Neowin News Feed for: Ultrabooks

Dell XPS 15 review: Power in a portable package

Rich Woods — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:16:01 +0000

Dell's XPS 15 includes a 4K touchscreen, a Core i7 HQ-series quad-core processor, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 GPU, all in an ultrabook form factor. Here's our review. Read more...

Welcome to Coffee Lake: Intel will unveil its 8th-gen Core processors on August 21

Andy Weir — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:22:01 +0000

Intel says that it will formally unveil its new 8th-generation Core processors later this month. The company says it's seen a performance boost of over 30% compared with its 7th-gen 'Kaby Lake' CPUs. Read more...

Quad-core Intel processors will be coming to Ultrabooks soon

Rich Woods — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 20:48:01 +0000

According to some online benchmarks, it seems that Intel may be readying quad-core U-series processors for its next generation of chips, which is codenamed Coffee Lake, and is due later this year. Read more...

Nvidia's Max-Q will bring desktop-class, GTX 1080 gaming to Ultrabooks

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 31 May 2017 06:22:01 +0000

At Computex this week, Nvidia announced its new Max-Q design initiative, allowing Ultrabooks as thin as 18mm to sport a desktop-class GTX 1080 for three times the performance of current machines. Read more...

Samsung will reportedly reveal 13 and 15 inch superlight Skylake Ultrabooks at CES

John Devon — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 22:32:01 +0000

New images have surfaced showing a new Samsung Ultrabook weighing just 1.9 pounds or 860 grams and measuring half an inch thick. The new laptop will likely be introduced at CES next week. Read more...

Lenovo reveals new ThinkPad Windows 8/8.1 Ultrabooks

John Callaham — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 06:47:50 +0000

Lenovo has revealed plans to release several new ThinkPad Ultrabook models running on Windows 8, which are up to 20 percent thinner than earlier models, along with better battery life. Read more...

Intel could offer Ultrabook-based wireless charging in 2013

John Callaham — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:50:14 +0000

A new report claims that Intel could offer Ultrabooks as a source for wirelessly charging a compatible smartphone sometime in the second half of 2013 with their own technology. Read more...

Intel: 40 Windows 8 Ultrabooks with touch screens by end of 2012

John Callaham — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:17:18 +0000

An Intel representative was quoted this week as saying that there will be 40 Ultrabook-based notebooks with touch screens running Windows 8 released by the end of 2012. Read more...

TechSpot: Ultrabooks vs. 13" MacBook Air - Is the Apple Tax Real?

Julio Franco — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:56:29 +0000

We take a couple of Ultrabook alternatives to check how well they stack up next to the new 13-inch MacBook Air and perhaps settle the old debate about the so-called “Apple Tax”. Read more...

Microsoft getting more involved in Windows 8 Ultrabook designs?

John Callaham — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:58:54 +0000

A new report claims that Microsoft is getting more involved with PC hardware makers in terms of having their upcoming Ultrabook products work well on Windows 8. Read more...

Some Windows 8 laptops to get quad-core Qualcomm CPU

John Callaham — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:03:42 +0000

Some Windows 8 laptops will have a quad-core version of Qualcomm's ARM-based Snapdragon S4 processor which should compete with thin and light Ultrabooks based on Intel's design. Read more...

Report: PC sales to grow slowly ahead of Windows 8

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:59:12 +0000

A new report from Gartner claims that PC sales will grow by just 4.4 percent in 2012 ahead of the launch of Windows 8 but will grow more quickly by the end of 2013. Read more...

AMD to launch its own Ultrabook-like notebook design?

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:41:20 +0000

AMD is planning to launch its own thin-and-light notebook design as a competitor to Intel's Ultrabook and Apple's MacBook Air sometime in 2012, according to reports. Read more...

Analyst: Ultrabooks to take market share from Apple

John Callaham — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:18:40 +0000

An new analyst report predicts that while Apple will sell more units of its MacBook Air ultraportable notebook in 2012, it will lose market share thanks to a larger number of Windows-based Ultrabooks. Read more...

Windows 8 swivel-screen notebook in the works from Asus?

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:17:49 +0000

A new rumor claims that Asus is working on a swivel-screen notebook that will run Windows 8 and will be launched in time for the launch of Microsoft's operating system. Read more...

Windows 8 is "one of the best things" ever for Intel, says CEO

John Callaham — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:42:55 +0000

Intel CEO Paul Otellini is of the opinion that Microsoft's upcoming launch of the Windows 8 operating system is "one of the best things that's ever happened to our company." Read more...

Rumor: Samsung could dump netbooks for Ultrabooks

John Callaham — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:39:11 +0000

A new rumor claims that Samsung will soon no longer make any more of its netbook products. Instead it will reportedly produce ultraportables and notebooks based on Intel's Ultrabook design. Read more...

Intel CEO: Windows 8-based ultrabooks are the future

John Callaham — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:49:38 +0000

Intel CEO Paul Otellini said today that the company will make selling low cost Windows 8-based ultrabooks a priorty in the next year, with an emphasis on the Metro-style touch interface Read more...

Ultrabooks not hitting sales expectations

John Callaham — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:09:00 +0000

Preliminary sales of notebooks with Intel's Ultrabook design from Asus and Acer are not coming in as expected with the notebook makers only shipping 100,000 units each in 2011. Read more...

Intel CEO: Windows 8 to be used in hybrid Ultrabooks

John Callaham — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:13:01 +0000

In a interview, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said that PC makers will have Microsoft's Windows 8 running on a new hybrid version of Intel's Ultrabooks design that will mix elements of a tablet and laptop. Read more...

Intel CEO: Windows 8 on Intel chips is "the ultimate experience"

John Callaham — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:38:05 +0000

Intel CEO Paul Otellini claims that running Microsoft's Windows 8 on one of Intel's chips "will give you the ultimate experience" during remarks made on Friday at Dell World. Read more...

Asus to launch its Ultrabook notebooks Wednesday

John Callaham — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:04:53 +0000

Asus will be the second PC maker to launch its lineup of Ultrabooks to the US this week. Its Zenbook line, based on Intel's thin-and-light notebook concept, will launch Wednesday starting at $999. Read more...

Intel: "All day" notebook battery use coming in 2013

John Callaham — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:00:00 +0000

Intel CEO Paul Otellini claimed during today's Intel Developer Forum keynote speech that an Ultrabook-based notebook with a future Intel chip inside will have "all day" battery use in 2013. Read more...

Ultrabooks only shipping small unit amounts at first

John Callaham — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:13:29 +0000

The first Ultrabooks were officially announced last week but a new report claims that unit shipments for these thin-and-light PC will be on the light side for at least the first year. Read more...

First Ultrabooks to launch in October

John Callaham — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:08:29 +0000

The first notebooks made with Intel's Ultrabooks concept design are expected to launch in October by Asus via a press event in New York City. Read more...

Intel talks more about Ultrabooks

John Callaham — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:45:54 +0000

Earlier this year Intel first revealed plans to offer notebook PC makers a new design called Ultrabooks. The new product was supposed to be an answer for Apple's popular MacBook Air notebook. This week Intel... Read more...

Rumor: First Ultrabooks to start mass producing in September

John Callaham — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:25:38 +0000

Last May at Computex, processor maker Intel first announced and showed off the hardware concept design for the Ultrabook, a thin and light notebook that offers up more hardware power and features than the traditional... Read more...