http://notebooks.com/2011/09/20/what-is-an-ultrabook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-an-ultrabook Notebooks and Laptops News, Deals and Reviews Thu, 17 May 2012 19:06:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://notebooks.com/2011/09/20/what-is-an-ultrabook/#comment-31004 MarcXW Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:34:14 +0000 http://notebooks.com/?p=64482#comment-31004 I think the entire "ultrabook" name is just a ridiculous marketing gimmick, the MacBook air and the Samsung series 9 are both ultrabooks, if you don't count the price. Even a thinkpad X1 could be considered an ultrabook if it wasn't for the price and the fact that it actually has a more powerful, full-voltage CPU. There are a lot of current ultrabooks out there, like the Dell Vostro v131, but they just won't be classified as such because the name didn't already exist. While I love the idea of making thin-and-light notebooks accessible to all, I hope people don't start using the ultrabook name too often and that we don't start getting stuck with underpowered machines. I like having full-voltage CPUs in thin notebooks. I think the entire “ultrabook” name is just a ridiculous marketing gimmick, the MacBook air and the Samsung series 9 are both ultrabooks, if you don’t count the price. Even a thinkpad X1 could be considered an ultrabook if it wasn’t for the price and the fact that it actually has a more powerful, full-voltage CPU. There are a lot of current ultrabooks out there, like the Dell Vostro v131, but they just won’t be classified as such because the name didn’t already exist. While I love the idea of making thin-and-light notebooks accessible to all, I hope people don’t start using the ultrabook name too often and that we don’t start getting stuck with underpowered machines. I like having full-voltage CPUs in thin notebooks.

]]> http://notebooks.com/2011/09/20/what-is-an-ultrabook/#comment-30962 Laptopaholic Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:18:35 +0000 http://notebooks.com/?p=64482#comment-30962 definitely looking to pick one up around the holiday's, will make traveling much easier. definitely looking to pick one up around the holiday’s, will make traveling much easier.

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