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OEMs are going to get kickbacks from Microsoft. http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-rumored-to-give-pc-makers-profit-deals-for-windows-8-apps http://www.neowi
by cooldeal 14y ago
OEMs are going to get kickbacks from Microsoft.
http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-rumored-to-give-pc-makers-profit-deals-for-windows-8-apps http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-rumored-to-give-pc-make...
That should drive the prices down a bit.
> While this opens a path for more impressive devices, it seems to us that Microsoft and Intel both took the Ultrabook route and charge “an arm and a leg” for the RT-powered tablet.
What? Intel is charging for an Windows RT ARM tablet?
- SlipperySlope 14y agoIntel and Microsoft are very jealous of the high profit margins obtained by Apple on gross sales. The Ultrabook is an Intel marketing scheme to make a commodity category out of the MacBook Air. Otherwise small form factor commodity laptops use less expensive Intel CPUs & low-end versions of MS Windows OS bundles.