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Windows 8 tablets can't sell for $800 or $900. I don't care what the tablets cost the manufacturers to make and license, they simply won't sell any for that pri

Windows 8 tablets can't sell for $800 or $900. I don't care what the tablets cost the manufacturers to make and license, they simply won't sell any for that price. It may well be more featured packed and powerful than an iPad - but it will be the premium product. At that price it will be pretty damn close to the price of a Macbook Air or Ultrabook which aren't any more arduous to carry. The only advantage of a tablet of those notebooks is the form factor. So how many people are out there looking for the form factor of a tablet but find the iPad's specs constraining?

MatthewPhillips 14y ago
I'm no mathematician, but I fail to see how +$85 gets you up to "$800 or $900" or how they're figuring that. For the 64gb models perhaps. I'd gladly pay +$85 for a tablet where I have file system access so I don't have to use another computer to get a file on the darned thing.
- runako 14y ago
  He probably read TFA to get to those prices: "Premium Windows 8 tablets will likely run between $800 and $900."
  - dubya 14y ago
    As I recall, "analysts" were predicting much higher prices for the iPad before it was released. Maybe they'll be wrong again.
  - kristianp 14y ago
    He is clearly asking how the article gets those prices.
- koeselitz 14y ago
  That's the trouble, though - will Windows RT really offer file system access? I haven't seen guarantees that it will.
  - bztzt 14y ago
    Yes, you can use Windows Explorer in the desktop.
- nl 14y ago
  I'd gladly pay +$85 for a tablet where I have file system access so I don't have to use another computer to get a file on the darned thing. If that is your entire set of requirements you can get Android tablets for $85 (total) that give you file system access.