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Can Microsoft bruise Apple with launch of its first Windows laptop?

Like the company’s Surface tablets, the laptop will feature a detachable screen, allowing it to be used tablet fashion.

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Like the other models from the series, the Surface Pro 4 also comes with an attachable Type Cover keyboard that instantly converts the tablet into a practical laptop. Part of the reply reads, “Windows 10 is available on PCs and tablets now, and while Lumia 950 and 950 XL ship with Windows 10 for phones, broad availability of Windows 10 on other devices, including mobile phones, will begin rolling out in December”.

Other new products showcased during today’s event include the Microsoft Band 2 fitness wearable and the HoloLens holographic computing device, which is set to begin shipping as a $3,000 development edition in the first quarter of next year.

According to Know Your Mobile’s report, a fan curiously asked on Microsoft Lumia’s official Facebook account when the software company plans to release updates for Lumia phones like the Lumia 640 and 640 XL.

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said: “More and more people are coming home to Windows”. He told us Microsoft’s approach demonstrated a “new and exciting” way of looking at its hardware nearly as new classifications of devices. “The 5.2″ Lumia 950 and the 5.7” Lumia 950 XL both offer infrared iris scanning for user authentication. It runs on 6th-generation Intel Core processor and has 16GB of RAM, 1TB storage packs a G5 chipset, reportedly designed by Microsoft.

Microsoft called the 1.6-pound Surface Book a device that’s “redefining the laptop”. It’s noted that the features of the update will vary by device.

Panos, who also introduced a new Pen, said: “And yes, there’s an all-new Surface Pen as well, which also has an eraser on the end of it. The new pen has 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity and attaches magnetically to the side of the Surface Pro 4 when not in use”.

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Microsoft’s latest Windows 10-powered Surface Pro 4 is expected to debut in stores on October 26.

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