TechnologizerCES 2012
The more Ultrabooks that got unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show, the more convinced I became that it’s silly to discuss them as if they were a coherent new class of portable computer. No two manufacturers seem to agree …
I saw a lot of Ultrabooks at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, but Vizio’s Thin + Light laptops stood out. Being in Vizio’s quiet press room with no distractions probably helped, but I think there are a few better reasons why …
TechnologizerCES 2012
Once upon a time, the PC had no rivals. Back in the era before smart phones, tablets, Internet-savvy HDTVs and other gadgets-come-lately, it was the most important technology product in the world, and therefore inherently …
In the interest of avoiding confusion, Samsung has shied away from calling its second-generation Series 9 computers “ultrabooks” since it didn’t refer to the first generation — which launched last year before Intel birthed the …
Although Intel doesn’t build laptops, the chip maker showed off a bit of design flare at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with Nikiski, a concept notebook that folds up into a touchscreen virtual …
The Intel-led legion of thin, light and beautiful computers may look like the future of laptops, but at the moment, their prices could give you a heart attack. Many of the ones on display at CES float around $1,000, and some are …
This could be a big, busy year for Intel. While the processor giant has reportedly earmarked more advertising dollars for its ultrabook initiative than it’s spent promoting any other project since 2003 – remember Centrino? – …
Acer announced its newest model of Ultrabook, the Aspire S5. It’ll eventually replace the Aspire S3, which debuted in September of last year – see our hands-on video of the S3 here.
Acer is calling the S5 the “world’s …
Welcome to CES 2012 everyone! For today’s show, we’ll have a look at new laptops from Lenovo with…wait, isn’t CES next week? Sure, but don’t tell Lenovo — they’ve jumped the gun and unveiled their new laptop lineup early, and …
As 2011 quickly draws to a close, here’s what I’m most looking forward to in 2012. Check back each day this week for similar pieces from Graeme, Jared, Matt and Keith.
Ultrabooks
It’s taken the PC industry a while to reach …
Tim Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley.
TechnologizerHP
I’ve been thinking of the “Ultrabook” category of laptops–devised and named by Intel–as being pretty much synonymous with “MacBook Air lookalikes that run Windows.” But HP’s new Folio (no relation to the Foleo) is …
