One of the main obstacles to the proliferation of tablets with Windows 8, as we have repeated on several occasions, it is the prohibitive price of most equipment. However, the situation looks to change imminently since, as the CEO of Intel has advanced, soon the market will begin to receive models with a price similar to that of the Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire HD. Will it be enough for you Microsoft can extend its ecosystem?
If we take a look at the equipment catalog with Windows 8 that we can acquire in the current market, the cheapest we are going to find may be the Dell Latitude 8 with a price that oscillates around 500 euros. Something that is not bad if we consider that these tablets allow you to install all the desktop software that is available for the operating system of Microsoft, however, if we compare it with AndroidWhere you can buy devices for less than 100 euros, the price disparity is huge.
Intel holds the key so that tablets with Windows 8 become more competitive in terms of price, and is that the manufacturer finalizes the launch of your chip Bay Trail which promises to be a quantum leap when it comes to ATOM processors. This new generation will optimize the performance of the equipment with Windows 8 at the same time that they will gain in lightness and autonomy. The result is that the new generation tablets will double their potency and will be able to reduce their thickness to the 8 mm, almost like a iPad mini.
The revolution that Intel forecast is such that it can even affect the ecosystem Android. Some brands have already opted for this processor manufacturer obtaining exceptional performance in devices with the software of Google. But what is certainly shocking is that Intel has achieved a spectacular reduction in production costs, the case of the phablet Lenovo K900 is paradigmatic in this sense, since it costs only 400 euros and its power is similar to that of a Galaxy S4.
Something similar should happen in the tablet segment, and soon we will begin to see equipment for around 200 euros capable of competing with franchises such as the Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire HD.
Source: windows phone center.