Microsoft teams with hardware makers to sell dirt cheap laptops
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 08/22/2014 10:29 AM
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Microsoft, with the help of hardware makers, is about to roll out laptops that are under $250. They are to rival Chromebooks.
The OS is the same as Windows 8.1 but with Bing as the default search engine in Internet Explorer.
HP is shipping the 15z, a 15.6-inch non-touch laptop, and the Pavilion 10z, which has a 10.1-inch touchscreen. They will include Wi-Fi, 500GB of hard-drive storage and a maximum of 4GB of memory. However, battery life is pretty dismal at roughly 4 hours.
Lenovo's G40 which has a 14-inch screen, and the G50-30, which has a 15.6-inch screen, are also priced at $249. The laptops have 320GB hard drives, 2GB of memory, and Intel’s Celeron 2830 processor.
Dell’s $249.99 Inspiron 15 Non-Touch laptop has no USB 3.0 port, but is instead equipped with two USB 2.0 ports. It also has the Celeron 2830 CPU, 500GB of storage and 4GB of DDR3 memory.
The OS is the same as Windows 8.1 but with Bing as the default search engine in Internet Explorer.
HP is shipping the 15z, a 15.6-inch non-touch laptop, and the Pavilion 10z, which has a 10.1-inch touchscreen. They will include Wi-Fi, 500GB of hard-drive storage and a maximum of 4GB of memory. However, battery life is pretty dismal at roughly 4 hours.
Lenovo's G40 which has a 14-inch screen, and the G50-30, which has a 15.6-inch screen, are also priced at $249. The laptops have 320GB hard drives, 2GB of memory, and Intel’s Celeron 2830 processor.
Dell’s $249.99 Inspiron 15 Non-Touch laptop has no USB 3.0 port, but is instead equipped with two USB 2.0 ports. It also has the Celeron 2830 CPU, 500GB of storage and 4GB of DDR3 memory.
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