What is an ultrabook?

Ultrabooks are thin and light laptops with Intel processors. That Intel part is key, since Intel coined the term, trademarked it, and works with PC makers to certify certain laptops as “ultrabooks.”

These laptops tend to weigh 4 pounds or less and measure less than 0.8 inches thick. Ultrabooks are available with screens ranging in size from 11.6 to 15.6 inches. They’re larger than netbooks, but typically they don’t weigh much more — and they offer far more computing power than a typical netbook.

Ultrabooks also have a few key features that set them apart from most other laptops, including:

• Either a solid state disk for storage or a hard drive with 16GB or more of solid state cache
• Quick boot speeds and nearly instant resume from sleep
• The ability to periodically poll the internet for updates even when the computer is sleeping

Intel sets a target price for ultrabooks at around $1000 or less, but some ultrabooks have much higher prices while a handful are available for less.

List of ultrabooks

Here are some of the most recent ultrabooks:

• Acer Aspire S3
• Acer Aspire S5
• Asus Zenbook UX21
• Asus Zenbook UX31
• Dell XPS 13
• Fujitsu Lifebook U772
• HP Folio 13
• HP Envy 4
• HP Envy 14 Spectre
• HP Envy Spectre XT
• Lenovo IdeaPad U300
• Lenovo IdeaPad U310
• Lenovo IdeaPad U410
• Lenovo IdeaPad U300S
• Lenovo ThinkPad T430U
• Samsung Series 5 13 inch ultrabook
• Samsung Series 5 14 inch ultrabook
• Sony Vaio T11
• Sony Vaio T13

Latest ultrabook news

Here are some of the most recent Liliputing articles about ultrabooks.

• Leaked Dell Latitude roadmap shows upcoming Haswell ultrabooks
• Deals of the Day (5-16-2013)
• Asus quietly introduces 15.6 inch ultrabook with 2880 x 1620 pixel display (in Germany)
• Acer introduces V7 ultrabook, updates V5 notebooks with thinner design
• Acer launches Aspire P3 Windows 8 ultrabook/tablet convertible
• More...

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