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HP Introduces Sub-$100 Windows Tablet

Posted by timothy on from the race-to-bottom dept.

jfruh writes While Windows-based tablets haven't exactly set the world on fire, Microsoft hasn't given up on them, and its hardware partners haven't either. HP has announced a series of Windows tablets, with the 7-inch low-end model, the Stream 7, priced at $99. The Stream brand is also being used for low-priced laptops intended to compete with Chromebooks (which HP also sells). All are running Intel chips and full Windows, not Windows RT.

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  1. now that its not $700 by GarretSidzaka · · Score: 4, Insightful

    sort of want

    1. Re: now that its not $700 by iamhassi · · Score: 3, Insightful

      But being $100 it will probably be slow and crappy which will make Windows 8 appear slower and crappier than it already is.

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    2. Re: now that its not $700 by slazzy · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I wouldn't be surprised if MS is paying HP to be selling these things so cheap...

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  2. Will it run Linux? by wirefarm · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would be interested, if I didn't have to run Windows on it.

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  3. So, now HP sells a tablet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For less than TI sells a calculator.

    1. Re:So, now HP sells a tablet by WrongMonkey · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Its not pointless at all. Long division and multiplication are an exercise in how to take a large calculation and algorithmically break it down into manageable units. This is a fundamental skill for practical math at any level.

  4. Re:How does it handle Pinterest? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The laptops are based on the Celeron N2840, with 2GB of RAM. I can't seem to find much in the way of benchmarks; but I suspect that they are surprisingly adequate. What is a bit surprising is that the the N2840 has a quoted tray price of $107, so either Intel is cutting HP one hell of a deal, or I don't even want to know what HP cobbled the rest of the system together from...

  5. Re:99 is not sub $100 by ThorGod · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In a world where people throw away pennies or leave them lying on the street 99.99 is 100.

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  6. Re:Battery life? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've got the Asus transformerbook T100. It's a tablet that runs full fat windows 8.1 No fans. Charges USB. I get 8-10 hours of use out of it between charges. (Comes with a detachable keyboard/trackpad which is nice. Also has HDMI out)

    It's not as nice as, say, an ipad but it's a full windows machine and it costs half what an ipad does. Since Intel introduced the baytrail Atom they really have been able to make machines that operate in a no-bullshit tablet power enevlope.