The starting price for Dell’s XPS 10 is now US$449 for a 32GB model, scalping $50 off the original launch price. The 64GB model is $499, which is a drop from the original $599 price. By comparison, the price of the Latitude 10 tablet with Intel processors and Microsoft’s Windows 8 OS remained stable at $499.

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Microcenter always has a full fledged decent laptop for under $300.  Here’s the special this week for $279.  I don’t know why anyone would pay double for a tablet which is hard to do any real work on.   I recently bought a 7″ Samsung S3 tablet for $180 (on sale) that does everything one would ever need to do on a tablet.

ASUS R503U-MH21 15.6″ Laptop Computer – Black

• AMD E2-1800 1.7GHz
• Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit)
• 2GB DDR3-1333 RAM
• 320GB 5,400RPM Hard Drive
• 8x SuperMulti DVDRW Drive
• Memory Card Reader
• 10/100/1000 Network
• 802.11b/g/n Wireless
• 15.6″ LED-backlit TFT Display

Note: The above link to this special will most likely be dead after the sale.