Acer Aspire S5 Jan 9, 2012
Lenovo ThinkPad T430u Jan 6, 2012
Samsung Series 5 ultrabook Dec 13, 2011
LG Xnote Z330 Dec 6, 2011
A new category of thin and light Windows 7 laptops called ultrabooks has emerged in the past few months, but questions remain about whether the time is ripe to buy or to wait for Windows 8 models with features like touchscreens.
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With very high prices of between 19.9 million dong and 30 million dong, Utrabooks have not become popular in Vietnam. A report released by a well known computer distributor in Vietnam showed that only one product in every 12.1 products sold by the distributor is Ultrabook.
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With their use of hybrid disk drives to cut costs, the next generation of Intel-based Ultrabook PCs may sport attractive prices of below $700 later this year.
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The super light and thin laptops that Intel Corp. has placed its bets on are expected to provide new momentum for the slowing personal computer market in 2012, a Taipei-based research firm said recently, as vendors further cut Ultrabook prices.
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The ultrabook is the latest fad being pushed by PC vendors. But these lightweight laptops are unlikely to lift the market this year, according to J.P Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz.
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Tablets? Toys. Netbooks? Nope. The Holy Grail of portable productivity is a no-compromise laptop with a full-sized, comfortable keyboard; easy-on-the-eyes display; all the performance and ports of a desktop replacement; the convenience of near-instant-on startup; and all-day battery life—all in a package so thin and light you’ll forget it’s in your briefcase.
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Intel is matchmaking vendors and manufacturers in an attempt to ensure the success of its ultrabook segment, pushing brand names into the embrace of ODMs promising ultraportables as cheap as $599. Epson, Onkyo, ViewSonic, Mustek, Motion Computing, WiPro and Positivo have all placed orders with Pegatron and ECS, DigiTimes reports, after Intel put them altogether for notebook speed-dating.
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The super-thin and light laptops promoted by Intel Corp., known as “Ultrabooks,” will remain a niche product in the near term but should gain more mainstream popularity next year, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said recently.
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For only $748 the 13.3in Acer Aspire S3-951-2364G34iss is one of the best Ultrabook bargains we’ve come across. The low-voltage 2nd Gen Intel Core i3 and mechanical hard disk drive (together with a caching solid state drive) do peg the Aspire S3 as entry-level, but higher-end Ultrabooks start at about $1,100, so this is a very affordable way of getting yourself one of these much lauded superthin and light laptops.
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Ultrabooks will grow at three times the rate of tablets over the next five years, according to Juniper Research, with shipments expected to reach 178 million by 2016.
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