Asus Windows 8 Slates to Cost as Much as $1300
Slide shows Asus' Windows 8 slates won't be cheap.
With Windows 8 due out in a little over a month, we expect companies will start talking about pricing and availability for their own Windows 8 devices pretty soon. Until that happens, though, all we've got to go on are rumors, and the rumor mill has a pretty high price tag on Asus' Windows 8 slate.
According to a leaked slide obtained by ZDNet, the Asus' Windows 8 RT slate is going to start at $599. From there, prices will head up to $1200. The $599 Windows RT-based Vivo Tab RT packs a 10.1-inch display, a quad-core Tegra 3 CPU, Office 2013, and an optional $200 keyboard dock. Next is the Vivo tab, which starts at $799 (plus another $200 for the keyboard dock), an 11.6-inch display, an Atom Z2760 CPU, and an Office trial. Lastly, there's the $1299 Taichi, which boasts dual 11.6-inch full HD panels and Bang & Olufsen speakers.
The slide is a roadmap for the holiday season, so Asus is clearly hoping to shift units during the most shopping-heavy period of the year. The question is: will people buy tablets at such a high price? The problem is that tablets, up until quite recently, have been entertainment devices. Built for reading, browsing and watching, they weren't billed as productivity machines. Slowly, though, the tablet model is shifting. PC makers are building devices like Microsoft's Surface, which boasts a full OS and doubles as a laptop when you add in the keyboard peripheral. Now the issue is convincing consumers that a tablet/notebook hybrid can do just as good a job as a laptop and is worth more than the average tablet in terms of pricing.
According to ZDNet, this slide is a preliminary roadmap, which means pricing could change before launch. How much would you pay for one of these devices? Let us know in the comments below!
I fixed the title for you, making it sound less negative. Your job now is to change the second half of the "article" to match it (unless, of course, you intended it to sound negative, but who would assume such a preposterous thing?).
The PC isn't dead, but the laptop will soon be an endangered species.
I fixed the title for you, making it sound less negative. Your job now is to change the second half of the "article" to match it (unless, of course, you intended it to sound negative, but who would assume such a preposterous thing?).
The PC isn't dead, but the laptop will soon be an endangered species.
$1200 for a tablet with windows 8? I think a laptop would be a better choice. I would love more competition in the tablet arena but this isn't going to cut it...
I'll wait for a proper review before passing final judgment. Up till now it's previews and hype.
Why would someone buy an 11" slate when they can get a full power (and larger screen size) laptop for less?
Lets see.... gaming laptop or a stupid little tablet, oh no, hard choice!
Kindle HD? sure, it's a fair price
If you want proformance the Nexus 7 has the same CPU for HUNDREDS less... I don't think microsoft is going to steal anyone away from the Android OS.
99% of comments on TH knocks apple, until someone comes out with something more expensive. Where are the haters?!!
I don't think words can even describe how overpriced and bad of a deal that product is.
What everyone is forgetting is the corporate sector. Apple anything (other than iphone) is a complete pain to get to work in a AD driven environment. Android is a good alternative but still wont hold up because of how easy it is to get spyware on them.
Once you are able to buy a tab and join it to your work domain its game over. You just simply log in and have access to everything just like your workstation. This will be amazing for epmloyers. This is going to be the real introduction of the tablet into the workplace.
Hands down will destroy all other tablets.
Are you even reading the comments? Everyone is saying it's to expensive. Everyone saying it's cheaper to get an actual laptop....
So, you basically get a laptop AND a tablet for that price. And Windows 8. Sot so bad I guess. Ok, this is not a gaming laptop but again, it's not as bad as it may look like.
The Vivo Tab (x86) is a glorified netbook! How can they possibly justify charging $1000 for a tablet plus a keyboard? That is literally twice as much as they should be charging. $250 for netbook specs plus $250 for the premium screen, touch sensitivity, extra battery, and novelty factor. End of discussion.
The Vivo Tab RT is also ludicrously priced. At $600 with the keyboard dock, the Vivo Tab RT might compete against the iPad, but given that the full-blown Vivo Tab shouldn't cost more than $500, the reality is they need to be selling the RT tablet at $300 with a $100 keyboard dock. Again, they're talking about pricing it at twice that.
If you look in the mirror you'll find one.