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Compal Trinity APU reference design surfaces looking thin and sexy

, Feb 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

AMD held a financial analyst day this week, and it had a slick and sexy little notebook in a demo area for the geeks to check out while they were there. The thin, glossy little notebook packs in the new AMD Trinity APU the little beastie looks as thin as a MacBook Air in photos. According to Engadget, the reference design unit on display is one of the several proof of concepts that are being used to show off the powerful and thin machines packing the new Trinity APU. Read The Full Story

Acer on the attack with $699 Ultrabooks in 2012

, Jan 31st 2012 Discuss [2]

Acer plans to go on the attack in 2012 with a strong push in four major product categories, whereas its strategy last year was mainly to defend its position in the market. The company's Chairman JT Wang announced the strategy shift during the company's Lunar New Year ceremony, revealing that it would aggressively introduce new ultrabooks, notebooks, tablets, and smartphones. Read The Full Story

Windows 8 on ARM stable release in February tip developers

, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [3]

Microsoft's stable Windows 8 on ARM release will be distributed among developers in February, sources claim, while previous suggestions the platform won't arrive until mid-2013 could well be untrue. There's no obvious reason that ARM-version of Windows 8 - expected to run on iPad-rivaling tablets as well as ultraportable notebooks - should be "staggered" from the traditional x86 build, an insider told CNET, with the claim that ARM alternatives to Intel and AMD based Windows 8 machines could undercut them by "hundreds of dollars less." Read The Full Story

Juniper Research says Ultrabooks to outpace tablets by 2016

, Jan 26th 2012 Discuss [1]

Enjoy your iPads and Android tablets while you can, because by 2016 they may be yesterday's news. According to a new prediction from analyst group Juniper Research, tablets will fall out of favor and an emerging product line called ultrabooks will emerge. In the vein of Apple's Macbook Air, ultrabooks are sub-$1,000 laptops that are incredibly sleek and sexy and have a long battery life. Read The Full Story

178m Ultrabook shipments predicted for 2016, but tablets still ahead

, Jan 24th 2012 Discuss [2]

MacBook Air-rivaling ultrabooks will outpace tablets in growth over the next three years, new research suggests, though slates are expected to outsell the Intel-driven ultraportables for the foreseeable future. 178m ultrabooks are expected to be shipped per year by 2016, Juniper Research predicts, compared to 253m tablets, despite ultrabook shipments growing three times faster over the next half-decade. However, despite the rapid increase in overall demand, individual ultrabook manufacturers are still expected to struggle. Read The Full Story

Acer CEO speaks of massive Ultrabooks shipments for 2012

, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [3]

This month we've gotten quite a helping of awesome showings from Acer in the mobile category, but more important than that, so their CEO says, is Ultrabooks, and how many of them they'll be shipping inside 2012. Because of how well the manufacturer did with their first Ultrabook, the Acer Aspire S3, they plan on really rolling out the shipments and the subsequent sales of their newest and most fabulous tiny monster, the Aspire S5. This is that tiny sliver of an Ultrabook you saw the day before CES 2012 this year, the one we got hands-on time with (also shown in this post.) Read The Full Story

Ultrabook makers Acer, Asus, and Lenovo to add Thunderbolt in Q2

, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [7]

With the ultrabook being looked at as the next big thing in the notebook market most of the major companies will be offering up new ultrabooks. Many of the major computer firms out there were showing off their ultrabook wares at CES not long ago and we spent hands on time with several at the show. According to DigiTimes Acer, Asus, and Lenovo are all getting ready to offer Thunderbolt ports on their ultrabook offerings. Read The Full Story

HP Folio 13 Review

, Jan 18th 2012 Discuss [27]

Everyone has an laptop based on Intel’s Ultrabook spec these days, and if they don’t already, they showed it off at CES last week. Just being thin and light isn’t enough to stand out in the crowd now, and HP knows that. To that end, they’ve produced the Folio 13, an Ultrabook that they’re aiming at the business market. The 13-inch laptop still manages to come in at under a grand, so it’s worth considering even if you don’t spend most of your working hours between one terminal and another. How does the Folio 13 stack up to the rest of the Ultrabook competition? I spent the last week finding out.

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AMD Trinity ultrathins to undercut ultrabook by $200

, Jan 17th 2012 Discuss [4]

AMD's challenge to Intel's Ultrabook push, the AMD Trinity series of APUs, will drop in June and undercut its rival by as much as 20-percent, according to information from notebook manufacturers. The new models - of which around 20 AMD-based ultrabook-equivalents are expected this year, claim DigiTimes' sources - will be $100-$200 cheaper than comparable Ivy Bridge notebooks. Read The Full Story

The Real Ultrabook Challenge: Forgetting the MacBook Air

, Jan 12th 2012 Discuss [26]

Ultrabooks have undoubtedly been the star of CES 2012 this week – heck, we counted up the top contenders and found almost a dozen – but the slimline notebooks’ challenge is more than just shedding pounds and squeezing in as big a display as possible. For all Intel’s hard work pushing the trademark, and its manufacturer partners’ efforts coming up with their own slimline machines, the biggest threat to ultrabook success wasn’t even shown at CES. Apple’s MacBook Air.

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CES 2012 Ultrabook Round-Up

, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [14]

If CES last year was dominated by tablets, CES 2012 has been the year of the ultrabook. Intel’s ultraportable notebook trademark had already picked up late in 2011, but it’s the Consumer Electronics Show this week where the big guns like Dell and Samsung came out to give it some real momentum. If Intel has its way, one of the following machines will be lightly weighing on your shoulder over the next few months.

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will.i.am: “The Ultrabook is the new ghetto blaster”

, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [2]

"The ultrabook is the new ghetto blaster" claims will.i.am, proving both that CES is never short of bizarre hyperbole and that Intel's "Director of Creative Innovation" can be always relied on to make nonsensical soundbites. Speaking on stage at Intel's keynote at the tech show, will.i.am revealed that he has been carrying an ultrabook - Intel's new take on the ultraportable segment - for some  time now, using it for collaborative music creation with colleagues and fans. Read The Full Story
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