A week ago saw the presentation of two Windows tablets with costs so low that they can possibly shake up the cell phone market.

At one time, anybody searching for a tablet under $150 needed to get one running Google’s Android OS. Not any all the more, however. The recently discharged Toshiba Encore Mini has a 7-inch screen and is estimated at simply $120. Those searching for a somewhat bigger Windows tablet can hold up for the Acer Iconia Tab W, which will have a 8-inch show and expense $150 when its discharged later this fall.

Both will run Windows 8.1 on Intel processors and ought to backing the new form of Microsoft’s working framework that is required to be discharged in the nearing months.

While Android is without a doubt a decent working framework, a central point in its prosperity has been the low costs of little and moderate size tablets running it. The presentation of modest Windows gadget raises the solid plausibility that numerous customers who formerly would have obtained a financial plan Android gadget will choose Windows.

This is particularly likely if different organizations other than Acer and Toshiba get into the business sector for sub-$200 tablets … something that is liable to happen.

Microsoft and Intel Encouraging Tablets

Both the Encore Mini and Iconia Tab W use Intel processors to run the full form of Windows, despite the fact that Microsoft initially made the exchange Windows RT adaptation to run on extremely cheap tablets fabricated around ARM processors.

Toshiba and Acer picked this arrangement for an extremely legitimate reason: cash. Intel has set an objective of getting its chips in 40 million tablets discharged in the not so distant future. To fulfill this, the organization is paying gadget producers to utilize Intel processors.

In the meantime, so as to encourage the improvement of minimal effort Windows models, Microsoft is doling out duplicates of Windows to any organization that will utilize the OS as a part of tablets with screens more modest than 9 inches

Together, these moves by Intel and Microsoft have achieved this new wave of extremely reasonable tablets.

Windows vs. Android

Individuals searching for a light-obligation second machine for web scanning and email would likely be fulfilled by either Windows or Android, yet each has a few points of interest.

Those purchasing a financial plan Windows tablet will get a gadget that can run the applications they have on their laptops or Pcs. Little and average size tablets running this working framework even accompany a free year of Office 365.

Then again, legacy applications composed for Windows 7 and before aren’t generally simple to use on touchscreens, and the determination of touch-improved “Metro” applications composed for Windows 8 or more is to a degree constrained. Just the individuals who have a portable computer or PC running Windows 8.1 will be acquainted with the client interface, which has been altogether updated since Windows 7.

Minimal effort Android tablets have admittance to a wide cluster of programming, despite the fact that much of this was made for telephones and isn’t improved for bigger showcases.

There’s right now no adaptation of Microsoft Office for tablets running this working framework, despite the fact that that is relied upon to change soon, and Google Play offers significantly more easy amusements intended to be played on a touchscreen than the Windows Store does. The individuals who have an Android telephone will think that it simple to utilize this OS on a tablet.