Visitors check out the Surface Book laptop at the Microsoft stand at the 2016 CeBIT digital technology trade fair on the fair's opening day on March 14, 2016 in Hanover, Germany. (Photo : Getty Images/Sean Gallup)
Microsoft soon plans to roll out its all-in-one PC to directly compete with Apple's iMac. This might be one of the several hardware efforts being planned by the company to strengthen its foothold in the market.
Recent years have seen Microsoft making one of its chief priorities and this is quite evident from the launch of the Surface Book laptop and Surface Pro line of tablets. However, this might just be the beginning, according to Windows Central. The publication reports that the company might soon jump into PC game with its all-in-one desktop.
Speculations are that the company is already working on the Surface AIO, which is an all-in-one desktop PC. The device may soon join Microsoft's existing range of Surface products. A previous report published by DigiTimes earlier indicated that Microsoft is planning to introduce its Surface desktop PC in "the third quarter of 2016 at the earliest." However, Daniel Rubino of Windows Central later said that such details have not been decided yet.
The complete details of the specs and features of the upcoming Microsoft all-in-one PC are still unknown. However, it is rumored that the release of the next generation Surface Book may depend on the launch and release of Kaby Lake 14-nanometer processors by Intel.
In fact, nobody knows what Microsoft's upcoming product would look like. But Microsoft filed for a patent in 2015, for the conceptual drawings of its all-in-one PC. According to industry experts, launch of Surface AIO could be Microsoft's effort to launch an updated, consumer-level version of the PixelSense. That is, the company may be trying to regain the confidence of the customers through its touch-centric tabletop computing device.
Microsoft's expansion into hardware is being seen as a way to increase its falling sales. Is is estimated that the sale of Microsoft PC has reduced by almost 12 percent around the world in the first quarter of 2016.
Therefore, the company might just be trying to experiment and bring something new to the table. With its Surface AIO, Microsoft may be able to give a new life to touchscreen all-in-one and upgrade it from awkward-to-use device to something that is truly useful and easy to use.
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