Digitimes claims Microsoft and Intel will subsidize Windows 8 hybrids by hundreds of dollars

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imageDigitimes reports that Microsoft and Intel together are planning to boost Windows 8 touch screen laptop sales this holiday season by working to cut prices by first tier vendors to as low as $399 for 11.6 inch hybrids.

The deals are intended to help new Windows 8 laptops to compete against Windows 7 laptops inventory which has been discounted.

If true it would suggest waiting a few weeks for the holiday season to kick in may save several hundred dollars.

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