Ultrabook Theme at CES 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 1:31PM The MacBook Air has helped to create a new category of mobile computing where the manufacturers are offering systems that are small, light and powerful to give the ultimate road warrior a sexy machine to take out on the road with them. These devices are all going to hit in the upper end of the pricing scale start at about $850 and going up from there.
The first attribute that is striking is the thinness of the profile of these systems. Weighing in at around 3lbs their screen sizes vary quite a bit. Most of these devices are using Intel’s third generation Core processors or Ivy Bridge delivery more speed, more battery life and better graphics performance.
Most of these devices are missing optical drives, usually have around a 13 inch screen and usually either an SSD or gone big on the HDD side. The SSD versions usually drives the price a bit higher than the non-SSD version. The SSD will help with making it lighter and protect your data a little better with less moving parts.
So what systems are out there?
- Lenovo IdeaPad U300 – The Verge Review
- Lenovo T430u – 14 inch version CNET Review - engadget Review
- Samsung Series 5 – engadget Review
- Toshiba Portege Z830 and Z835 – Toshiba’s Site – engadget hands on report - Laptop Review
- Acer Aspire S3 and S5 – ARS Technica Report – PC Mag Report
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