Hewlett-Packard has been thriving to lead the laptops market by throwing in a host of new machines every now and then. In addition to full and mid size notebooks, the company has taken the ultrabook niche into its stride of late. However, after the successful release of the HP Envy 14, HP has thrown in […]
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Although the screen is sized at 14 inches, diagonally, it is nestled inside a 13-inch chassis. This tradition of fixing a larger screen inside a comparatively smaller case is slowly becoming a standard more than a tradition. The keyboard although spreads over a 13-inch chassis but is not at all finicky in usage. The keys […]
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Hewlett Packard (HP) unleashed a new ultrabook, HP Folio 13 in the market. Shortly after winding up their Consumer Electronics Show 2012 stint, the release of another slim notebook is a fast response to the changing market. The main attraction at HP’s stand was the new HP Envy, a hybrid of ultrabooks and professional laptops. […]
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Dell came late in the ultrabook segment but it started off to a good start. The Consumer Electronic Show, 2012 was the opportunity the company was looking for. On the second day of the event Dell introduced the first of its super-thin laptops, the XPS-13. The powerful brand, XPS, attached to the name gives extra […]
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The XPS-13 has not embraced Intel’s new line of Ivy Bridge chips, designed for mobile devices and ultrabooks. Therefore, the company was a little hesitant in taking the name ‘Ultrabook’ at the event. However, all things considered, the device did fall in the category of extremely thin laptops. Inside the cover is a Core i7 […]
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A year ago no one had heard of the name ‘Ultrabook’ in the world of technology; even tech experts were oblivious of the terminology. There was no mention of this term in the Consumer Electronic Show, 2011. However, this technology has evolved to such an extent in just one year that the 2012 edition of […]
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Now, the picture is totally different. With the involvement of different actors in this segment, the concept of ultrabooks does not remain the same. Worst case scenario is that the very term will be lost in the crowd of different slim notebooks coming to the market this year. Now-a-days, an ultrabook can vary from 11-, […]
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2011 was claimed as the year of tablets and the technology reined in last year’s version of Consumer Electronic Show. However, this year, as predicted, the CES 2012 edition was deemed as the show of ultrabooks. 2011 CES never heard the name ultrabook for once in its three days of work but this year Intel—credited […]
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The processor included inside the hood is although not one of the ultrabook chipsets by Intel but the Core i-series by the same company. However, the i-series brain now works marvellously with the support of enhanced RAM. All these things have been nestled into a Macbook Air-like uni-body that gives a very solid feel to […]
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