Comments on: Gigabyte U2442N and U2442V ultrabooks debut

By: Megacharge

Megacharge — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:36:00 +0000

Yes, HDMI and Thunderbolt on these.

By: Megacharge

Megacharge — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:34:00 +0000

They’re not meant to compete with the MacBook Air, these are for users who want better specs, options, app compatibility, portability and solid gaming power. No one including Gigabyte expect Mac users to buy these, this is not for them.

By: guest...

guest... — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:43:00 +0000

Unless they get the price to $900 or less, I really can’t see how these will ever compete with the MacBook Air. I’m not religiously obsessed with mac’s like some, I’d be more than happy to stick Ubuntu on any of these ultrabooks.

But the build quality of the Macbook Air is just really good, Apple have a great design with their unibody construction. And the Air’s are currently the same spec or outspec the competition.

I don’t know many people who have used Windows and OS X and prefer Windows. I use both frequently, and as a developer OS X wins hands down. It’s not a dealbreaker – like I said, Ubuntu is as good as OS X nowadays – but if the price is negligible I think the Air’s hardware is just more refined.

(once you go beyond the chassis, they all tend to be the same inside anyway – unless you have a burning need for a fingerprint reader or something….)

By: halfamateur

halfamateur — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:09:00 +0000

HDMI also?

By: markiz

markiz — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:53:00 +0000

I like that there are now ultrabook options with powerful graphics.