ultrabook
HP Sleekbooks
Intel is busy talking up the ultrabook format, while Apple is happy to sell its MacBook Air ultraportable on the strength of Apple’s reputation for hardware excellence. Now HP has taken the bull by the horns and announced its new Sleekbook form factor via stickers on the new 14 and 15.6-inch Envy models revealed this [...]
Fujitsu U772 Lifebook – Preview
Fujitsu first unveiled the Fujitsu U772 Lifebook at CeBit, an ultrabook boasting Fujitsu’s Shuriken display, meaning it has one of the thinnest bezels of any notebook. Unfortunately that 14-inch Shuriken display is cursed with a middling 1366 x 768 resolution, putting it a sorry second behind the 16:9 HD displays offered by the latest crop [...]
HP Envy 14 Spectre – Review
HP has been on fire lately as they released multimedia laptop DM4 with Dr. Dre Beats Audio sound system, then their business oriented ultrabook EliteBook Folio, then their new Probook B-series and S-series got upgraded and now another new ultrabook HP Envy Spectre. We have been given a sneak peak at this Spectre ultrabook at [...]
Asus Announces Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks
Asus has announced additions to its ultrabook range in a press conference in Taipai. The Asus Zenbook UX32A and UX32Vd will shortly be launched, sporting Ivy Bridge processors. The Zenbook UX32Vd will pack in a 1GB NVidia GeForce GT620M dedicated graphics card, complete with Intel Optimus switching for preserving battery juice. The UX32A will be [...]
HP EliteBook Folio – Preview
HP has entered the world of ultrabooks with its HP Folio 13.3-inch ultrabook in winter. HP has now released its first business-oriented ultrabook in the form of the EliteBook Folio. HP EliteBook Folio ultrabook offers the usual array of features found in consumer ultrabooks – SSD, ultra-slender and light chassis, i5/i7 CPU – but also [...]
Apple Plans $799 Macbook Air
Apple is allegedly planning a $799 MacBook Air to shake up the ultrabook market. At that price, any new MacBook Air would be 200 bucks cheaper than the current Core i5 entry-level model. The rumors come from DigiTimes and claim the details were revealed by sources in Apple’s supply chain. Co-incidentally, Intel’s PC Group general [...]
Dell XPS 13 Ubuntu Ultrabook
Although Dell began offering Linux Ubuntu distros on desktops and notebooks a few years back, the company removed the option from its online store in 2010. Certain Ubuntu-powered laptops are however available from Ubuntu distributors. This week at the Ubuntu Developers Summit Dell announced it will be shipping Dell Ubuntu notebooks once more, starting with [...]
Sony Vaio T11 and T13 ultrabooks
Sony has unveiled its first ultrabooks, the Sony Vaio T11 and Vaio T13 , vested in chic aluminum chasses and 11.6-inch and 13-inch displays. SSD storage is optional, and those premium SSD ultras come with a promise of 9 hours of battery juice. As well as full-sized VGA and HDMI sockets, the Sony T11 and [...]
Lower-priced Ultrabooks Through Downsizing
The ultrabook format hasn’t quite taken off yet, probably due to the high price tags being asked by manufacturers. Digitimes claims notebook OEMs are planning less expensive models of ultrabooks to widen their appeal. Supply chain vendors are apparently producing cheaper components to enable manufacturers to offer budget ultrabooks, for instance using AMD processors instead [...]
First-gen Ultrabook Overview
Devices unveiled at this year’s CES 2012 in Las Vegas, which was dominated by ultrabooks, are starting to appear on retaier’s shelves, so we’ve put together a quick rundown of the original crop of ultrabooks, so you can orient yourselves before the slew of new machines arives to confuse the issue. Also when Ivy Bridge [...]
