Microsoft’s Windows RT Surface will get software support for four years

In today’s world of disposable electronics, where new models can instantly make old ones feel obsolete, it’s often impossible to know how long hardware will be supported down the road. Although Microsoft (MSFT) greatly annoyed Windows Phone 7 users by making devices that were incapable of updating to the new Windows Phone 8 OS, the company looks to do right with Surface tablet owners in terms of providing regular software updates. Microsoft will support the Surface with Windows RT for four years until April 11th, 2017 according to a support page discovered by ZDNet. That’s good to know for anyone looking to buy a Surface. BGR reviewed the Surface and found it to be a robust and solid piece of hardware, but we said it was ultimately bogged down by finicky software issues and lack of a compelling library of apps.