Ultrabooks To Face-Off In Coming Weeks

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Over the next few weeks the computer market is going to be introduced to a super-thin, power efficient technology known as the ultrabook. Big name hardware makers are jumping all over the ultrabook craze, including Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Dell, Fujitsu – all of which currently have models in the works. It is predicted that anywhere from 30 to 50 brand new ultrabook models will be launching at CES in January. It is believed that Intel’s new Ivy Bridge chip will also be announced alongside the ultrabook at the show, helping to feed the show buzz. The Ivy Bridge chip is nothing but complimentary to smaller hardware like the ultrabook. Aside from ultrabooks, many new tablet computers are also going to debut at the event. Recent surveys done by the CEA show that electronic gadgets are going to be this years bestsellers, and although products that are announced at CES don’t always make it to the market, the ultrabooks are certainly something to expect this holiday season.

Ultrabooks are claimed to have convenient battery lives of up to 5 hours, and excellent processing speed for something so small, featuring very quick start ups. It’s estimated that towards the end of 2012, around 40% of the consumer laptop market’s saturation will belong entirely to ultrabooks. Three different phases of Intel ultrabooks are scheduled to release utilizing the Ivy Bridge, Sandy Bridge, and Haswell processors, all of which are considerably low voltage. The mainstream pricing of these devices is generally over $1,000 USD. The first phase is scheduled for Quarter 4 of 2011, the second at sometime in the year 2012, and the third sometime in the year 2013. Each ultrabook features a solid state drive, most commonly 128 GB – this is what allows for the fast start up speeds and increase in processing consistency, as solid state drives have a much faster data access speed.