Comments on: Digitimes: Other Notebook OEMs also stepping back from Windows RT tablets

By: Ryan T

Ryan T — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:33:00 +0000

Let’s keep thr discussion about Windows please. Get your hands on hardware, at a store or something and load up some games and compare their performance across the different architectures and then get back to me.

By: Ryan T

Ryan T — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:07:00 +0000

Yes I’ve used just about every hardware config available for the current crop of Windows 8/RT Tablets. Tegra 3 (Surface & Nvidia Reference Tablet), AMD-C series (Actually a Win7 platform, Acer W500), Atom Z2760 (ATIV Smart PC), Core i5 (Samsung series 7 Slate)

By: arrow2010

arrow2010 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:15:00 +0000

Microsoft will not even sell 2 million Surface RTs by year end.

By: w1ngnut

w1ngnut — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:31:00 +0000

Here is why: they can’t match Surface’s build quality. 80% is crap, see for android yrself.

By: theflew

theflew — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:04:00 +0000

I agree. I’m selling my Acer W500 to get an Asus Vivo RT tablet. Not because I didn’t think the W500 worked, but because it’s a tank. Performance wise it’s pretty nice and gets the job done.

By: Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:46:00 +0000

Actually, the Surface BOM (Bill of Materials) id $217. Of course you have to include R&D costs, shipping costs, inventory costs, labor costs, and marketing costs.

However, outside of labor and inventory costs, those costs are fixed costs and can be applied to all each of the three million Surfaces from the initial shipment and only add a few dollars per Surface, so even at a maximum of $350 per unit with those costs added, they are making a good $100-150 per Surface sold.

By: Gavin Tom

Gavin Tom — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:12:00 +0000

Looks like Microsoft just powned all the oems, that thought it could just repackage all their old shitty tablets and port RT to them. Innovation, gotta always keep on trucking.

By: freeiam

freeiam — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:02:00 +0000

OEMs – create your own OS (look at android – blackberry – tizzi etc.) !!!

byebye M$

By: john smith

john smith — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:41:00 +0000

I just want nokia to release a tablet

By: grs_dev

grs_dev — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:20:00 +0000

This stance by the OEMs says that Intel flexed it muscles with them…