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新华网7月23日电 据美国科技博客Gizmodo报道，在今天发布的财报中，微软证实了我们中的许多人心底已接受了的事实：Surface Mini平板夭折了。
标题为“计算机和游戏硬件”的长篇报告用这样一句话证实了小尺寸的Surface Mini平板的夭折：本年度包含了平板库存调整的收入成本让我们决定过渡到新一代的设备，但是其格式参数不会有太大变化。
微软对Surface Mini平板的推出令人费解，自5月份Surface Pro 3纽约发布会起，7寸平板替代了Surface平板混合型生产线。它的突然“离去”让人难以捉摸，尽管Mini的市场已经危机重重。在近一个月后，这款小型平板在Surface Pro 3的用户指南中几次露面，给了用户Mini会实现生产的希望。但现在看来，微软似乎不再允许这样的事情发生了。
译者：郝斐然
百度新闻与新华网国际频道合作稿件，转载请注明出处。Yep, Microsoft Killed the Surface Mini. For Real.
In an earnings report released today, Microsoft confirmed what many of us had already accepted into our hearts: The Surface Mini is dead.
Under the headline "Computing and Gaming Hardware," the company"s lengthy reportconfirms the kill in one toss-away sentence: "Current year cost of revenue included Surface inventory adjustments resulting from our transition to newer generation devices and a decision to not ship a new form factor."
Microsoft pulled the elusive Surface Mini, a 7-inch alternative to the hybrid Surface line, from the NYC Surface Pro 3 event in May. Its sudden departure was puzzling, though the Mini would"ve been entering an already hostile market. Almost a month later, the little tab made several appearances in the Surface Pro 3 users guide, giving some hope that the Mini might come to pass. It seems Microsoft, channeling its inner Gandalf, will allow no such thing. [TechCrunch]
