Ultrabooks are a new class of thin and light laptop which measure less than 0.8 inches thick, typically have solid state disks, and offer long battery life and the kind of overall performance you’d expect from a full sized laptop. Intel coined the word “ultrabook” this summer and started pushing a reference platform for laptop makers to use — as well as a target price: ultrabooks are supposed to start at prices below $1000.
It remains to be seen whether “ultrabook” will be anything more than a marketing term a year or two from now… remember the UMPC? How about the ULPC?
Anyway, for better or worse companies are starting to introduce ultrabooks. Most have 13.3 inch displays, although there’s at least one 11.6 inch model in the mix. Most seem to have starting prices of around $1000 or less, although at least a few could potentially go much higher once you start adding configuration options. And they all have Intel’s latest Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7 processors.
Here’s a roundup of the first 5 ultrabooks announced:
This is Acer’s first foray into the ultrabook space, and the laptop will offer speedy sleep and resume times. Here’s what we know:
- 13.3 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display
- Intel Core i3 through i7 processor options
- Choice of 240GB SSD or 320GB or 500GB hard drive with integrated SSD for performance boost
- 7 hour battery (50 days on standby in “deep sleep” mode)
- 0.5 inches thick
- 3 pounds
- 1.5 seconds to resume from sleep
- 802.11b/g/n WiFi
- Bluetooth 4.0
- 1.3MP camera
- Available this month in Europe for 799 Euros
Asus was the first company to introduce an ultrabook, way back in the dark ages (also known as June, 2011). While other companies waited until the IFA show in Berlin to introduce their new notebooks, Asus was ahead of the curve… it just hasn’t actually brought its ultrabook to market yet.
Here’s what we know about the Asus UX21 so far:
- 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display
- Intel Core i5 or i7 processor
- SSD
- 0.67 inches thick (just 0.12 inches at its thinnest point)
- 2.4 pounds
Asus UX31
Imagine the Asus UX21… but a little bigger. That’s the Asus UX31. Here’s what we know about the laptop so far:
- 13.3 inch, 1600 x 900 pixel display
- Intel Core i7 CPU
- 4GB DDR RAM
- 128 GB SSD
- 2.9 pounds
Lenovo is taking the 13.3 inch approach toward the ultrabook space — and its first model looks a lot like the Lenovo IdeaPad U260, an existing thin and light laptop for under $1000. It clearly wasn’t a huge jump for Lenovo to meet Intel’s requirements for the ultrabook platform.
Here’s what we know:
- 13.3 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display
- Inteo Core i5-2457M or Core i7-2677M processor options
- Up to 4GB of DDR3 memory
- UP to 256GB of SSD space
- 12.8″ x 8.5″ x 0.6″
- 2.9 pounds
- 8 hour battery (30 days standby time)
- RapidCharge system that charges the battery to 50% in a half hour
- 802.11b/g/n WiFi
- 1.3MP webcam
- 1 USB 2.0 port, 1 USB 3.0 port
- Expected to ship in October for $1200 and up (so much for the $1000 target price)
Toshiba hasn’t offered any pricing details about the Portege Z830 yet, but the laptop certainly looks like an ultrabook. Here’s what we know about the Z830 so far:
- 13.3 inch display
- Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 processor options
- 128GB SSD
- Magnesium and aluminum alloy case
- HDMI, VGA, and Ethernet ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports, and 1 USB 3.0 port as well as an SD card slot
- 47Wr battery that should last for up to 8 hours
- 0.6 inches thick
- 2.45 pounds
All five of these laptops are thin, light, and offer technology designed to reduce energy consumption, heat, and noise. They’re a lot more expensive than a typical netbook, and a little harder to slip into a handbag (2.5 pounds or not, a 13 inch laptop takes up more space than a 10 inch one). But they still look pretty great compared with old school ultraportables.
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