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Ultra Slik Samsung Series 9 ultrabook

Jerry — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:35:05 +0000

We all know that Apple kicked off the super thin notebook revolution later dubbed ultrabooks by Intel. Untill now there have been few serious attempts to beat the MacBook air in its league. Sure some ultrabook have great specs, some are seriously light, others have a seriously cool design (HP The Spectre) but none of the competed with Apple on all fronts. Until now! With the new Samsung Series 9 ultrabook the MacBook air has finally found its match. It’s light, it’s thin, it’s powerful and it’s beautifully crafted:

Just to name a few stats:

It’s weight is only 2.88 lbs. (1.3kg)
Blasting graphics through a 13.3″ SuperBright Plus widescreen, 400 nits, up to 16 million colors, HD LED Backlit anti-glare display
A matt finish 100% aluminium body
Working at the speed of light with its 2nd generation Intel Core i5 processor
Boots in less than 10 seconds
And wakes up in 1 second
Bluishback lit keyboard keeping up working in the dark
Small size so easy to take with you: 12.4″ in length (31.38cm) by 8.6″ in width (21.85cm) and only 1.6cm at its thickest point.

Checkout the video and decide for yourself. We can’t wait to get our hands dirty on this one!

The Spectre: HP’s new line of Ultrabooks

Jerry — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:27:35 +0000

Again it’s not the thinnest ultrabooks we’ve seen, but it might just be the best looking one. The new HP ultrabook line is called The Spectre and is for a large part made of glass. Gorilla Glass as they call it. This doesn’t make it the lightest nor the thinnest ultrabook on the market, but it’s definitely one of the coolest and still a bit lighter than Apple’s MacBook Pro line.

We’ll take a deep-dive into the specs soon but for now we’ll leave you with a few impressions of this beauty.

Sony’s first Ultrabook is big and heavy

Jerry — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:23:22 +0000

This is the weirdest thing right. Intel has developed a special chipset to support the development on Ultrabooks. So manufacturers can start producing thinner and lighter notebooks (ultrabooks) because the chipset needs less cooling and is much more efficient. So manufacturers are standing in line to start using this chip and – what most of us would expect – to compete in making the world’s flattest, lightest and maybe coolest looking ultrabook on the market.

But Sony didn’t really think about all these factors. Sony did something than nobody else would expect. Sony developed the world’s first heavy, thick and chunky ultrabook! Have a look at the brand new Sony Vaio T series:

Now it does look nice. It’s got nice brushed metal and the keyboard shows a lot of similarities to that of the MacBook air, but it’s not thin. You wouldn’t shove this on in a big letter (A4) envelope. You might get it in there eventually, but it won’t go easy. Strangest thing is. Sony’s Z series notebooks which are way smaller, thinner and lighter than this line. You would expect them to update this line rather than developing a whole new line of ultrabooks.

Maybe we’re judging Sony too early. Maybe they’re building up to another bog surprise that nobody is expecting.And in fact, I really hope that that is the case. I was brought up in a world where Sony was the coolest brand on the block. They’re not in that position anymore for a while now, but I do think there’s still some great potential. So Kazuo Hirai, if you’re reading this, please take this thing back to your drawing board. With Intel’s new Ultrabook chipset it is really possible to build some crazy and impressive stuff. You’ve got the right tools, now please impress us!