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more realistic prices for microsoft tablets, buy still not winners.

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        Win RT Tablets Will Cost $300 Less Than Win 8 Slates
        By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld    Aug 17, 2012 8:00 AM

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        Microsoft Surface Windows RT
        Microsoft tablets running its Windows RT operating system will be priced $200 to $300 below their siblings running Windows 8, according to an executive at the second largest personal computer maker in the world, Lenovo.

        Devices with ARM processors running RT will be priced to tantalize consumers, while those based on Intel and AMD chips are expected to attract corporate buyers and sell for $600 to $700, Lenovo's head of North American operations David Schmoocktold Bloomberg Thursday.

        Schmoock's pricing estimates for RT tablets appear to contradict reports earlier in the week that the ARM-based slates will enter the market at $199.

        If Intel-based Win 8 tablets sell for $600 to $700 and Win RT slates sell for $200 to $300 less, then Win RT units will be priced at around $400, about the same as a 16GB Wi-Fi iPad 2.
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