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Microsoft had been anticipating a cheap, pen-based Mac to compete with the Windows-based Netbooks that were selling well.

If you know your PC history, Microsoft became a big fan of tablets and pen-based computing in the early 1990s, and was trying to influence their partners to back this idea.

Microsoft’s planned Windows 10 Anniversary Update this summer is expected to add more pen-based input opportunities within the operating system.

Firms trumpet their boldness, yet they often follow one another, lemming-like, pursuing the latest innovation—pen-based computers, biotech, interactive television, superconductors, clean tech—off a cliff.

This mode will be particularly interesting for devices like the Surface Pro 3 or Lenovo’s Yoga laptops that can be used in multiple ways, including pen-based input.