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Ultrabook Buying Guide 2013: How to find the right Ultrabook |
November 21, 2013
If you’re in the market for a super-skinny, lightweight, and travel-friendly Windows notebook, you might already have come across a few Ultrabooks in your research. Intel’s trademarked brand for laptops that push the envelope on portability is only a couple of years old, but the chip giant’s marketing machine has done its work well.
Most people with a passing knowledge of the notebook market might be familiar with the Ultrabook brand and the general concept behind it, but prospective buyers might not know the current detailed specs that Intel demands in exchange for the right for a laptop to bear an Ultrabook sticker. That’s because the definition of an Ultrabook is something of a moving target: Intel changes it whenever it releases new mobile CPUs.
The latest Ultrabook specs were announced last summer, when Intel launched its fourth-generation Core processors, formerly code-named Haswell. But a number of vendors—including Lenovo, with its sublime X1 Carbon Touch—still offer Ultrabooks based on older Intel chips. These machines do not meet the newer Ultrabook specs, since they were introduced before it was finalized.
Intel's current requirements—aside from an Intel mobile CPU, of course—include a touch screen, a form factor less than 0.9 inches thick, sufficient battery life for at least six hours of HD video playback, the ability to wake from sleep mode in 3 seconds or less, and hardware support for voice commands and control. Ultrabooks must also ship with antivirus and anti-malware software as well as Intel’s anti-theft and identity protection technology.
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