Ultrabooks

Coming Soon: Ultrabook Price Cuts

If you're thinking about buying an Ultrabook--a thin and light Windows laptop that's meant to rival Apple's MacBook Air--you might want to wait until April.

2012: Year of the Ultrabook

Intel

With the introduction of ultrabooks, 2012 will probably be the most disruptive year in portable computing designs since the industry introduced “thin and light” laptops a decade ago.

Ask Techland: Good Laptop for $400 or Less?

We’re on the hunt for a computer that costs less than $400 and will mainly be used for word processing and web surfing.

IDF Preview: Can UltraBooks Save the PC Industry?

Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley.

The Race to Beat the MacBook Air Is On

Laptop heavyweight HP may soon try to take on Apple’s MacBook Air with an ultra-thin notebook of its own.

World’s First No-Glasses 3D Laptop Arrives Next Month

I’m still probing for the point of three-dimensional legerdemain as a grumbler and entertainment snob who’ll skirt the 3D versions of most things (especially movies), but if you’re impressed by what seems increasingly like a fad, you can lay hands and eyeballs on the world’s first no-glasses 3D laptop for just north of $2,000 next [...]

When All You Want Is the Web: Google ‘Chromebooks’ Are Here

Google’s big bet on web-only laptops has now been fully realized with the consumer availability of Chromebooks. There are two models—one from Acer and one from Samsung—each available either with a 3G cellular connection built-in or as lower-priced Wi-Fi-only versions.

Technologizer

Android vs. Chrome: The Inevitable Showdown

I spent most of Tuesday and Wednesday this week at Google’s massive I/O developer shindig in San Francisco. And then I wrote a Technologizer column for TIME.com on the first day’s keynote, which was jam-packed with Android news. But I could just have easily written a column about day two’s keynote, which was devoted to [...]

Two Minute Video: Samsung Takes On the MacBook Air

This 13-inch Samsung Series 9 notebook I have here is a sexy slab, my friends. It tips the scales at 2.88 pounds thanks to Samsung’s use of aircraft-grade “Duralumin” which is apparently twice as strong as aluminum.

Alienware Bolsters Gaming Portables, Adds Monster 18-inch

13 too small? 15 too big? Why not settle for 14-inches of portable powerhouse gaming? Or don’t settle at all with the “most powerful 18-inch gaming laptop in the universe.” Or how about just going the ultraportable route with “the most-powerful sub-14-inch notebook in the universe”?

Two Minute Video: Acer’s Dual Screen, No Keyboard Laptop

The $1,300 Acer Iconia laptop is certainly unique. The machine features two 14-inch touchscreens instead of the tried and true screen-and-keyboard combination, while retaining the same form factor as a standard laptop.