ultrabook
Toshiba Satellite U840 Launches In Oz
The Toshiba Satellite U840 14-inch ultrabook has arrived down under, selling around the $1700-mark (AU$ 1499), although notebooks are quite expensive in Australia. Should a US launch be planned, the U840 will very likely come in a fair bit lower. The U840 is Toshiba’s second model in the ultrabook sector – the 13-inch Portege Z830 [...]
Toshiba Portege Z830 – Review
When we reviewed the Toshiba Portege Z835 ultrabook a while back, we said that Toshiba were planning a more price-conscious entry-level model which would be the first Core-i3 Toshiba ultrabook; here it is, packing an ultra-low voltage Intel i3. Toshiba claims the ultra-slim shell of the Portege Z830 is particularly durable thanks to a [...]
Sony Vaio YB35 – Review
The Sony Vaio YB35 offers solid performance and good battery life, all in an 11-inch shell for first-rate portability. Last-gen Atom netbooks are all but gone from the shelves, but the slightly-larger ultrabook format has shown that it wasn’t their size that sealed netbooks’ fate, it was their low-spec components. However, low-voltage CPUs are here [...]
Sony Vaio Z2 – Review
Sony has launched the new Vaio Z2 notebook, a 13.1-inch ultrabook with a breath-takingly sharp 1080p display and a second battery pack which can double mains-free runtime. There’s also an external dock box which gives users an optical drive and enhanced connectivity, as well as a dedicated GPU to cut through those pixel-crunching chores when [...]
Ultrabook Sales Not Taking Off
It seems ultrabook sales aren’t eating into the market share of notebooks as much as Intel had hoped. Taiwanese suppliers are pointing to Europe’s lukewarm reception of The ultrabook format as one reason. Intel had predicted ultrabooks would take 40% of notebook market share in 2012, but have now halved that to a forecast of [...]
Samsung Series 5 ultrabook – 13.3 and 14-inch
Details of the Samsung Series 5 ultrabook have been released – a low-voltage Intel Core i5-2467M processor will be paired with up to 8GB RAM and 500GB hard disk space for storage. A full-sized HDMI socket will be a part of the package, as will USB-3 port and a pair of the older USB-2 ports [...]
HP Folio – Review
HP has entered the ultrabook market with the ultra-thin HP Folio 13, and making a play for the business market with a business-oriented version of the Folio offering business-friendly features. The HP Folio 13 weighs 3.3 pounds and is just 0.6″ thick. HP claims battery life of nine hours which would give it the longest battery [...]
Samsung Series 9 – Review
Overwhelmed with all the new and exciting CES brought us this year, we had merely previewed Samsung newest notebook, the Series 9. Series 9 is well worth a closer look. Before we say anything else, we have to declare that the Series 9 is a truly beautiful machine. It’s chassis measures a mere 16.5mm at [...]
Samsung Series 9 Notebook – Preview
The main focus of CES 2012 so far has been a battle between ultrabooks and high-performance tablets. Ultrabooks in CES 2012 entered new territory with dedicated graphics cards being factored into the equation and tablets came of age as quadcore processors coupled with Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich OS took the tablet experience to a new [...]
LG Z330 and Z430 – ‘Super Ultrabooks’
CES 2012 has seen a few manufacturers entering sectors in which they previously were unknown. Fujitsu wowed with its underwater tablet, and Dell made a belated entrance to the ultrabook market with the Dell XPS 13. Now Korean giant LG has launched two ultrabooks at CES 2012. But this is no shrinking wallflower entry to [...]
