Check the impressive (but expensive) tablets here (via ZDnet):
Asus will likely have issues selling the devices, especially the more expensive ones, given that most Windows 8 notebooks, including ultrabooks, will cost $1000 or less.
It's as if they don't even want to sell them.
I agree. Why I would want the Atom version, when the Surface Pro will have an i5 at roughly the same price point or less, is beyond me. I also have difficulty seeing the use for the "Taichi" model; I never had many problems sharing files between two users on the same machine, myself (and how many laptops/tablets have more than one user, anyhow?) or between two separate PCs (how would having 2 panels make THAT any easier?).
Meh.
What a lack of vision.
If companies will price the Windows 8 tabs aggressively, they can knock the iPad off its perch.
It's moronic moves like this that have established a market that is Apple and the also-rans. Hopefully Microsoft will show 'em how it's done with the Surface. Unfortunately, the Zune history doesn't give us lots of reason for optimism about Microsoft's hardware marketing strategy.
Quote:Microsoft is really between a rock and a hard place. If they manage to cripple the competition, the Department of Justice will start in on them again about their monopolistic practices, but if they don't compete they'll continue to follow just behind everyone else.
Hopefully Microsoft will show 'em how it's done with the Surface.