Leak Hints Windows 8 Tablets May Be Dearer Than Makes Sense

[wraggster]

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 (http://www.extremetech.com/computing/136368-leaked-windows-8-tablet-pricing-suggests-microsoft-may-have-already-lost-the-war-and-its-marbles). Unbelievably, this is $100 more than the iPad 3 (http://slashdot.org/topic/cloud/would-you-buy-a-windows-8-tablet-at-ipad-prices/), 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.)"

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/09/18/1623253/leak-hints-windows-8-tablets-may-be-dearer-than-makes-sense