Wired Magazine Author: Christina Bonnington Article Mentions
Author, Christina BonningtonMentioned, David Johnson Mentioned, Paul Otellini Mentioned, Jim Merithew Mentioned, Apple Mentioned, Microsoft Mentioned, Intel
The $900 Acer Aspire S3 ponies itself up as a cheaper MacBook Air alternative. Photo: Jim Merithew/WiredThe computing industry calls them ultrabooks: super-thin, super-light, high-performance notebooks. Apples wafer-thin MacBook Air partly inspired this new category, and a lot of these devices are doppelgangers for that highly successful notebook. In 2011, Windows-based ultrabooks havent been flying off shelves. In fact, Acer and Asus have reportedly cut back their manufacturing orders by 40 percent. Nonetheless, Intel is pushing ultrabooks as a key notebook strategy in 2012. The Consumer Electronics Association expects to see 30 to 50 new ultrabooks launched at CES 2012 in January, and iSuppli projects a massive level of growth in the spac...(read more)
... The $900 Acer Aspire S3 ponies itself up as a cheaper MacBook Air alternative. Photo: Jim Merithew/WiredThe computing industry calls them ultrabooks: super-thin, super-light, high-performance notebooks. Apples wafer-thin MacBook Air partly inspired t ...
... noting that while PC ultrabook sales have thus far been modest, the category as a whole hasnt been around that long. Ultrabook is actually a term that Intel cooked up to differentiate high-performance, ultraportable notebook offerings from mainstream ...
... and his desire to see touchscreen integration in Windows 8 ultrabooks.PC makers tried the touchscreen thing a few years back, and failed miserably. At the time, many required a stylus, and traditional point-and-click applications werent convenient ...
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