Dell Introduces First Windows 8 Tablet Under $ 500

It seems quite clear to industry experts that one of the main problems, if not the main one, of tablets with the operating system of Microsoft is its price. As you already know, devices with RT Windows hardly go below 500 euros, and those who have the full version of Windows 8 they are often close to or even more than 1000 euros. Dell seems determined to try to resolve the situation with a model of his Dell Latitude 10, one of the tablets currently available with the full version of Windows 8By U.S. dollar 499.

We have already spoken many times about disappointing start that has Surface, despite the investment of Microsoft in publicity and the attention paid by the media. Its unfortunate fate, however, is shared by the vast majority of manufacturers who have risked producing tablets with the Redmond operating system, and much of the blame lies with the price of most of them. Despite the advantages to work of having Office in our devices, and regardless of how attracted each one feels to the virtues of Windows 8, The truth is that the tablets that use it are quite expensive for a market in which more and more, prices seem to move downward.

With this situation in mind, Dell has decided to launch a "low-cost" model of its Latitude 10, a tablet of 10 inches with the full version of Windows 8. This "low-cost" model will continue to have Windows 8 instead of RT Windows, although it will modify some of its other features to make it more affordable, despite which its Technical specifications they are still quite interesting. As reported SlashGear, Dell Latitude 10 Essential, as it will be called, will have a resolution 1366 x 768, a processor Intel Atom Z2760 de 1,8 GHz y 2GB from memory RAM. There will be two versions, depending on the storage capacity: one with 64 GB what will it cost U.S. dollar 579, and another with 32 GB what will it cost U.S. dollar 499. The news is quite refreshing if we consider that we will soon see the Surface Pro by $ 900 the cheapest model.