for companies to reassure their customers that they are in for the long haul, which is why Microsoft has announced that those who own the Surface tablet that is powered by Windows RT can sleep easy – at least until 2017, as that is the length of time that Microsoft has committed itself to deliver support for the tablet.

We are talking about the Surface Windows RT tablet working until beyond the next Olympics, and come April 11, 2017, we do look forward to Microsoft making a generous statement that they will further support the tablet, depending on market forces and conditions at that point in time. I guess for the next four years, there would be no need to worry about any firmware updates, right? No idea on whether the updates will also include future Windows operating system versions though.