[From Stephen Trew] Another insightful article on why Apple will continue to dominate the post-PC world. Microsoft simply cannot win if it relies only in licensing Windows 8. "We are hearing that Microsoft's fee for Windows 8 tablet version could be as high as $68. If that is true, right off the top the BOM costs of Windows 8 tablets will most likely force prices higher than Apple's low-end iPad is today. And if Apple starts lowering their prices in 2013 as I suspect they will, Windows 8 tablets would be at premium pricing. "Also, while Microsoft and Intel and their partners are excited about ultrabooks, their current pricing is too high for consumers. ... "And even if Android tablets start gaining market share in consumer markets in the future, most of them are coming from non-PC vendors. The major PC vendors are winding down their Android tablet programs and all the big guys will be backing Windows 8 by the end of 2012. They must hope that Windows 8 tablet is a hit for this to give them any market share boost over Apple." That Windows tablet licence price is higher than that for Windows on OEM PCs now.