编辑“︁Windows RT”︁（章节）

== 退市 ==
2013年11月，[[茱莉·拉森-葛林]]在瑞银全球科技大会上谈及Windows RT时，阐述了微软在Windows平台的移动战略上的未来方向。她指出，微软当前分别推出了三款移动操作系统：[[Windows Phone]]、Windows RT和完整版本的Windows，但他们“在未来将不打算再继续推出三个版本（的移动操作系统）”。尽管她并没有在这番言论中明确Windows RT的命运，不过业内分析师和媒体都将此视为是微软因Windows RT的市场普及率低下而将要放弃该系统的信号，这句话也同时被另一些人解读为微软正计划统一Windows和Windows Phone<ref name="guardian-killingrt">{{cite web |title=Microsoft ready to kill Windows RT |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/26/microsoft-kill-windows-rt-larson-green |work=The Guardian |date=2013-11-26 |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2013-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128155815/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/26/microsoft-kill-windows-rt-larson-green |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="verge-threewindows">{{cite web |title=Microsoft's device chief sees a future without three versions of Windows |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/25/5142850/julie-larson-green-future-windows-versions |work=The Verge |date=2013-11-25 |access-date=2013-11-29 |archive-date=2013-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129052513/http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/25/5142850/julie-larson-green-future-windows-versions |dead-url=no }}</ref>。微软最终在2014年的[[Build (开发者大会)|Build开发者大会]]上公布了新的“[[通用Windows平台]]”，开发者可利用该平台为Windows、Windows Phone和[[Xbox One]]打造出共享通用代码库的[[WinRT]]应用<ref name="pcworld-universalapps">{{cite web |title=Microsoft's universal Windows apps run on tablets, phones, Xbox, and PCs |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2138625/microsoft-introduces-universal-apps-that-scale-across-phones-tablets-and-pcs.html |work=PC World |access-date=2014-04-05 |publisher=IDG |archive-date=2014-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405014946/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2138625/microsoft-introduces-universal-apps-that-scale-across-phones-tablets-and-pcs.html |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="pcw-startback">{{cite web |title=Rejoice! The Start menu is coming back to Windows |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2138443/rejoice-the-start-menu-is-coming-back-to-windows.html |work=PC World |access-date=2014-04-02 |publisher=IDG |archive-date=2017-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723090508/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2138443/rejoice-the-start-menu-is-coming-back-to-windows.html |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="ars-startreturn">{{cite web |title=Future Windows 8.1 update will finally bring back the Start menu |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/04/future-windows-8-1-update-will-finally-bring-back-the-start-menu/ |work=Ars Technica |date=2014-04-02 |access-date=2014-04-05 |archive-date=2017-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830072731/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/04/future-windows-8-1-update-will-finally-bring-back-the-start-menu/ |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="infoworld-universalapps">{{cite web |title=One Windows, all devices: The new Microsoft app strategy unveiled |url=http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-net/one-windows-all-devices-the-new-microsoft-app-strategy-unveiled-239698 |work=InfoWorld |date=2014-04-02 |access-date=2014-04-05 |archive-date=2014-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406085544/http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-net/one-windows-all-devices-the-new-microsoft-app-strategy-unveiled-239698 |dead-url=no }}</ref>。微软透过此举来达成[[Windows 10]]在所有设备上统一Windows操作系统内核的目标<ref name="informationweek-7observations">{{cite web |title=Windows 10 On ARM: 7 Observations |url=http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-devices/windows-10-on-arm-7-observations/a/d-id/1316523 |website=InformationWeek |date=2014-10-13 |access-date=2014-11-24 |archive-date=2014-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118040128/http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-devices/windows-10-on-arm-7-observations/a/d-id/1316523 |dead-url=no }}</ref>。

