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Microsoft’s dual-screen Neo PC delayed until at least 2021

/ 07:04 PM April 12, 2020

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The launch of Microsoft’s Surface Neo is delayed until next year. Image: Courtesy of Microsoft via AFP Relaxnews

CNBC reported on Thursday (via ZDNET) that, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Microsoft’s dual-screen Surface Neo will not launch this holiday season as originally planned. Instead, the company is shifting its focus on refining the Windows 10X operating system for single-screen devices.

The Neo laptop was announced last October alongside the Surface Duo, a second dual-screen device with a more smartphone-like form factor which runs on Android rather than a special iteration of Windows 10X. Both were scheduled to be released during the winter of 2020; apparently, only the Neo’s launch timeline has been affected by the pandemic.

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This delay is just another among several challenges the company has been facing as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, including the digitalization of conferences like Build 2020 and the MVP Summit.

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TOPICS: Computers, COVID-19, Laptop, Microsoft, Windows
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