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Ultrabook
Intel's branding for an ultrathin subnotebook computer that uses Intel CPUs and the Windows operating system. Introduced in 2011, Ultrabooks are expected to have significant impact when Windows 8...
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Definition: Ultrabook
Intel's branding for an ultrathin subnotebook computer that uses Intel CPUs and the Windows operating system. Introduced in 2011, Ultrabooks are expected to have significant impact when Windows 8 debuts, which enables traditional keyboard-mouse and new touch-screen applications to run side-by-side.
Thin and Light a Few Years Prior
In 2008, Sony introduced ultra-thin Windows notebooks with solid state drives that were in the same weight and size category as the Ultrabook, introduced three years later. Also that year, the MacBook Air was launched; the lightest, thinnest laptop from Apple. See subnotebook and tablet computer.
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Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon aims to lead corporate ultrabook charge
Pricing is yet to be determined, but Lenovo is only the first in the corporate ultrabook parade. HP, Dell and a host of others will push ultrabooks on corporations.
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Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook (photos)
This new design, while familiar, is much thinner than the original ThinkPad X1.
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HP introduces the Sleekbook
First came the Ultrabook, thin and light laptops designed to compete with the MacBook Air. Now we have the Sleekbook which is an Ultrabook in everything but name.
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HP Envy Ultrabooks, Sleekbooks, and EliteBook Folio (photos)
HP's latest Envy laptops are thin, sport AMD and Intel processors, and cost as little as $599.
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The key to lower Ultrabook prices? One word: plastics
Ultrabook pricing could fall as low as $599 later this year as vendors move away from sleek metal chassis and toward plastic-based ones.
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The Vaio T is Sony's first ultrabook
Sony may be calling the Vaio T its first ultrabook, but the device is hindered by an aging processor and uninspiring specifications.
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Dell ultrabook sales better than expected: Who needs a tablet after all?
Dell's ultrabook sales are three-times what it had expected, marking a rising boom in enterprise sales. Who needs an iPad when the next-generation notebooks are on sale?
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Laptop manufacturers planning cheaper clones of high-priced Ultrabooks
Laptop makers are supposedly no longer waiting for Ultrabooks to reach more budget-friendly prices, and have decided to create cheaper models that mimic the design of the Intel notebook platform.
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Intel: Ultrabooks and tablets are on the way
Ultrabooks are off to a slow start and Intel's long struggle to get into tablets and smartphones is well-known. But new and more compelling devices are on the way, Intel executives said at a...
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Ultrabooks: The price is right, finally
$699 is the Goldilocks starting price point for ultrabooks.
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SanDisk's sales warning morphs into ultrabook worries
Weak NAND pricing is to blame for SanDisk's revenue warning, but analysts also wonder about sluggish ultrabook sales too.
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Why it's too early to judge Intel's Ultrabook
Ultrabooks seem to be off to a slow start. But it will take some time to see whether these thinner and lighter laptops can really deliver the best of both the PC and tablet, and re-energize the PC.
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Small businesses should proceed with caution on ultrabooks
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Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 ultrabook (photos)
Photos of the new Timeline Ultra M3 from Acer.
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Intel's ultrabook strategy needs heavy dose of emerging markets
Emerging markets are nearing the eight-week PC affordability mark, says Intel. And that threshold may mean a lot of ultrabook units.
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Is Intel attacking Apple with Ultrabook subsidies from behind a veil?
The war that Intel declared against Apple just became public. Will the notoriously anti-competitive gorilla get flattened by the $500B elephant?
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Ultrabooks will be overshadowed by the MacBook Air
Lack of differentiation in ultrabook market could "overwhelm or confuse potential customers."
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MacBook Air: The ultra Ultrabook and business Windows, too
Ted Schadler lends some firsthand thoughts on using the MacBook Air in the enterprise.
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It's the wrong time to buy an ultrabook
Why it's a good idea to hold on to your money for now!
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