{"id":8013,"date":"2014-08-23T07:54:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T11:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=8013"},"modified":"2014-08-23T07:54:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T11:54:45","slug":"windows-8-and-chromebooks-force-microsoft-to-face-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/windows-8-and-chromebooks-force-microsoft-to-face-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 8 and Chromebooks Force Microsoft to Face Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dirt cheap Windows PCs already hitting the streets, with help from Microsoft<\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/header>\n
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Microsoft is helping hardware makers build low-priced Windows PCs to combat Chromebooks and the early results of that effort are hitting the market.<\/p>\n

Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo are selling laptops priced less than $250 that run on Windows 8.1 with Bing, a\u00a0royalty-free version<\/a>\u00a0of the OS. The OS is the same as Windows 8.1 but with Bing as the default search engine in Internet Explorer.<\/p>\n

Microsoft is using Windows 8.1 with Bing, which was unveiled in May, to spread Windows to more low-cost PCs and tablets. It\u2019s also an attempt to take on Google\u2019s free Chrome OS, which is used in Chromebooks, an inexpensive and lightweight laptop family growing in popularity among the Web-based computing audience.<\/p>\n

The first PCs with Windows 8.1 with Bing were shown at Computex in June. The cheapest PC is a desktop sold by Lenovo for $225, while the laptops start at $249. Microsoft has promised to\u00a0bring down laptop prices<\/a>\u00a0to $199 with HP\u2019s Stream 14, which has not been unveiled, although\u00a0information about it has leaked out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Computing on the cheap is already here<\/h2>\n

Some Acer Chromebooks sell for less than $200, but HP, Dell, and Lenovo are selling Windows laptops that are priced less than their Chromebooks. The laptops have basic processors and specifications, much like comparable Chromebooks.<\/p>\n

The Windows laptops have common features such as 1366 x 768 pixel resolution screens, hard drive storage and HDMI ports. The processors from Intel and AMD are good for basic computing and casual gaming, but the laptops have some deficiencies…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

SOURCE PCWORLD.COM – continue reading here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dirt cheap Windows PCs already hitting the streets, with help from Microsoft Microsoft is helping hardware makers build low-priced Windows PCs to combat Chromebooks and the early results of that effort are hitting the market. Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo are selling laptops priced less than $250 that run on Windows 8.1 with Bing, a\u00a0royalty-free version\u00a0of the OS. The\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1426,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8014,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8013\/revisions\/8014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}