Dell slashes the price of its Windows RT tablet to $300

Dell, following in the footsteps of many other PC retailers, just slashed the price of its only Windows RT tablet to a jaw-droppingly low $300.

For a limited time—though we'll see if that holds true—you can snag the 32GB Dell XPS 10 for a full $150 cheaper than its original $450 asking price. If you’re willing to spend a little bit more you can get the XPS 10 with a laptop dock for $350, or an LTE model for just $500—a whopping $280 reduction off the original price.

Windows 8's struggling baby brother

Dell’s RT bargain basement sale is just the latest in a long line of Windows RT price drops to try and get ARM-based devices off store shelves. As PC industry analyst Patrick Moorhead recently told us, PCs are like produce: the longer they sit on store shelves, the less desirable they become.

And there’s every indication Windows RT is starting to smell a bit ripe. In early April, Windows RT price drops were so widespread that they suggested the OS had failed to gain any traction. Not long after, the market research firm IDC reporte that only 200,000 Windows RT tablets were shipped between January and March.

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