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foxtail on 18 June 2012
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Adinnieken said:
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. 

Thanks guys, but what do they mean by the "cost" part of the quote?  Can MS set the MSRP of OEM versions of the tablet?  Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose.