Microsoft announcing new Surface on September 23, but is it DOA?

Microsoft announcing new Surface on September 23, but is it DOA?

Microsoft has relied completely on partner manufacturers to make and sell Windows PCs for decades, but that changed with the announcement of the Surface last year. The company wanted to create a premium PC experience to show off what it had been working on with Windows 8. Unfortunately, consumers have not been particularly enamored with the Surface or Windows 8. Now Microsoft is set to announce a new Surface on September 23. Leaks have painted a picture of a version of the Surface with improved specs, but is that anywhere close to enough?

The Surface RT was the first version to hit the market, and the follow up to this device will be very important to Microsoft. Other hardware makers have shown little interest in making Windows RT devices, so Redmond could be on its own to make the stripped down OS viable. The RT 2 (possibly just called Surface 2) is rumored to move from Tegra 3 to Tegra 4, which should give it a nice performance boost. Tegra 3 over-promised and under-delivered on all platforms — not just Windows RT. Microsoft is also said to be increasing the screen resolution to 1080p and upping RAM to 4GB.