Intel Committed to 140 Ultrabooks, 40 Touch-Enabled Computers, 20 Windows 8 Tablets, and a $699 MSRP

Intel

CEO Paul Otellini is ready to take on Apple's

MacBook Air with a stronger onslaught of competitors in the coming months and years.

According to

, the company is expecting 140

Ivy Bridge Ultrabook designs -- 30 more than the company had announced in May. The total Ultrabooks number includes 40 so-called touch-enabled computers, as well as a dozen "convertible" machines. Twenty Atom-based Windows 8 tablets are also on the way. The Verge quoted Otellini as saying that the company is "confident that we'll see $699 [Ultrabooks] at retail this fall." He made this announcement during Intel's

. Otellini is presumably referring to the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP). However, as The Verge points out, Wal-Mart

shoppers can already get the Aspire S3 -- an Acer-made Ultrabook -- for less than $650.