Ultra Light Laptops

Ultra Light Laptops: Does Intel's ultrabook stand a chance?

12.09.11) Meanwhile, Gartner check in reports Apple 's overall growth in the animated computing space outpaced PC makers -- for the last five quarters. That's partly why Intel ( INTC ) created the so-called "ultrabook," a new, svelte notebook classification. 1 pounds, use a solid-state dazzling drive , get five-plus hours of battery time in between charges and start at a price of $1,000. The chipset maker also set up the Intel Select Ultrabook Fund, a $300 million reserve for investing in companies working on ultrabook armaments and software, aiming foster technical improvements in battery lifestyle and storage for example. If successful, Intel's prodding of PC makers to more diligently hunting Apple ( AAPL ) could be a big boost to the Windows ecosystem as the flood in tablets threatens to take a bite out of notebook sales. (Apple reportedly threatened to pace away from Intel if the chip maker didn't let slip bigger gains in its technology. ) But manufacturers like Toshiba , Lenovo , Asus and Acer -- all of which billow out ultrabooks this fall -- have plenty of obstacles that may be intractable to overcome.

Source: Fortune