Will Surface finally end Microsoft's tortured tablet history?
Microsoft-Tablets of Yore
FILE- In an April 25, 2005, file photo provided by Microsoft, then Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates shares a prototype of an "ultra-mobile" Tablet PC during a keynote speech for attendees at the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Seattle. For decades, the tablet computer was like a mirage in the technology industry: a great idea, seemingly reachable on the horizon, that disappointed as hopeful companies got closer." (AP Photo/Microsoft, Robert Sorbo, File)