Microsoft Surface is all style and no substance at all

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WiiBox3 said:

You forgot in 1993 Apple introduced the Newton. No one cared.

Actually, the Newton was a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).  The first real tablet computer was 1989's GRiDpad:

The GridPAD was so successful that it paved the way for the Palm Pilot, the Newton, and today's modern tablet computers.