A Refreshed Surface RT Won't Change Anything for Microsoft

By Steve Heller – Aug 13, 2013 at 6:00PM

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At the end of the day, it’s still Windows RT.

NVIDIA (NVDA -1.72%) CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has confirmed to CNET that the company is "working really hard" on a second-generation Microsoft (MSFT -1.02%) Surface RT.

In his typical outspoken fashion, Huang thinks a big issue surrounding the first-generation Surface RT was that it lacked Microsoft Outlook at launch, which he believes is "the killer app for Windows." Coupled with an upcoming Windows RT 8.1 update that'll integrate Microsoft Outlook, the hope is that the new Surface RT will be better received the second time around.

However, Fool contributor Steve Heller thinks that a software update and product refresh won't fix the structural issues associated with Windows RT. Check out the video below to get his full thoughts.

Fool contributor Steve Heller owns shares of Intel. The Motley Fool recommends Intel and NVIDIA. The Motley Fool owns shares of Intel and Microsoft. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.