Microsoft is not considering ceding the market to any competitor, as the company is looking to rival the affordable laptop market’s current leader, the Chromebook. Despite the slow start of the Chromebook in 2011, Chromebooks are steadily moving up the Pc market ranks.
At the annual Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft COO kevin turner announced that HP is planning on releasing a $199 (33,000) laptop called ‘The Stream’ running on Windows and its launched date is planned for the coming holidays. More details about the ‘HP Stream’ were not released.
The HP Stream will also be joined by $249 laptop options from Toshiba and Acer. Toshiba’s upcoming low cost laptop would feature a 11.6-inch display, 32GB SSD and would weigh 2.4 pounds (1Kg) while the Acer Aspire ES1 would feature a 15.6-inch display, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD and 2.16GHz Intel Celeron.
Microsoft is also working on a 6-inch and 7-inch versions of the HP Stream (presumably tablets) that would cost around $99 both version running on Windows 8.1 out-of-the-box.
Microsoft is turning the heat up on the Chromebook, first by reducing it license fee for using the Windows, and now competing in all low-end forms both in the Mobile and the PC world.
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