Will Surface finally end Microsoft's tortured tablet history?
Microsoft Tablets of Yore
FILE- In this March 9, 2006, file photo, Microsoft Corporate Vice President William Mitchell presents a new ultra compact computer by Samsung at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover, northern Germany. 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/Eckehard Schulz, File)