This time, however, the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 are made from two pieces of metal instead of three - a change so subtle you might miss it even if you were inspecting the device closely. The shape is also the same: a rectangle with blunt edges, rounded corners and angling around the sides. As ever, it's made of matte magnesium-alloy, which does a superb job of repelling both scratches and finger smudges. Still, t he new Surface's more playful color aside, the chassis here is a fairly modest upgrade over the first edition. That's right, if you want a serious black tablet, you're gonna want to check out the Surface Pro 2, which is being offered exclusively in that familiar carbon shade. And that's still true, except for one obvious difference: The Surface now only comes in pale silver. When the Surface 2 was first announced, we said it basically looked like the original - at least from a few feet away. Given that, is it possible that all these hardware tweaks are enough to reverse Microsoft's fortunes? The thing is, of course, the Surface 2 does, in fact, run Windows RT, and it has many of the same software limitations as the original - namely, that it won't run traditional desktop apps. If you need even more evidence that Microsoft is embarrassed by the first Surface, consider this: The new version doesn't even have 'RT' in the name. It even looks different: The Surface now comes in silver, not black, so that you'll never mistake it for the original.

'It is not the simple changes that everybody wants, but it's the changes people need.' Those changes include a thinner, lighter body a sharper 1080p screen a faster Tegra 4 processor an improved webcam that fares better in low light and a dual-stage kickstand that makes it more comfortable to use in the lap. 'Surface 2 is not subtle, but a revamp,' Panos Panay, Corporate Vice President of Surface, said that day. After taking a $900 million hit on unsold inventory, the company held a press event where it saved the Surface 2 for last and billed it as a major redesign. We get the sense Microsoft wants to distance itself from the original Surface RT.

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