Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on November 12, 2014 8:32 pm wrote:
> Michael S (already5chosen.delete@this.yahoo.com) on November 12, 2014 1:55 am wrote:
> > Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on November 11, 2014 9:45 pm wrote:
> > > Brett (ggtgp.delete@this.yahoo.com) on November 11, 2014 7:18 pm wrote:
> > > > Atom is the $30 chip, I expect the low clocked wide chip to sell for the same $150 as the desktop chip.
> > >
> > >
> > > What's the point of making it then, no one is going to pay $150 for a chip to put in a phone or tablet.
> >
> > Does not every buyer of Surface-Pro pay much more than $150 for "a chip put in a tablet"?
> > According to Intel's recommended customer price, SP3 CPUs range from $281.00
> > (i3-4020Y) to $426.00 (i7-4650U). $150 will be big improvement.
>
>
> So what's the benefit to Intel, if they're going to get less money for each Surface Pro sold?
> I doubt this would increase Surface Pro sales all that much, certainly it won't suddenly jump
> to 5-10% of the market. Intel probably gives up profit on the sale, let alone paying for the
> redesign of a chip targeted at something that sells only a couple million units a year.
>
> Not to mention that Intel risks losing a laptop sale when a Surface is sold, since a Surface is IMHO
> a replacement for a Windows laptop moreso than it is a replacement for an iPad or Galaxy Tab.
>
> So my question remains the same...

Here is a $99 Windows tablet, did not expect this, this year.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/13/technology/mobile/99-pc-prices-lowest-walmart/index.html?hpt=hp_t2