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Ask HN: Microsoft's reply to Chromebook
Is there a chance that Microsoft will come up with a Chromebook competitor or is already working on? And it makes sense also at least in US and other developed countries where fast internet facilities are always available. Also they have got everything they need: Bing, One Drive, Office 365, Browser Spartan and Windows Store. It will be best for all those people who mostly work on the internet and removing all the legacy code of Windows would definitely make it much more secure and fast or may be they can build on top of linux kernel. Above all, it will be cool to have one!!
Any thoughts?
- smt88 12y agoNo. Windows 8.1 is almost as lean as Android (although for saying that, I'm probably going to be downvoted by the portion of HN that still thinks Windows is the same as it was 15 years ago). As far as price goes, we've seen decent models under $350, and the very low end is under $200: http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/01/lenovo-tablets-mwc2015/ http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/01/lenovo-tablets-mwc2015/ In short, Microsoft has no reason to create a less-functional, web-only version of Windows 8.1.
- amitmittal1993 12y agoWhat I think it is not about the price. It is mostly about the utility of that thing and coolness factor. We know that one of the reason Microsoft is not so popular now is that people don't think it as to be cool anymore. And Apple's products will continue to break records as long as it remains in fashion sense and is a status symbol.