微软原计划随[[Surface Pro 3]]一起推出一款搭载Windows RT的[[Surface Mini|小尺寸型Surface]]，但该设备最终还是被取消，此举被一些评论家视作是微软即将进一步边缘化Windows RT的迹象。他们认为，在新任CEO[[萨提亚·纳德拉]]以及新任设备部门主管[[史蒂芬·埃洛普]]（其随微软于2013年9月收购[[诺基亚]]移动电话部门而加入微软<ref>{{Cite news |title=Steve Ballmer Tells Employees: 'Stephen Elop Will Be Coming back to Microsoft' |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/stephen-elop-returns-to-microsoft-2013-9 |last=Bort |first=Julie |work=Business Insider |date=2013-09-03 |access-date=2018-04-09 |archive-date=2020-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113094319/https://www.businessinsider.com/stephen-elop-returns-to-microsoft-2013-9 |dead-url=no }}</ref>，但在次年便离职<ref>{{Cite news |title=Nokia's ex-CEO, Stephen Elop, is leaving Microsoft |url=https://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/06/17/nokias-ex-ceo-stephen-elop-is-leaving-microsoft/ |last=Williams |first=Owen |work=The Next Web |date=2015-06-17 |language=en-US |access-date=2018-04-09 |archive-date=2020-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113094311/https://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/06/17/nokias-ex-ceo-stephen-elop-is-leaving-microsoft/ |dead-url=no }}</ref>）的领导下，微软已经把目光转向更高端的生产力市场，Surface Pro 3就是迎合这一策略的产物，但受自身定位局限的Windows RT并不适合这块市场。分析师认为，微软可能是计划利用收购诺基亚的移动电话业务后得到的优势，以[[Lumia]]品牌推出未来的Windows RT设备<ref name="cw-rtsurface3">{{cite news |title=Why the Surface Pro 3 just killed Windows RT |url=http://blogs.computerworld.com/tablets/23942/why-surface-pro-3-just-killed-windows-rt |work=ComputerWorld |date=2014-05-22 |access-date=2014-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810171153/http://blogs.computerworld.com/tablets/23942/why-surface-pro-3-just-killed-windows-rt |archive-date=2014-08-10 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="zdnet-nomini">{{cite news |title=What Microsoft didn't announce today: An ARM-based Surface Mini |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-microsoft-didnt-announce-today-an-arm-based-surface-mini/ |work=ZDNet |date=2014-05-20 |access-date=2014-07-24 |archive-date=2025-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321173728/https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-microsoft-didnt-announce-today-an-arm-based-surface-mini/ |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="cw-notdeadyet">{{cite news |title=Windows RT isn't dead -- yet |url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9248465/Windows_RT_isn_t_dead_yet |work=ComputerWorld |date=2014-05-20 |access-date=2014-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630094116/http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9248465/Windows_RT_isn_t_dead_yet |archive-date=2014-06-30 |url-status=dead}}</ref>。

2015年1月21日，微软发布了[[Windows 10 Mobile]]，其是面向基于ARM架构的智能手机和8寸及以下大小平板的Windows 10版本；不同于基于Windows 8打造，延续了PC用户体验的RT，Windows 10 Mobile是Windows Phone的继任产品，延续的是为手机打造的用户体验。微软在Windows 10平台上强调了能够“[[一次编写，到处运行|一次编译，到处运行]]”于PC、平板电脑和手机，且使用[[Modern UI]]界面的[[通用Windows平台应用]]。Windows 10 Mobile还带有Continuum功能，透过此功能，用户能够把手机连接到兼容的外接显示器上来获得一个简化的PC界面<ref name="witpro-continumwm10">{{cite web |title=A PC in Your Pocket: Continuum for Windows Phones |url=http://windowsitpro.com/windows-10/pc-your-pocket-continuum-windows-phones |website=Windows IT Pro |access-date=2015-05-16 |publisher=Penton |archive-date=2015-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092722/http://windowsitpro.com/windows-10/pc-your-pocket-continuum-windows-phones |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="w10-phonedesktop-verge">{{cite web |title=Your Windows 10 phone can turn into a full PC |url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/8513519/microsoft-windows-10-continuum-for-phones |website=The Verge |date=2015-04-29 |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-date=2015-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501174413/http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/8513519/microsoft-windows-10-continuum-for-phones |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="cnet-tailored10">{{cite web |title=Microsoft has 'tailored' version of Windows 10 for phones, tablets |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-has-tailored-version-of-windows-10-for-phones-tablets/ |website=CNET |access-date=2015-01-23 |publisher=CBS Interactive |archive-date=2015-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122200617/http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-has-tailored-version-of-windows-10-for-phones-tablets/ |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="verge-10phonedebut">{{cite web |title=Windows 10 makes its phone debut |url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/7865923/microsoft-windows-10-mobile-os |website=The Verge |date=2015-01-21 |last1=Savov |first1=Vlad |access-date=2015-01-21 |publisher=Vox Media |archive-date=2018-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616030518/https://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/7865923/microsoft-windows-10-mobile-os |dead-url=no }}</ref>。