Sounds like that's what you pay for the Cracker Jack box and the lappies are the prize in it.
The caramel corn and peanuts were of good quality, but the prizes were not. I mean, come on! $200 lappies?!! Pads mayby, but lappies?!! That's less than most smart phones. "Cheapo quality" is correct. Buy one once a year. And, no, $50 more isn't going to be much better so far as hardware.
I couldn't help but think that the author is misleading in the article. I can see he's pro Android not only through his words, but also one may "Follow Paul on
Google+, Twitter, and
Facebook".
Google+? We don't see that very often. Dead giveaway.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini recently said that touchscreen PCs could start selling for as little as $200 sometime in the next few months, though it's tough to imagine a Windows 8-based machine carrying such a low price tag. That's because they probably won't. Instead of Windows 8, most of these affordable PCs will be laptop machines built around Google's open source Android platform.
"Probably won't" is pure speculation and a statement to justify the means to one's own opinion. No fact behind it whatsoever.
That information comes straight from Dadi Perlmutter, Intel executive vice president and chief product officer, who told CNET that the $200 Android laptops will run mobile Atom hardware inside. The question is, will Microsoft try to compete with Android in the $200 space?
Now we're playing telephone here. Why doesn't he quote CEO Paul Otellini instead of getting it second hand from Dadi Perlmutter? Oh, I see. He got the info which is linked in the article via "
told CNET" (
Android notebooks? Yep, Intel says, and they'll only cost $200 | Business Tech - CNET News) Notice the prices in the subtitle there. What's that all about? Now we've got she said/he said thing going on here.
"We have a good technology that enables a very cost-effective price point," Perlmutter told CNET, adding that whether or not Windows 8 PCs will go that low ultimately "depends on how Microsoft prices Windows 8." Perlmutter's hunch is that they'll be slightly higher.
"Slighly higher". Say that $50 more? At least then one will have a quality OS. Unfortunately I doubt if MS would even want to get involved with this "Cracker Jack" junk.
I stand corrected. I had a look at the ole Cracker Jack. No boxes anymore. It's in bags now and no prize?!! What's this world coming to?!!
Oh yeah...$200 Android "cheapo" lappies. Just what everyone needs.
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Cracker Jack all the same, though.