Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Can’t Quit Now

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Due to more competition within the ARM ecosystem, there is more price competition. Those lower prices inevitably translate into lower retail prices for tablets, which Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will need to exploit to compete with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android tablets and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)‘s iPad.

As Microsoft’s big bet on ARM is a way to wean its reliance on Intel, the software giant has little choice but to keep trying with Windows RT.

The article Microsoft Can’t Quit Now originally appeared on Fool.com.

Fool contributor Evan Niu, CFA, owns shares of Apple. The Motley Fool recommends Apple, Google, and Intel. The Motley Fool owns shares of Apple, Google, Intel, and Microsoft.

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