HP will be first to market with new Intel-powered ‘Ultrabook’ notebooks

By on Jul 11, 2011 at 9:04 PM
Computers July 11, 2011

During the Computex trade show in May, Intel laid out its vision for new “Ultrabook” notebooks that will blend the performance of today’s laptops with a tablet-like experience in a thin and light product. While the company originally said that ASUS’ UX21 notebook would be the first such device when it launches in time for this year’s holiday season, a new report from DigiTimes suggests that HP will beat ASUS to the market. Reportedly, the computer manufacturer will use Foxconn Electronics for the production of at least two Ultrabooks, which will run on Intel’s 1.8GHz Core i7-2677M and the 1.7GHz Core i7-2637M platforms. Rumor has it that Foxconn has already started to ship the Ultrabooks to HP, but it’s unclear when the devices will launch.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1730624134 Andrew John Kalies

    So, someone explain it to me. What is the difference between an Ultrabook and the notebooks we have now?

    • http://www.facebook.com/cameronlee.ya Cameron Lee

      Ditto dat!!! I wan’t to know too. Is it just a random re-naming of laptops, or do they actually have something  new?

    • Anonymous

      according to the interwebz….Ultrabook is a trademarked name of Intel. I think the primary distinction is to blur the lines between tablet and notebook. Speed and space of a notebook, but battery life and compactness of a tablet.

    • Anonymous

      It’s just a marketing term for ultra light notebooks like the MBA. 

      • Anonymous

        Wouldn’t the imminently launching MBA be the first ultrabook if it uses Sandy Bridge?

    • markiz

      intel has stated some requirements, like the use of sandy bridge, tickness no more than .8inches and price availability from 1000dollars.

      • Anonymous

        From $1,000? Is that over/under?

    • Anonymous

      It’s Intel’s buzzword for thin and portable laptops using low voltage sandybridge chips rather than atom

  • http://twitter.com/mistercarter7 Mike Gonzalez

    hmmm aint the MacBook Air an “ultrabook”? and now more than ever that it’s getting new processors this thursday

    • markiz

      it’s a mac, so no.

      • Anonymous

        That’s funny because at the ultrabook display that Intel had at Computex 2011 the Macbook Air was on display right along side prototypes from ASUS, Samsung etc.

  • Molerx

    Tablet like experience!

    • Carmen

      Do these things have touchscreens?

      Otherwise, I don’t see how it’s gonna be like a tablet experience.  For me, the whole “experience” of a piece of hardware is how one interacts with it.  That’s why the experience of a laptop is much like that of a desktop, the HIDs are the same.  As for a tablet, the input device is a finger or a stylus.  The only way to blur the line of tablet and laptop is to offer the same input devices as both camps.

  • Anonymous

    I will have to see it…I am pretty sure that I have heard something like this before.

  • Steel

    Bring it on, HP.  There’s a world of us out here salivating for the Macbook Air but unwilling to use OS X.

  • markiz

    problem with ultrabooks is that no one has yet mentioned any models for regulsar people. these 11 inch netbooks are for midgets as far as i’m concerned.

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