What the Surface Pro 3 says about Microsoft's hardware strategy

Charlee Gothard
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Does Microsoft's hybrid tablet announcement point to a more focused hardware division under Satya Nadella's new company?

"Why hardware?" asked Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in his introduction to Microsoft's unveiling of the Surface Pro 3 this week. "We are clearly not interested in building refrigerators or toaster...

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