Microsoft Provided Tim Cook With A Surface Pro 4 At The China Development Forum

Did Microsoft give Apple CEO Tim Cook a chance to change its mind about the Windows 2-in-1 gadgets he used to dislike? The executive attended the China Development Forum in Beijing on Saturday, March 18, where Microsoft gave participants 300 Surface Pro 4 gadgets to use during the meeting. Twitter client Hyken Wong shared a photo of Tim Cook's assigned Surface Pro 4, featuring the irony of the situation.

It's not clear if the Apple CEO really used the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 during the meeting, yet many almost certain he didn't. Would it be bad PR for Apple if Tim Cook himself was seen using a product he specifies as a bad toaster-refrigerator combo in 2012? Possibly, even if to be fair, it appears that not a lot of participants used the Surface gadgets as per photographs from the occasion, The Verge reported.

CEOs are hardly complimentary about each other's products such as Surface Pro 4. Out in the public, that is. This shouldn't imply that companies don't inspect them carefully back at the workplace and gladly take any ideas they find uplifting, Cnet reported. Obviously it may be the case that Cook took one look at his Surface Pro 4 and chose it would make a perfect kickstand for his iPad.  

Throughout the years, Cook appears to have changed his assessment or opinion about hybrid gadgets such as Surface Pro 4. In Fall 2015, Apple introduced its first iPad Pro, a 12.9 inch iPad with a detachable keyboard and an optional Apple Pencil. The company even displays this new iPad as a "PC," in spite of the fact that it's running somewhat limited mobile operating system.

Tim Cook may have most likely never used a Surface Pro 4, however many figures he's truly mindful that Microsoft is currently chasing Mac clients with its developing Surface portfolio. The Redmond giant launched a MacBook exchange or trade-in program a year ago, and it also quietly released a Surface Migration Assistant Mac application recently. However, more importantly, some Mac fans are beginning to think that Microsoft has a more forward-thinking approach with Windows 10.