Most of the top PC makers have already hopped on the ultrabook bandwagon, introducing thin and light laptops with the latest Intel processors, quick boot technology, and other newfangled features. But while Intel has trademarked the word “ultrabook” it certainly doesn’t have the monopoly on ultraportable laptops. Chip maker AMD is hoping that computer makers will slap some of its…

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Ultrabooks are a new class of thin and light laptops which feature Intel processors, solid state disks, and other premium features including fast boot and resume-from-sleep speeds. If you’re wondering why they need Intel chips, it’s because Intel coined the word “ultrabook” and has trademarked the heck out of it. But Intel doesn’t have a monopoly on ultraportable laptops, and…

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One of the advantages of using a solid state disk instead of a hard drive is that it lets you build thinner laptops. SSDs don’t need the same kind of cooling as hard drives, and they can generally be thinner as well. But you still get a lot more storage for your buck with hard drives, which come in capacities…

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Intel has just unveiled its plans for the ultra-thin laptop space. The company will have a series of new Celeron, Pentium, and Core i-series chips designed to balance power consumption and performance. At the bottom of the line, there will be a 1GHz Celeron U3400 chip and 1.2GHz Pentium U5400 processor. These will have a total power draw of 17…

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Somewhere in the space between Atom netbooks and full-blown laptops, there’s a space for the HP Pavilion DM1. With an Intel SU2300 dual core CPU under the hood, this ultrathin is powerful enough to compete with chunkier notebooks while thin and light enough to feel like a netbook. Netbooked has gotten their hands on one, and bottom line is that…

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