Low-cost Notebook with Windows 8
Microsoft is interested in better promoting their portable systems based on Windows 8 operating system, in direct contrast to the solutions Chromebook: this models with prices between 199 and 249 dollars. Following the release of netbook solutions market demand for low-cost portable PC systems was partly conveyed to the systems Chromebook, based on Google’s Chrome operating system.
It is a PC that find their main mode of use when combined with a web access, with a logic that differs in part from what we were used to having with Windows systems.
At the Worldwide Partner Conference, an event organized by Microsoft these days to involve all its partner ecosystem, information emerged about the small size of portable systems based on x86 architecture and combined with Windows 8 operating system that are positioned to direct price competing solutions Chromebook.
A product of this type is currently not well represented by the Acer Aspire ES1, a notebook with Intel Celeron CPU 2.16 GHz clock speed and 4 Gbytes of system memory that combines hard disk capacity of 500 Gbytes to a display 15, 6-inch diagonal. This product is currently on sale in America at a price of $ 249.99.
Toshiba and HP are preparing for the coming months, the debut of its solutions aimed at this segment of the market and are characterized by extremely attractive price levels. For HP, in particular, there is talk of 3 models with Stream belonging to the family that brought the top price of $ 199. To complete the range two other Windows devices, equipped with a display with a diagonal between 7 and 8 inches at the price of $ 99 that is unlikely to size can be considered as a substitute for a traditional notebook.
The announcement of the Worldwide Partner Conference Microsoft confirms its willingness to be present in the PC industry at the lowest cost, positioning itself as a direct alternative to the proposals developed by the partners of Google Chromebook. A threshold of $ 199 for a laptop, as with basic functionality, it is certainly very interesting and opens interesting scenarios for the development of this market niche.
- Intel Celeron N2830 2.16 GHz Processor (1 MB Cache)
- 4 GB DDR3L SDRAM
- 500 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive, DVD Drive Sold Separately.
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