Its enclosure resembles the silver metallic enclosure of a MacBook Pro, but inside, it has the ARMprocessorarchitecture and operating system of the iPhone.
Dell's ability to provide end-to-end technology solutions using ARMprocessorarchitecture and the WindowsRT operating system means businesses can be assured that they will be able to manage and secure the XPS 10 on their networks.
The company had thus far been unwilling to build chips based on the rival ARMprocessorarchitecture which dominates the mobile space, and insists that its x86 architecture will soon be on par in terms of power efficiency.
With Nvidia entering the PC processor business with its ARMarchitecture, the software support it receives from Microsoft could be a negative for Intel.
The move will bring the x86 processorarchitecture that dominates the PC and server business into direct competition with the ARM-based designs that now dominate the smart phone and tablet industry.
Both ARM and Intel architecture will be Windows 8 compatible and we feel that the backward compatibility of Intel processor with older versions might not suffice as a significant differentiating factor.