Intel And Microsoft Speed Up Windows RT's Death
by Ashraf Eassa
I have been an ultra, uber, perma-bear on Windows RT. Windows RT is quite literally Windows 8 but with fewer features, but ships on devices that have no cost advantage over Windows 8 equivalents. See, if I could go out an buy a 7" Windows RT tablet for $200, then sure, that makes sense. But the problem is that ARM (ARMH) based chips aren't any cheaper than the Intel (INTC) Atom chips, and Windows 8 costs Microsoft (MSFT) no more to produce and sell than Windows RT. In fact, if anything, they're robbing themselves of a potential "Office" purchase by selling RT! Anyway, it looks like Windows RT is on its way to the morgue, especially with some of the latest developments that we've been seeing. read more »
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