I would love to buy a tablet but the premium for one is
steep right now

Do you guys see the costs coming down any time soon?

Maybe due to a tablet only design .... that is NOT a
convertible?

This is a subjective topic of course but my personal view is that they'll
stay expensive. Mainly due to 3 reasons.

1. Low volume - it's a niche product and will always be produced in lower
numbers compared to other portables and thus more expensive to build.

2. Special technology - Touch sensitive screen, stylus, ability to turn and
fold the screen etc, all that adds to the price compared to a stock laptop.
Even if the price goes down a tablet will always be more expensive I think.

3. Portability. To succeed well a tablet need to be light, yet have a decent
sized screen (12.1" usually) and light + large equals special materials like
magnesium which drive the price up compared to regular laptops which arn't
quite as weight sensitive.

Since I can use the keyboard well I'd never stand typing any real amounts of
text using only the stylus. I love my x200t, don't get me wrong, but they
keyboard was invented for a reason and if I'd be stuck with only a stylus I'd
probably revert back to pen and paper :)

However, search for Microsofts Courier tablet and I think you'll find
something neat! Basically a foldable tablet with one screen on each side and
no keyboard as far as I can tell. It's a long way into the future yet and
might not even be released afaik and I'm afraid it wont be very cheap
either...nice eye candy though!

"me@privacy.net" wrote:

> I would love to buy a tablet but the premium for one is
> steep right now
>
> Do you guys see the costs coming down any time soon?
>
> Maybe due to a tablet only design .... that is NOT a
> convertible?
> .
>

Gunnar_B <GunnarB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>However, search for Microsofts Courier tablet and I think you'll find
>something neat! Basically a foldable tablet with one screen on each side and
>no keyboard as far as I can tell. It's a long way into the future yet and
>might not even be released afaik and I'm afraid it wont be very cheap
>either...nice eye candy though!

Thanks for your analysis!

It does make sense

I'm just wondering what this Apple tablet will be?