CheepPCsAreTheBestValue, said:
From a company that is not building Cheap PCs of any Kind, but is in tablets, sure they are going to downplay the cheep PC, even if you can get a cheep PC for arount $300-$350 that does more than a tablet that costs 500 or more! Most of the people buying tablets already own a pc, I own 3 laptops! I will not pay any more than $200 for a tablet! Anyone that expects to do anything on a Windows RT tablet, can expect to pay for any software on this closed ecosystem, but with the cheep laptops in the $300 to $350 range users can install all the open source software for free, such as Libra or Open office, gimp, and Blender! As for my laptops, none of them cost more than $550, and the latest one I own came with a Sandy bidge Core i7, and I still get more than 6 hours of battery life on it! People rarely need more than 6 hours of battery life on their devices, as Airports, airplanes, and trains all have power outlets! Most people in the coffee houses that are on Tablets, have the tablets plugged in, so power is not the issue It once was! I will be running windows 7 on my laptops, and I have no need to upgrade to Windows 8! Until tablets have the ability to run a full version of a desktop operating system, expect Android based Tablets to be the best deal for under $200.
Tablets running windows RT are not the same as A cheep PC, RT is very limited Run Time(RT) and closed to non windows store apps, there are plenty of cheep(in Price) PC with good hardware on sale. Windows RT is so limited, Do you see any open source software being offered on the current surface, no , only a PC can run the full verson of windows Any RT tablet will be limited, and for 500+ you can get a damn good ASUS or other low priced (not Cheep) PC, That can run circles around the surface! Value PCs beat any RT device hands down! The microsoft surface tablet keyboard covers are very Cheep and poorly constructed!