2012 ultrabooks that are in the market or are in the pipeline – Part 4

Dell XPS 13

If you want to take a typical example of the ultrabooks, there are only a few left in the market and one of them is the Dell XPS 13. There are more and I will discuss them after doing with the Dell product.

The laptop was anticipated last year but Dell announced the beautiful XPS 13 at the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 and now that it is available in the market, the device is going places.

With a smaller footprint, ultraportable chassis, lightweight design, SSD storage device and an integrated graphics card for better utilization of the battery life, the XPS 13 is the living example of the ultrabook category.

At $999 for a 128GB solid-state drive (SSD) and Intel Core i5-2467M CPU, the XPS 13 is reasonably priced, although Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, and others offer similar specs for $100 or so less. Working in Dell’s favor are the system’s excellent build quality–the body is a mix of aluminum, magnesium alloy, and carbon fiber–and its smaller footprint. It’s not quite a 13-inch laptop in an 11-inch body, but it’s in the ballpark.

Toshiba Portege Z835-ST6N03

Another example of the ultrabook in the current market is the Toshiba Portege Z Z835-ST6N03. However, the laptop was not released this year, it is a product of last year’s thinking when ultrabooks were still considered highly portable with small size, probably 13-inch display, no optical drive, integrated graphics card and long battery life.

However, the Portege packs the punch not with its dimensions but its specs and the price tag. The low-end model of the ultrabook has 4 GB of RAM and a second-gen Core i3 processor with a retail price of around $800.

The high-end version isn’t even pricier either. With 6 GB of RAM and a dual-core Core i7 processor, the company has managed to keep the device under $1200 cap.

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