Windows 8 laptops can't command Windows 7 prices

Tepid enthusiasm for Windows 8 is bad news for Microsoft, but it's good news for laptop shoppers.

Notebooks with 15-inch displays and running Windows 8 with Intel Ivy Bridge processors have been spotted in the wild selling for as cheap as $299, according to the bargain hunter site DealNews.

That price, which includes 6GB of RAM and a 750GB hard drive, is $100 less than the best deals available during last year's Black Friday weekend.

Many of the Windows 7 laptops still available are priced higher than their Windows 8 equivalents, an examination of several online retailers reveals. At the 10-month mark in their lifecycle, Windows 7 laptops with Core i5 Sandy Bridge processors and 15-inch displays were selling for around $400, a 34 percent drop from their introductory price, DealNews reports. By comparison, the price of similarly configured Windows 8 systems have dropped a whopping 46 percent at their 10-month mark.

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Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2033303/windows-8-laptops-cant-command-windows-7-prices.html#tk.rss_laptopcomputers

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