Wednesday, March 28th 2012
Wintel Tablets to Start at $599, Enjoy Higher Adoption Than WoA Tablets
Wintel (slang for Windows+Intel architecture) tablets, which launch along with Microsoft's latest Windows 8 operating system, which grab a greater market-share than WoA (Windows on ARM) tablets by the end of 2012, DigiTimes research predicts. This, despite the fact that the x86 and ARM versions of the operating system will be released simultaneously. PC majors such as HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, ASUStek and Toshiba, have all pledged 1-3 models of Wintel tablets by the end of 2012. Although still an emerging market-segment, tablets will see a clash between x86 and ARM architectures, as they are wooing for the same exact class of devices for the first time in computing history. Intel has made a lot of progress in miniaturizing the Atom processor, while led by the likes of Qualcomm and NVIDIA, ARM processors are getting stronger.
Sources:
DigiTimes, PCLaunches
11 Comments on Wintel Tablets to Start at $599, Enjoy Higher Adoption Than WoA Tablets
seriously, what is the point of wintel tablets...a 599 tablet, so you can say it runs windows 8?... and it will have a lower resolution than the competition, will not run games that run on a pc (because that GPU will be weak!.)
will need a docking station for the keyboard, just to make it like a laptop. and a weaker laptop at that.
this will require engineering that history shows that these companies won't provide...
so, if you need a Wintel tablet, suck it up, and buy a LAPTOP:toast:, otherwise suck it up, and buy an APPLE tablet.:D
in the end it really is :respect: to apple... for their tablet.
PS - Feel free to delete this post after fixing!