Dell launches its latest Windows-based Venue tablets

Dell is launching a trio of new Windows tablets that show that the big PC company is still waging war against Apple’s iPad. Each of the new tablets is like a standard Windows tablet, but they come with some extras created by Dell to differentiate its offerings.

The new touchscreen tablets include the Windows 8.1-based Dell Venue 8 Pro 3000 series, which has an 8-inch high-definition display with a resolution of 1280 x 800. It has an Intel quad-core Atom (formerly Bay Trail) processor and 1 gigabyte of main memory. It has a 32-gigabyte hard drive, Wi-Fi with Miracast, lots of SD and USB ports, and a 1.2 megapixel camera in the front and a 5-megapixel camera in the back. It weights 391 grams, and it will cost $200, down from $300 for last year’s model.