Changes to the Microsoft licensing policy has already led to the fact that the market began to appear laptops with the operating system Windows 8.1 cost $ 200-250. Intel and Microsoft expand the program of subsidizing low-cost computers on the segment of desktop solutions and all in one PC.
For example, Acer will release a desktop system with a processor Intel Celeron J1900, equipped with 2 GB of RAM and a hard disk of 250 GB, and the drive for reading optical discs that will offer Windows 8.1 with a browser Bing for $ 199. Monoblock with screen sizes of 18.5 "based on the same processor is estimated at $ 349. However, the display will not get the touch interface.