Microsoft and Intel probably will not be able to stay under the $ 600 tablet with Windows 8

It is not hard to see the road in the world of Microsoft's tablet is intended to be an uphill struggle, with iPad and to a lesser extent Android to contend for a field of battle is already raging. The disadvantage could be even worse than expected.

Neither Microsoft nor Intel in fact, seem much less interested at all to consider a strategy of "downward" to promote the launch. Lower prices for CPU would damage the tablet PC market on which Intel basa their fortunes. Microsoft for its part has always clung to every penny of the price for its software.

Consequently, manufacturers and assemblers of hardware (so far we know Samsung and Lenovo) will be forced to ask a rather high price to the end user for any future armed with a tablet and Windows 8 Medfield chip or Clover Trail.

In the latter case, CPU, specifically designed for next-generation tablet, we speak of at least $ 600 - And because it's a starting price, I assume that we are considering the single core version.

As at the time the proliferation of tablet and its economic rivals ARM chipset, it is possible that a good percentage of future Windows 8 starts outside the x86 world, giving up compatibility with any previous software. I'm not a soothsayer, but I predict that this pricing policy is not very intelligent nor a plan for Intel or Microsoft.