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Adinnieken on 18 June 2012
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foxtail said:
Slimebeast said:

Suggested retail pricing will be announced closer to availability and is expected to be competitive with a comparable ARM tablet or Intel Ultrabook-class PC. OEMs will have cost and feature parity on Windows 8 and Windows RT.

What does that mean? (the bolded)


I think it means both versions of windows (8 and RT) will have the same price and features sets for different editions*

*(by different editions I mean like the Home, Professional, and Ultimate editions of Win7).

No, that isn't what it means, as Windows 8 for tablets is Windows 8 RT (ARM) or Pro (x64). 

What it means is that OEMs will have cost and feature parity for their tablets featuring Windows 8 and Windows RT, as compared to what Microsoft is offering with the Surface tablets.  In other words, you should expect similar models coming from other OEM partners.

Windows 8 comes in two retail flavors, Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro.  These two mirror Windows XP offerings of Home and Professional, more so than Windows Vista or Windows 7 offerings.  In addition to the two retail offerings will be Windows 8 RT (OEM for ARM processors), Windows 8 Enterprise, and Windows 8 Server.  The latter two being available to Software Assurance clients or through OEMs.