If you've a Surface 2 or any Windows RT device, now’s a good time to hit Windows Update.

PSA to Windows RT users: There will be an update for Windows 8.1 RT, and it's coming in September.

No full Windows 10 for Windows RT users, the discontinuing of the Surface 2 hardware - the future is very bleak for Microsoft's 2-year-old, ARM-supporting OS.

Today, Microsoft launches the Surface 2 tablet in Singapore. It's now powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor, and sports a 10.6-inch ClearType Full HD display. It's also thinner and lighter than last year's Surface RT. But are hardware enhancements and the new 8.1 version of Windows RT OS enough to make the Surface 2 a winner? We find out.

Microsoft's Surface 2 tablet replaces the Surface RT and is powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor. It also sports a new 10.6-inch ClearType Full HD display and is even slightly thinner than its predecessor.

Microsoft's new Surface 2 tablet, which runs Windows RT 8.1, will be available locally from March 14 onwards in both 32GB and 64GB flavors.

In a bid to make their mobile platform competitive with Google's Android operating system, Microsoft is considering making Windows Phone and Windows RT available free of charge to device makers.

Julie Larson-Green, executive VP of Devices and Studios at Microsoft, has said that Microsoft now has three mobile operating systems and "we're not going to have three." Somehow we don't think they're going to kill Windows Phone and Windows, so it's going to be you, RT.

Speaking at last week's UBS Global Technology Conference, Microsoft executive vice president, Devices and Studios, Julie Larson-Green said it is not possible for the company to continue offering three disparate versions of Windows operating system.

A Microsoft executive has admitted that the Surface RT name has caused confusion amongst consumers, which ultimately led to poor sales of its Surface RT tablets.