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Acer: Microsoft Tablet PC fees hard to swallow | |
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| Time: 11:03 EST/16:03 GMT | News Source: News.com | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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Senior executives of Taiwan PC maker Acer on Tuesday took swipes at Microsoft during an event marking the first anniversary of the software giant's Tablet PC operating system. Acer President Wang Chen-tang said Microsoft is charging too much for its Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system, which has resulted in disappointing Tablet PC sales. | ||
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| #1 By 2332 (216.41.45.78) at 10/23/2003 1:46:23 PM |
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First off, Acer's Tablet offerings suck.
Second, the reason Tablet PC sales aren't great at the moment isn't because they cost $200 more than other laptops, it's because they cost more while offering significantly less, aside from the tablet functionality. Don't get me wrong, I love Tablet PCs. A co-worker of mine has a Fujitsu, and it rocks. But it rocks as a Tablet, not really as a laptop. It's only a medicore laptop. No built in drive bay, significantly slower CPU, etc. So it's not that consumers need to justify a $200 price increase to buy a Tablet. If that was it, almost everybody would jump at Tablets. It's that consumers need to justify $200 more, AND a slower CPU, AND (usually) a smaller screeen, AND no built in drive bay, etc. That's what the problem is. |
| #2 By 2960 (68.100.36.242) at 10/24/2003 1:33:50 PM |
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I want a low-priced smart-tablet (I think that's what they are calling them). All I need is a nice remote LCD screen to my desktop, which is exactly what these do.
Unfortunately, the value-to-cost ratio for these is even worse. $1000 for a dumb LCD connected via Wireless. Ridiculous. One of the problems is the requirement that a copy of WinXP Pro be bundled in. That's $100 in wasted money right there. Even if you already have XP Pro on your desktop, you are still required to buy it. I hate stupid things like this. TL |
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