$99 Windows tablets and $199 notebooks on the way

By: Unknown on 18:34

Microsoft expects that consumers could soon see a seven inch tablet running Windows 8.1 in stores priced as low as $99, along with notebooks as cheap as $199.

Microsoft announced during BUILD that it would ditch its manufacturer royalty fee to OEMs for devices smaller than nine inches.

Turner said that there are Windows 8.1 notebooks priced as low as $249 that compete with the budget priced Chromebooks from Google. They include the Acer Aspire ES1, which is already out, and an 11.6-inch Toshiba notebook that will be released in time for the holiday shopping season.

 

 

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