在Windows 10的发布会结束后，微软的发言人表示他们会为Windows RT提供带有“Windows 10的部分功能”的更新<ref name="cnet-notdeadyet">{{cite web |title=Microsoft's Windows RT isn't dead… yet |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/microsofts-windows-rt-isnt-dead-yet/ |website=CNET |access-date=2015-01-21 |publisher=CBS Interactive |archive-date=2015-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122001305/http://www.cnet.com/news/microsofts-windows-rt-isnt-dead-yet/ |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="pcw-noenterprise">{{cite web |title=Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2873214/windows-10-will-be-a-free-upgrade-for-windows-7-and-8-users.html |website=PCWorld |access-date=2015-01-22 |publisher=IDG |archive-date=2015-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122172826/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2873214/windows-10-will-be-a-free-upgrade-for-windows-7-and-8-users.html |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Surface RT tablets will get a mysterious ‘Windows 8.1 RT Update 3’ in September |url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/15/8974979/windows-rt-update-3-september-release |website=The Verge |date=2015-07-15 |language=en-US |last=Warren |first=Tom |access-date=2025-10-14}}</ref>，Surface 2和Lumia 2520也在不久后被微软宣布停产<ref name="pcw-2520done" />。

受应用生态问题困扰的Windows 10 Mobile在整个生涯里都没能-{取得}-显著的市场份额，还是走向失败<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodbye, Windows 10 Mobile, tweets Joe Belfiore |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/windows-10-mobile-features-hardware-death-sentence-microsoft/ |website=CNET |date=2017-10-08 |language= |last=Reilly |first=Claire |access-date=2025-10-05 |archive-date=2025-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527032004/https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/windows-10-mobile-features-hardware-death-sentence-microsoft/ |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.windowslatest.com/2016/11/08/reason-lumia-failed/|title=This is The Reason of Why Lumia Failed|date=2016-11-08|work=Windows Latest|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113094309/https://www.windowslatest.com/2016/11/08/reason-lumia-failed/|url-status=dead}}</ref>。而微软最终又于2016年5月将其[[微软移动|从诺基亚处收购的移动业务]]转售予[[HMD Global]]和[[鸿海科技集团|鸿海科技]]子公司[[富智康]]，退出消费级手机市场<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/955890/microsoft-is-leaving-the-consumer-mobile-market.html|title=Microsoft is leaving the consumer mobile market|last=Patrizio|first=Andy|date=2016-09-29|work=Network World|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en|archive-date=2025-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910052143/https://www.networkworld.com/article/955890/microsoft-is-leaving-the-consumer-mobile-market.html|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/18/nokia-phones-are-back-after-microsoft-sells-mobile-assets-for-350-million-to-foxconn-hmd.html|title=Nokia phones are back as Microsoft sells mobile assets to Foxconn|last=Kharpal|first=Arjun|date=2016-05-18|work=CNBC|access-date=2018-04-09|archive-date=2020-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113094308/https://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/18/nokia-phones-are-back-after-microsoft-sells-mobile-assets-for-350-million-to-foxconn-hmd.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>。

经数次迭代后的新款英特尔移动处理器也开始具备有能等同，甚至超越同级别ARM竞品的性能与电池续航能力；而微软又于2014年4月宣布免除九寸及以下屏幕尺寸设备的Windows OEM授权费<ref name="verge-free9inch">{{cite web|title=Microsoft making Windows free on devices with screens under 9 inches|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/4/2/5574146/microsoft-making-windows-free-on-devices-with-screens-under-nine/in/5338899|work=The Verge|date=2014-04-02|access-date=2014-04-02|archive-date=2014-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405021227/http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/2/5574146/microsoft-making-windows-free-on-devices-with-screens-under-nine/in/5338899|dead-url=no}}</ref>。于是便有许多厂家开始推出搭载英特尔处理器并运行着完整版Windows 8的廉价平板<ref>{{Cite web |title=中国的硬件制造革命 |url=https://www.jiemian.com/article/226370.html |website=界面新闻 |date=2015-01-19 |author=林腾 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251014144626/https://www.jiemian.com/article/226370.html |archive-date=2025-10-14 |access-date=2025-10-14}}</ref>，这些新兴的低端Wintel平板又挤占了Windows RT的生存空间，也为微软是否继续会支持除智能手机以外的ARM设备蒙上了更多的不确定性<ref name="informationweek-7observations"/><ref name="infoworld-cheap81">{{cite web|title=Cheap Windows 8.1 tablets flood the market|url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/2825878/mobile-technology/cheap-windows-8-1-tablets-rush-to-the-bottom-windows-rt-loses-big-time.html|website=InfoWorld|date=2014-10-14|access-date=2014-11-24|archive-date=2014-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103112710/http://www.infoworld.com/article/2825878/mobile-technology/cheap-windows-8-1-tablets-rush-to-the-bottom-windows-rt-loses-big-time.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>。