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My guess is that for ARM devices they'll use a different licensing scheme with a price tag closer to windows phone 7 of $5-10.

• nextparadigms 15y ago
  I doubt it. I think one of the main reasons they chose to use the "real" Windows for the ARM tablet version instead of WP7, was because they wanted to charge several times the price for it. So expect them to charge at least $30-$40 for the ARM version, even though it basically works the same as the WP7 version would've worked on tablets, with the necessary modifications. In fact, it would've probably had much better performance, since it's much lighter.
  • shoota 15y ago
    I think it puts them at a competitive disadvantage to charge so much for a more limited version of windows. I think they chose to use Windows 8 to create confusion that legacy windows applications will work on tablets.
  • polshaw 15y ago
    Personally, i think microsoft were just scared of losing the tablet platform to apple and google. Desktops, or x86, very possibly aren't going to be common in the forseeable future. Windows is their clear competitive advantage to leverage. Many full desktop apps will be compilable to run on ARM, and lets not forget MS's own software; full office and internet explorer put windows8 ahead of the competition re: serious work already. (Besides windows phone has already bombed on phones, no reason to suspect it to fair any better on tablets). Going forward it will be much easier to develop for both platforms. This is a very similar approach to the XBOX; there is an easy way to make software for both platforms.