Ultrabooks (57 articles)
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Sony Vaio T13 Ultrabook pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON Sony's first Ultra 17 May 2012 16:47 GMT TweetSony is setting a trend by not jumping on the bandwagon as soon as it starts rolling. It was slow off the mark with its Android tablet, for example, and it has been relatively slow to bring out its first Ultrabook.
But with time comes the chance...
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Lenovo unveils the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook
"World's lightest 14-inch Ultrabook" 15 May 2012 10:05 GMT TweetLenovo has been showing off its new ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptop - and adding some bold statements, to boot.
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is the follow up to the original ThinkPad X1 only bigger and lighter. That may sound like a contradiction...
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Pocket-lint Podcast #84 - Minecraft Xbox 360 and new HP Ultrabooks
Can you dig it? 11 May 2012 8:30 GMT TweetOne of the Pocket-lint team reports live from Shanghai on the podcast this week. Hunter Skipworth is over in China with HP, looking at the company's newest Ultrabooks and finding out how it plans to put to bed rumours of its imminent demise.
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New HP Elitebook Folio and Envy M6 laptops announced
Lots to play with 9 May 2012 7:23 GMT TweetHP has gone product mad this morning - as you may have already seen from our hands-on of the refreshed Envy laptops and brand new Spectre XT Ultrabook. On top of all this new Ultrabook fodder were plenty of other products to bulk out its range of laptops,...
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HP Envy Spectre XT pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON Flagship Ultrabook 9 May 2012 5:49 GMT TweetHP has announced a whole heap of Ultrabooks at its Global Influencers conference in Shanghai. By far the sweetest piece of kit there has to be the new Spectre XT which sits at the top of HP's Ultrabook lineup.
The laptop shell is built out...
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Ultrabook (video)
Ad tells of better battery life 2 May 2012 16:50 GMT TweetAccording to Intel, if you buy an Ultrabook you won't have to go all Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon on people fighting over a power outlet ever again.
"In an ancient Chinese temple, two martial artists face off in a battle for the power outlet,"...
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Sony Vaio T13: Sony's first Ultrabook laptop
Light and powerful 2 May 2012 9:11 GMT TweetSony has announced its entry into the Ultrabook market with the launch of the Vaio T13, the company's first Ultrabooks-branded laptop.
"Thin, light and portable, the responsive new VAIO T Series is always ready for action," claims Sony of...
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HP Envy 14 Spectre review
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The Ultrabook that isn't an Ultrabook
23 April 2012 17:30 GMT
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What's in a name? In the case of the HP Envy 14 Spectre, a lot of really confusing nonsense. Of course, it's better than the model numbers you get with TVs, but even so it's very hard to work out what Spectre really has to do with anything - although...
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Dell XPS 13 review
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The best Ultrabook you can buy
4 April 2012 19:20 GMT
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It has for some time been a source of great irritation to us that PC manufacturers just don't seem able to produce computers that look as impressive as Apple's MacBook Air. Ultrabooks provided something of an improvement in the situation, but even...
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Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook now on sale
Carbonfibre skinny 13 March 2012 14:38 GMT TweetThe Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook is now on sale in the UK, adding another skinny contender to the ever-growing Ultrabook market.
The 13-inc packs some impressive hardware - most notably the premium materials such as the aluminium lid, the carbonfibre...
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Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 brings Nvidia graphics to the Ultrabook range
New skinny model 6 March 2012 17:14 GMT TweetAcer kicked off the Ultrabook flurry at CES 2012 by unveiling the Aspire S5, described as the "world's thinnest Ultrabook", and the Aspire Timeline Ultra. And now, the Taiwan-based company has released yet another UItrabook into the wild - the Acer...
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Gigabyte U2442 Ultrabook pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON Thunderbolt packing 14-inch Ultrabook 6 March 2012 1:01 GMT TweetTo date only a couple of companies have produced Ultrabooks with a screen sizes larger than 13.3-inches, but that’s about to change. Gigabyte is one of the first companies out of the gate with a larger 14-inch Ultrabook, announced today at CeBIT...
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AMD to offer cheap Intel Ultrabook alternative
Using new Trinity APU 18 January 2012 8:04 GMT TweetUltrabooks are set to make a big splash in 2012, the thin but powerful form factor clearly a huge advantage for those who need to remain portable. The one snag is the expense, however it has been suggested that AMD is looking to produce a powerful...
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LG Z330 pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON CES 2012: Ultrabook time 16 January 2012 16:57 GMT TweetLG announced two new Ultrabook models at CES in Las Vegas, the Z430 and the Z330, and Pocket-lint was on hand to have a quick play with the new models. Check out our LG Z430 pictures and hands-on.
Just like with supermodel catwalks, it's all...
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Samsung Series 5 Ultrabooks pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON CES 2012: Sexy, if not the Series 9 16 January 2012 15:17 GMT TweetOfficially speaking, the Samsung Series 9 laptop is not an Ultrabook - at least, Samsung has chosen not to call it one much like Apple hasn't bothered including the MacBook Air either. Instead, Samsung announced a couple of lesser machines at CES 2012,...
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