Report: Intel-powered Win 8 Tablets in Stores by November
Just in time for the holidays.
Windows 8 is widely believed to be coming this October and apparently the first Intel-powered Windows 8 tablets are going to be hitting stores the following month. CNet cites a source familiar with device makers' plans in reporting that we should see Wintel tablets running Windows 8 in November.
CNet's source says the schedule is tight, with Windows 8 needing to support four or five architectures, but a slew of 32nm Clover Trail devices are expected in time for the holiday season. This person says we can expect more than a dozen devices, with half of them being convertible or hybrid devices.
We heard earlier this year that Lenovo is hoping to beat everyone to the punch by launching the first ever Windows 8 slate in late 2012. Back in March, the Verge cited a source that said Lenovo was internally planning to launch the first Windows 8 tablet and this source said that it would be an Intel device.
Though Lenovo showed off the IdeaPad Yoga at CES 2012, which won one of our CES 2012 awards, but it's unlikely that this Windows 8 tablet/convertible is among the designs CNet's source was talking about. While the IdeaPad Yoga is powered by an Intel CPU, Lenovo has mentioned Intel's Core family of processors for this Windows 8 machine and CNet's source didn't touch on that market segment, just devices based on Clover Trail (Atom).

(This isn't it. Keep dreaming / being mad / crying A LOT on here with your $hit cryDroid products).
I also gave them a little crap about taking away the start menu and they just rolled their eyes. they said "oh you wouldn't believe how angry people are!" yeah, no kidding, you think you know better than what the public actually wants. Unfortunately I couldn't on the offensive about it because we have to work with these people on that project but god I wanted to lay into them. Give me what I want, not what YOU think I should have!
Oh please. Apple iPad isn't that easy to use. How do I go back? How do I bring up multitasking? All of those things are learned. Also, apple doesn't have a start button. The start screen is still their if you type in metro or hit the windows key.
I was wondering why I was getting dislike. I meant to say aren't. Isn't it crazy how just one word could screw up what you are saying. Anyways, I want $1,200 for a good tablet with a dock, blutooth keyboard, and mouse.
An i5 tablet simply won't exist. An i5 is not an SOC. i5 ULV small form factor will be in the form of the convertible.
Have you seen the Samsung 7 Series. i5 in a tablet. I don't want a keyboard stuck to my screen. I rather have a seperate keyboard.
... what is the percentage of use?
Those are tablet PCs, more like. Not SoC stuff.
Metro must die for PC to survive.