Leak Hints Windows 8 Tablets May Be Dearer Than Makes Sense

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @05:08AM from the boutique-prices dept.

MrSeb writes "If, like me, you thought Microsoft would price Windows RT competitively, you were wrong: A leaked slide from Asus says that its Vivo Tab RT, due to be released alongside Windows RT at the end of October, will start at $600. Unbelievably, this is $100 more than the iPad 3, and a full $200 more than the iPad 2 or Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. For $600, you would expect some sensational hardware specs — but alas, that's sadly not the case. The Vivo Tab RT has a low-res 10.1-inch 1366×768 IPS display, quad-core Tegra 3 SoC, 2GB of RAM, NFC, 8-megapixel camera and that's about it. Like its Androidesque cousin, the Transformer, the Vivo Tab RT can be plugged into a keyboard/battery dock — but it'll cost you another $200 for the pleasure. (Curiously, the Transformer's docking station only costs $150 — go figure.)"

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Re:Windows RT + Office by SJHillman · 2012-09-18 05:21 · Score: 0, Redundant

Trialware is great and all, but I'd hardly call it a feature if you have to pay for the 'upgrade'
Re:My god, slashdot editors are retarded by not+already+in+use · 2012-09-18 05:32 · Score: -1, Redundant

No, WinRT is the name of the runtime that runs on both ARM and X86. What do you think the RT stands for?

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