Leaked Windows 8 tablet pricing suggests Microsoft may have.. Ya, Not Good?

As hardcore hardware enthusiasts you put less emphasis on price and more on features.  While that holds true for the ultra-high end the same cannot be said for tablets.

If, like me, you thought Microsoft would price Windows RT competitively, you were wrong: A leaked slide from Asus says that its Vivo Tab RT, due to be released alongside Windows RT at the end of October, will start at $600. Unbelievably, this is $100 more than the iPad 3, and a full $200 more than the iPad 2 or Galaxy Tab 2 10.1.

For $600, you would expect some sensational hardware specs — but alas, that’s sadly not the case. The Vivo Tab RT has a low-res 10.1-inch 1366×768 IPS display, quad-core Tegra 3 SoC, 2GB of RAM, NFC, 8-megapixel camera… and that’s about it. Like its Androidesque cousin, the Transformer, the Vivo Tab RT can be plugged into a keyboard/battery dock — but it’ll cost you another $200 for the pleasure. (Curiously, the Transformer’s docking station only costs $150 — go figure.)

Much like in the PC space Microsoft is looking to make their cut on every OS they sell, either it be PC, Tablet, Tablet RT, Phone, car, soda machine, horse and buggy, whatever.  Because of this you'll have to accept that WinTabs are going to cost a little more than the IOS and Android equivalents.  That is also assuming you'll be able to do more on them.

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