Originally Posted by alanwarwic:
“I thought I heard somewhere the MS were to charge OEMs $85 for RT.
If right they surely have only one or two 'special deal' partners in mind to produce them.
$85 is not feasible so that would already exclude Acer.”
I heard that, too, though I don't think its officially confirmed anywhere.
What has been confirmed, is that the initial run of Windows RT devices are limited to only a few OEMs - at least until 2013. Interestingly, though, it wasn't Microsoft that made the choice on who made the cut. It was down to Qualcomm, nVidia and Ti, who were allowed to choose two OEM partners each for the initial RT devices.
The belief is that Microsoft want to make sure that the first devices to hit the market are all high-quality, so that initial reviews don't damage Window 8's reputation as a tablet OS. Then, next year, they'll open the floodgates to all OEMs.