Intel CEO says Bay Trail tablets will start at $200

[RU482]

It's completely viable, just expect them to have supporting hardware that more closely resembles a cheap android tablet than a netbook (eg 16gb ssd instead of 320gb hdd, tiny battery, very cheap build quality, and odds are MS will release some kind of Windows 8 "tablet edition" which costs next to nothing for OEMs but helps them keep Android/Chrome/iOS from gaining ground quite as quickly).

MS is already offering deep discounts to OEMs on Windows 8 for tablet devices

 

[erunion]

iOS is purely native ARM across the board, that is definitely an ARM software ecosystem.

True.

Though Apple has a history of porting OS.

 

[scannall]

iOS is purely native ARM across the board, that is definitely an ARM software ecosystem.

That isn't really accurate. iOS is a subset of OS X. Should they choose to go to x86 with it, the hard work is already done.

 

[Arachnotronic]

True.

Though Apple has a history of porting OS.

Intel would port it for free if Apple just asked.

 

[poofyhairguy]

That isn't really accurate. iOS is a subset of OS X. Should they choose to go to x86 with it, the hard work is already done.

And all those hardcoded ARM iOS apps?

iOS can probably run on a Power PC CPU as well, but without the apps iOS is just a clock and a webbrowser.

 

[Exophase]

That isn't really accurate. iOS is a subset of OS X. Should they choose to go to x86 with it, the hard work is already done.

I meant that everything on the app store is purely native ARM. We were talking about software ecosystem, not the OS.

 

[bgt]

Waiting for Temash tablets..........

 

[Abwx]

Apparently they will die salvage parts with a single functionnal core ,
i guess that they will be used in dirt cheap sluggish tablets...