Tag: ultraportables
Samsung’s 15-inch Series 9 Available For Pre-Order (You Should Hold Off, Though)
At CES Samsung unveiled the second generation Series 9 models to much fanfare and drooling. The original ultra thin and light laptops in this line were made from a metal formerly only used in aircraft construction and very gorgeous to boot. The new Series 9 models — one 13-inch and one 15-inch — are just [...]
Samsung’s Second Generation Series 9 Proves There’s Still Room For Premium Ultraportables
Last year Samsung proved that it was possible to make an ultraportable laptop that could match or exceed the MacBook Air on every front: design, performance, and coolness. The Series 9 became the template for the ultrabook wave we’re experiencing now with the exception of the price. Samsung’s Series 5 Ultra laptops bear the ultrabook [...]
Hands-On: Samsung Series 5 Ultra 13 and 14-inch Ultrabooks
Today at CES Samsung unveiled their new ultrabook line, the Series 5 Ultra 13 inch and 14 inch laptops. Based on the design of the original Series 9 (itself a proto-ultrabook), these super slim and light machines strike more of a balance between portability, performance, and price, starting at $899. Ultrabooks are fast becoming the [...]
Acer Aspire S5 Ultrabook Hands-On Video
At Acer’s global press conference today they unveiled their three newest ultrabooks, but only one of the models can actually claim the moniker as set by Intel’s specs. Acer is touting the Aspire S5 as the world’s thinnest ultrabook. It is super sleek and small for a 13 incher, but so are most other systems [...]
Don’t Call It A Netbook – Lenovo Announces New IdeaPad S Series 11.6-inch Mini Notebooks
Of the many laptops Lenovo is announcing at this year’s CES, I’m most intrigued by the S Series. Perhaps because I’m still a netbook fangirl who’s not a little disappointed by how many companies are abandoning the form factor. The IdeaPad S200 and S206 aren’t exactly traditional netbooks thanks to the 11.6-inch displays and Win7 [...]
Lenovo IdeaPad U300s Review – This Stylin’ Ultrabook Is No MacBook Air Clone
The Scoop Lenovo’s ultrabook embodies many of the best aspects of this new notebook category, including a seriously thin design coupled with impressive performance. The design is singular instead of following the Air-clone crowd, with a Clementine Orange option that stands out. Still, the IdeaPad U300s excludes several features to keep the size and cost [...]
HP 3115m Notebook is the Pavilion dm1 in Business Clothes
Though HP’s ProBooks and EliteBooks dominate the company’s business line, they also sometimes recast consumer notebooks for the enterprise set. The latest release is the HP 3115m, which is essentially the HP Pavilion dm1. The only major difference is that the 3115m has fewer configuration options. It’ll start at $429 and is available on November [...]
ASUS Zenbook vs. MacBook Air
Last week when ASUS unveiled the Zenbook line of ultrabooks the company made direct comparisons to a certain best-selling competitor. Given that the Zenbooks are super thin and light, made of aluminum in a design dubbed the “monoshell,” and promise full-size computing power in a compact package, it’s not hard to connect the dots to [...]
ASUS $999 Zenbook UX21 11.6-inch Ultrabook Available October 12
We’ve seen ASUS’ ultrabooks before, but today the company officially announced the notebooks and revealed their product name: Zenbook. The two models — the 11.6-inch UX21 and 13-inch UX31 — are essentially the same computer in two ultraportable sizes. An embodiment of “the Ultrabook vision” set forth by Intel, these skinny notebooks are coming for [...]
Acer Announces $899 Price For Aspire S3 Ultrabook
The Acer Ultrabook we saw a few weeks ago now has an official price: $899. That goes right along with Intel’s desire that ultrabooks come in under $1000 and it’s $100 less than the 11-inch MacBook Air. Pretty sweet. Acer’s 13-inch Aspire S3 has some stand out features beyond the price. It’s the only ultrabook [...]