2015年3月，微软发布了Surface 2的继任产品[[Surface 3]]，不同于它的前两代产品，Surface 3不再采用ARM处理器和Windows RT<ref name="verge-surface3">{{cite web|title=Microsoft's Surface 3 is a $499 tablet that could be a full Windows laptop|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/31/8317597/microsoft-surface-3-tablet-features|website=The Verge|date=2015-03-31|access-date=2015-03-31|archive-date=2015-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401075732/https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/31/8317597/microsoft-surface-3-tablet-features|dead-url=no}}</ref>，而是转用x86架构的英特尔[[凌动]]处理器，且运行着完整版的[[Windows 8.1]]。其之后又于2018年被搭载[[Kaby Lake|奔腾金牌]]处理器的[[Surface Go]]取代<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bohn|first=Dieter|date=2018-08-07|title=Microsoft Surface Go review: a little goes a long way|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/7/17657174/microsoft-surface-go-review-tablet-windows-10|access-date=2022-11-04|website=The Verge|language=en-US|archive-date=2025-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250826125858/https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/7/17657174/microsoft-surface-go-review-tablet-windows-10|dead-url=no}}</ref>。

尽管微软有推出为ARMv7设备打造的Windows 10 Mobile，但微软没有再为Windows RT设备提供任何形式的完整Windows 10操作系统更新<ref name="ars-rtupdate3" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft’s Surface RT tablets won’t get Windows 10 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/1/22/7871563/microsoft-surface-rt-tablet-no-windows-10-upgrade |website=The Verge |date=2015-01-22 |language=en-US |last=Warren |first=Tom |access-date=2025-10-14}}</ref>。不过，应此前“会向Windows RT提供Windows 10的部分功能”的承诺，微软于2015年9月16日<ref name="ars-rtupdate3" /><ref name="techradar-rt10update">{{cite web|url=http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/microsoft-confirms-windows-rt-will-get-an-update-within-weeks-1297963|title=Microsoft confirms Windows RT will get an update within weeks|website=TechRadar|publisher=Future|access-date=2015-06-29|archive-date=2015-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701200529/http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/microsoft-confirms-windows-rt-will-get-an-update-within-weeks-1297963|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="neowin-wrtupdate3">{{cite web|url=http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-rt-update-3-is-coming-in-september|title=Windows RT update 3 is coming in September|last1=Sams|first1=Brad|website=Neowin|publisher=Neowin LLC|access-date=2015-07-15|archive-date=2015-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716060745/http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-rt-update-3-is-coming-in-september|dead-url=no}}</ref>发布了Windows 8.1 RT Update 3（KB3033055）<ref name="ms-3033055"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Windows 8.1 RT Update 3|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/windows-8-1-rt-update-3-28beae0d-e383-8d0b-6cf8-ba5c15b400fd|access-date=2021-04-06|website=support.microsoft.com|archive-date=2024-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927133748/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/windows-8-1-rt-update-3-28beae0d-e383-8d0b-6cf8-ba5c15b400fd|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="ars-rtupdate3"/>，这个更新为Windows RT带来了类似于Windows 10样式的新开始菜单<ref name="ars-rtupdate3"/>。除此之外就没再有其它的重大功能更新，微软也没有让Windows RT兼容Windows 10的通用Windows平台应用<ref name="ars-rtupdate3"/>。[[The Verge]]认为这个更新就类似于[[Windows Phone 7.8]]——微软在宣布所有[[Windows Phone 7]]设备均无法升级至[[Windows Phone 8]]（因其换用了[[Windows NT]]内核）后向前者推送的更新，该更新向Windows Phone 7反向移植了Windows Phone 8中的一些用户界面改进，但也仅限于此<ref name="verge-update3details">{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/8/9/9123277/windows-rt-8-1-update-3-start-menu-lock-screen-features|title=Upcoming Windows RT update will include new Start menu and lock screen|website=The Verge|date=2015-08-09|access-date=2015-08-20|archive-date=2015-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820074936/http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/9/9123277/window.s-rt-8-1-update-3-start-menu-lock-screen-features|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="pcw-rtupdate3">{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2949983/windows/windows-rt-users-shouldnt-expect-much-from-update-3-report-claims.html|title=Windows RT users shouldn't expect much from Update 3, report claims|website=PC World|publisher=IDG|access-date=2015-07-20|archive-date=2015-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721022641/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2949983/windows/windows-rt-users-shouldnt-expect-much-from-update-3-report-claims.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>。