| Soleron said: Pissing off all the OEMs by making a Surface tablet and selling it in Best Buy, without the $100 fee they charge the OEMs for WinRT. |
It won't be, because it isn't monopolistic. If it was then Apple would be a monopoly which, consequently, it isn't.
The Surface is, when compared to similar hardware, reasonably priced. It isn't notably less expensive, and it notably more expensive. As a corporation, Microsoft, even in its products, has to justify costs. It can't offer a zero cost to Windows 8 RT/Pro, when in another part of the business they've calculated the an actual cost.
That said, the actual cost isn't $100. That's a flat out factually inaccurate. The price is $50 for Windows 8 RT, $65 if Office 2013 is included. That prices is the top tier price, with the fewest number of licenses being purchased. Increase the quantity of devices and that price goes down.
The $100 price you cite is for Windows 8 Pro and Office 2013.
