Ever since Apple’s iPod revolutionised the digital music industry, Microsoftexecutives have been drawn by the allure of producing their own consumer devices.
自从苹果(Apple)iPod带来数字音乐行业革命以来，微软(Microsoft)的高管们就一直受到诱惑，想要生产出自己的消费者产品。
Enthusing about the iPod’s simple scroll wheel, the hardware interface that made it easy to sift through large libraries of music, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive, said at the time that his company might have to develop more of its own hardware if it wanted truly to compete with Apple.
微软首席执行官史蒂夫•鲍尔默(Steve Ballmer)对iPod简单的滚动轮很感兴趣。这个滚动轮是一种硬件接口，使得在大型音乐库之间来回切换变得很容易。鲍尔默当时表示，微软如果真心想与苹果竞争，可能就不得不自行开发出更多的硬件产品来。
Now, seven years later, the moment may finally have arrived.
七年之后的今天，这个时刻可能终于到来了。
