Windows on ARM - Windows RT

Summary: Ultimately, it comes down to price. If that’s wrong, and Microsoft is relying on consumers to take tablets mainstream, they could be toast. Who’s going to be the people buying these Windows 8 ARM tablets when they hit the shelves? I’ve come across some commentary over the past couple of days that suggests that these tablets will be aimed at consumers as opposed to enterprise.

Two examples of such commentary: first by ZDNet’s Larry Dignan:

Consumers will have to drive the Windows 8 bus. I’m looking forward to Windows 8 tablets only because the Android army has botched numerous attempts to storm the Apple iPad beaches. Windows 8 could be a tablet juggernaut. However, the tablet story for Windows 8 is also a show-me tale. Show me consumers will buy a Windows 8 tablet over an iPad. Show me Windows 8 tablets can be a viable No. 2. Show me I won’t be a technology leper if I carry a Windows 8 tablet around.

Here’s the second, by Paul Thurrott over on Winsupersite:

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