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Now this is quite the surprise! We were expecting a bunch of cool new “toys” to be unveiled at the IFA 2012 in Berlin, but the Sony Vaio Duo 11 is actually something special. It’s a tablet in ultrabook clothes (or the other way...
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HP did miss the first wave of ultrabooks back in fall of 2011, but the California-based tech manufacturer has clearly gone out of its way to recover the lost ground. You couldn’t have missed the beautiful 13-inch Envy Spectre XT even if you wanted...
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Toshiba and HP might have been the road-openers when talking about business-oriented ultrabooks, but that doesn’t mean there’s no place for additional competition in the niche. And competition we shall clearly have, with the AsusPro BU400 looking like a very functional and cool laptop...
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The ultrabook “branch” of portable computers is a relatively young one, but in the year since we saw the first ever ultrabook released, the niche has evolved and changed significantly. Not only are the new ultrabooks snappier and more elegant than the ones from...
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Toshiba gave us quite a lot of work to do with all of the company’s IFA 2012 unveilings. After only releasing the Portege Z830 in the first ultrabook wave from last year, the Japanese now revealed a budget-friendly Satellite U940, a premium U840 and...
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Toshiba has been one of the busiest bees at the IFA 2012 in Berlin, strengthening the company’s line-up of ultrabooks with no less than four fresh new devices. However, each of these has a particular focus and a certain niche it’s ready to attack,...
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While there are a few ultrabooks available these days, only a hand-full of them can bear the “premium” stamp. The Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A and the Acer Aspire S5 are two of these and if you’re looking for a top 13.3 inch ultrabook these...
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We’re taking a look in this post at the Lenovo IdeaPad U310, one of the most affordable ultrabooks on the market. A lower price-tag usually means that corners had to be cut, but you’ll find out by the end of the review that this...
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Acer’s first ultrabook, the Aspire S3, was one of the poorest ultrabooks launched last year, but had a low price on its side. Back in January, Acer launched its successor for the S3, the Acer Aspire S5, with a thin and light body, fast...
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Today seems like the perfect time for ranking, organizing and comparing what we think are THE laptops of the last couple of months and what will probably be some of the most popular computers of the next couple of years: ultrabooks. We are going...
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The Fujitsu Lifebook U772 is only one of the few proper business ultrabooks out there right now. Unlike regular ultrabooks, business targeted such devices need to offer some features and functions corporate users must have in order to be able to perform their daily...
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With their new Zenbook Primes, Asus tries to fix most of the issues users encountered with their first generation ultrabooks and add a couple of extras on top, just enough to make these perhaps the best ultrabooks money can buy right now. In this...
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While ultrabooks have been around for a year or so, most of the available models are compact 13.3 inchers, with some 11.6 and 14 inch alternatives. However, customers love 15.6 inch laptops, as these are by far the best sold on the market. Thus,...
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Ultra-responsive, ultra-sleek and ultra-snappy. An optimal blend of responsiveness and performances. A revolutionary way of computing. The sleekest and strongest portable computers. These are just a few of the advertising slogans used to market ultrabooks in the last couple of months. But because we...
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Ultrabooks are a getting more and more popular these days, but some of you might find the many 13.3-inch options too small for daily use. If that’s the case, the Dell XPS 14 could be a model to consider, with stylish design, sturdy unibody...
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Over at TLBHD.com I’ve posted the review for the Asus U32V (Asus U32VD in the US), after playing with it for a while. I called it a potential ultrabook alternative and that’s because the U32V is a 13.3 inch portable laptop, just as most...
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While the first generation Acer ultrabooks (the Aspire S3) was not so well received by reviewers and customers all around the globe, Acer seem to have learned their lesson and worked hard on their new devices. The Acer Aspire S7 is their latest creation,...
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I was actually expecting this. Knowing how fond Asus were of their lines of Transformer Tablets, I was looking forward to Computex 2012 hoping for a proper convertible Windows laptop as well. And now we have it: the Asus Transformer Book. Basically, the Transformer...
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Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 is one of the most popular portable laptops of the last couple of months, that’s why I’m pretty sure many of you will get excited when reading about its updated kin, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon. The new model does bring...
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After unveiling three premium ultrabooks, the EliteBook Folio 9470M, the EliteBook 2170p and the Envy Spectre XT, targeted towards business users or technology geeks who can afford to spend a cool thousand dollars or more on a portable computer, HP has also introduced a...
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After missing out on the first ultrabook wave last year (with the HP Folio 13 joining the game a bit latter), HP is simply bombarding us with ultrabooks lately, making it hard for us to even keep count of all of the company’s new...
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HP might have come a bit late to the ultrabook party and might have missed the first release wave, but things are really starting to shape up for the US-based company. After launching the Folio 13 and the Envy 14 Spectre, HP has just...
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Back at CES in January I saw some early Sony ultrabook prototypes but back then there were no details of a final shipping date. Today, Sony officially announced the Vaio T11 and T13 lines, their first ever ultrabooks, that will be available in stores...
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Last week I got to see a bunch of new generation laptops at work, boosting Intel’s Ivy Bridge platforms and Nvidia graphics. There were no ultrabooks showcased then, cause as you might know, the Ivy Bridge low-voltage platforms haven’t yet been released, as they...
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It has taken the guys at Asus a while to come up with their second generation ultrabooks, but now that they did it’s practically impossible for anyone else to beat them. And that’s because, aside from the UX31A and 21A, leaked a few hours...
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Now that the first ultrabook wave, featuring such products as the Asus Zenbook UX31, the Lenovo U300S or the Toshiba Portege Z835, is pretty much history, it’s time to concentrate on the second wave, started with the unveilings of Acer’s S5, M3 and M5,...
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Yes, ladies and gents, you can officially call today HP’s day! After unveiling the EliteBook Folio 9470M, a pretty great 14-inch business ultrabook, Hewlett Packard has just introduced another exciting new product, the EliteBook 2170p. Sporting an 11.6-inch display, the 2170p is significantly smaller...
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Even though Acer’s first ultrabook effort, the Aspire S3, hasn’t exactly been the most successful around the block, the Taiwanese technology manufacturer is planning to impress us during 2012. After unveiling the S5 and the Timeline Ultra M3 and M5 back at the CES,...
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We don’t usually cover rumors and speculations here at ultrabookreview.com, but it seems that in the rare occasions we do, we are spot on with our assumptions. Gigabyte revealed a new line of ultrabooks a few moments ago, as we knew they will for...
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Ever since Intel has announced the start of a new class of ultraportable and strong laptops called ultrabooks, questions started rising on our lips. Will ultrabooks revolutionize the market? Will they replace netbooks, tablets, will they chip some of the regular laptops’ popularity? Or...
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Fanless laptops (completely silent) in 2023 – the best options
In this article, we’re discussing fanless laptops and silent Windows ultrabooks and Chromebooks, or in other words, laptops with passive cooling solutions, without a fan that spins and makes...
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