One hard sell vs the iPad and does it have the retina screen and 'hearts and minds' of the consumer? It's almost got to the point where iPad is synonymous with tablet computer as Hoover is with vacuum cleaner. 70% of the market says it all really and the other 30% are mostly cheaper but equally (or more) locked in tablets from Amazon.
Win8 tablets may cost MORE than iPads – AND LAPTOPS
Microsoft has predicted that Windows 8 and Windows RT will usher in a new era of touch-based computing, but if leaked pricing from Asus is anything to go by, customers will have to pay a pretty penny to share in Redmond's vision. Although PC makers have been busy readying a range of tablets and laptops with touchscreens in …
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Wednesday 19th September 2012 10:56 GMT Gil Grissum
BALMER IS AN IDIOT
These idiots are poised to make the same stupid mistake that prevented the original Microsoft Tablet from selling in any real quantities. No one is going to overpay for a Microsoft product, not the least of which is a Tablet. Android vendors already failed at this strategy and you see how well that has worked for them (NOT). This is even more hilarious if the rumors are true and Apple is readying an iPad mini with the same functionality and retina display as the iPad. Watch as people stand in line to buy the iPad mini while these Windows 8 and RT tablets gather dust on shelves until someone wises up and lowers the price to what consumers in THIS economy are willing to pay.
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Wednesday 19th September 2012 13:34 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: BALMER IS AN IDIOT
if the rumors are true and Apple is readying an iPad mini with the same functionality and retina display as the iPad. Watch as people stand in line to buy the iPad mini
If the same reports and rumours are to be believed the iPad Mini will not have a Retina display. Apple will be saving that for when version 2 comes out......
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Wednesday 19th September 2012 12:52 GMT hollymcr
It's better because it costs more.
Obviously, if you can't afford a Windows tablet you can always go down market and just get an iPad instead.
Everyone knows you get what you pay for.
<-- I'm off to Poundland to buy an HDMI cable because I can't afford a £20 one from Curry's that would be so much better...
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Wednesday 19th September 2012 16:12 GMT jim 45
right across the hall
I live in Minneapolis near the Mall of America, where Microsoft has a beautiful big store directly across the aisle from Apple's. A more direct venue for comparison shopping could not be imagined; the stores are literally steps apart, facing each other. If these prices turn out to be real, it's going to be a huge disappointment to the nice people who work in Microsoft's store, who desperately want cool new products, and will instead have to endure an endless stream of customers asking them why they should buy the Win8 tablet cost so much more than the iPads, and who then walk out the door and don't come back.