https://maratkee.com/tags/windows-8/Recent content in Windows-8 on Marat Kiniabulatov | Agile Coach, OKR, PMOHugoen-USWed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://maratkee.com/posts/2012-10-31-windows-8-slates-moronic-pricing-in-russia/Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://maratkee.com/posts/2012-10-31-windows-8-slates-moronic-pricing-in-russia/<p><img loading="lazy" src="https://maratkee.com/images/genius-meme.jpg"></p> <p>Hi everyone, as always I&rsquo;d like to rant on the following: greediness and insanity of Russian retailers. The latest issue of  <a href="http://svyaznoy.ru">Svyaznoy&rsquo;s</a> catalogue is a great example of utterly insane management and completely moronic pricing amongst almost any hardware company here.</p> <p>I was pleased by <strong>6 tablets</strong> announced to be sold by the retailer this month, all 6 from <strong>Sammy, Asus and Acer</strong>. I was happy to see my beloved low-cost Acer Iconia W510 ($499 in US) (previews<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/09/acer-iconia-w510-review/"> (1)</a> and <a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/10/acer-iconia-w510-windows-8-tablet-starts-at-500-launches-november-9/">(2)</a>)! But here it&rsquo;s priced as some crazy-ass magnesium-made premium ultra-fucking-machine. And that&rsquo;s for Clover Trail! No way!</p>