Asus was one of the first companies to bring ultrabooks to market in 2011. Now the company is getting ready to launch its second-generation models. The ultraportable laptops will come with 11.6 inch or 13.3 inch displays and Intel Core i5 or Core i7 Ivy Bridge processors. But what really sets the Asus Zenbook ultrabooks apart from the competition are…
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Acer is getting ready to launch the 14 and 15 inch ultrabooks the company introduced at CES in January. At the time Acer was calling the thin notebooks Timeline Ultra, but when they launch in the UK in June they’ll be called Acer Aspire M5 ultrabooks. There’s no word on the pricing yet. Both the 14 and 15 inch models…
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Lenovo unveiled its new line of ThinkPad notebooks with Intel Ivy Bridge processors today. For the most part these are your usual high-end laptops with a focus on business-friendly features. But one model that stands out from the crowd is the ThinkPad X1 Carbon. This is Lenovo’s first ThinkPad-branded ultrabook, and it looks like a pretty compelling option for anyone…
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Acer introduced the Aspire S5 ultrabook at CES in January, but at the time there were no details about the price or launch date. Now it looks like the thin and light laptop is set to go on sale in the United Arab Emirates in June for about $1400. The Aspire S5 will probably be a little less expensive in…
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HP’s new line of 14 and 15.6 inch ultraportable laptops come in two flavors. The HP Envy 4T and Envy 5T will be available as ultrabooks with Intel processors, or “sleekbooks” with AMD processors. No matter which processor you get, the case design will remain the same and the laptops will be about the same size and weight. It’s just…
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Japanese PC maker NEC is introducing its first ultrabook. The NEC LaVie Z is a 2.2 pound notebook with a 13.3 inch display and a magnesium alloy case. It’s due out in Japan this summer. NEC isn’t sharing any details about the processor, storage, screen resolution, or much of anything else. But if the summer launch schedule is anything to…
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Ultrabooks are thin and light laptops that use Intel processors and solid state disks (or solid state cache) to offer quick boot and resume-from-sleep speeds, among other things. They’re pretty nice little machines, but when the first ultrabooks hit the streets in late 2011 they tended to have prices close to $1000. Over the last few months we’ve seen prices…
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We already knew Asus was working on new 11.6 and 13.3 inch ultrabooks with high resolution 1920 x 1080 pixel displays. Now it looks like the company may add a model with an NVIDIA graphics card to the mix. Asus unveiled the Zenbook UX32VD ultrabook at an event in Taiwan, where the folks at Netbook News got to spend some…
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Fujitsu introduced an ultrabook prototype with a 14 inch display a few months ago, but at the time the company wasn’t sharing many details about the upcoming thin and light laptop. But recently Norwegian site DinSide got a chance to spend some quality time with the Fujitsu Lifebook U722, and they’ve got photos, specs, and hands-on impressions to share. The laptop…
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The EliteBook Folio is HP’s first business-class ultrabook. It has many of the features we’ve come to expect from consumer-oriented ultrabooks including a thin and light design and solid state storage. But it also has enterprise security features as well as one item that’s nearly impossible to find on an ultrabook: a user replaceable battery. The notebook has a 14…
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HP’s new ultrabook and sleekbook lineup doesn’t stop at the 14 inch screen. The company also has a new model with a 15.6 inch display. It’s available today with an Intel Core processor for $800 and up. And AMD-powered sleekbook model should be available soon for prices starting at $600. The largest notebook in the new HP Envy ultrabook/sleekbook lineup…
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HP is adding a new line of thin and light notebook with an all-metal case to its lineup today. It comes in two versions that look exactly the same. The only differences are under the hood. The HP Envy 4 Ultrabook has an Intel processor and either solid state storage or a hybrid hard drive with solid state cache. The…
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