Apple MacBook Air | rumor and release date

Apple will launch a less expensive MacBook Air in the third quarter of 2012, in accordance with a report.Digitimes reports that sources from the upstream provide chain have stated that Apple will reply to competing ultrabooks by launching a $799 (£495) MacBook Air, $200 cheaper than the present MacBook Air pricing in the US. "Though Acer has lately diminished its ultrabook shipment goal, Intel continues to aggressively push ultrabooks and is aiming to have the devices prices at US$699 in the second half of the year. Nevertheless, if Intel is ready to convey down ASPs to its objective, the worth hole between ultrabooks and the US$799 MacBook Air could additional postpone the time ultrabooks turn out to be standardised," mentioned the sources.

Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 | specs and review

Lenovo claims that its ThinkPad X1 Carbon is the world's lightest 14-inch Ultrabook, with a weight of just under three pounds. It is a straightforward declare to make, though, as a result of the company would not have a lot competitors in that size. To date, PC makers have put most of their Ultrabook efforts into 11-inch and 13-inch fashions--the identical sizes as Apple's MacBook Air. Asus hasn't gone any larger, and Samsung's solely 14-inch Ultrabook, the Series 5, has a bulk-inducing DVD drive. Acer's Aspire M3 Ultrabook with a 15.6-inch display, however the firm doesn't offer something comparable in dimension to Lenovo's new ThinkPad X1.

Sony Vaio T13 Ultrabook | specs and reviews

Sony has arrived fashionably late to the ultrabook party. However, you could argue that the Z collection, which went on sale in mid-2011, was an Ultrabook in all however name. The new T series is offered with eleven and thirteen-inch screen sizes, each having the identical 1366x768 resolution. We took a have a look at the Sony Vaio T13. We had been able to spend some time with the Sony Vaio T13 at Sony's launch event in London just a few weeks earlier than it goes on sale in early June. There is no mistaking the Vaio styling with clean lines and the now-ubiquitous Scrabble tile keyboard with separated keys. Nevertheless, it is not jaw-droppingly stunning like the Samsung Collection 9 and other Ultrabooks with tapered edges to make them appear thinner than they really are.

HP Pavilion dm4 | price and specs

For a excessive-end midsize Windows laptop, HP's Envy line (starting at $1,049) is probably the primary place you must look. Fortunately, loads of what made those Envy laptops so good has trickled all the way down to HP's more reasonably priced programs, and at present many of them have, for example, Beats Audio and backlit keyboards.The Pavilion dm4 is an excellent example of this. Our fastened-configuration system, the 3090se Beats Edition model, seems to be virtually as excessive-finish as an Envy, however prices solely $899. The physique is a sharp-trying matte black, including the wrist relaxation, the touch pad, and even the keyboard. Offsetting this are red accents (the signature colour of Beats Audio), including a novel crimson keyboard backlight.

Samsung Series 9 | spec and price

One year in the past, Samsung launched the Collection Samsung Series 9 laptop, and at the time, we might by no means seen a more premium Windows machine. It was thin, gentle, visually putting, and selection elements crammed the svelte machine, together with a snug backlit keyboard, a quick SSD, an aluminum alloy chassis, and an exquisite matte screen. If it weren't for the thirteen-inch laptop's $1,649 price ticket (which admittedly fell to $1,399 after a couple of months), it might need been a roaring success.