ultrabooks

If Sony's (NYSE: SNE) oversized all-in-one PC/tablet combo was not big enough for consumers, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) might have the perfect replacement. According to DigiTimes, Intel has begun to push its so-called adaptive all-in-one PC concept -- which provides a platform to build semi-portable...

More than one year ago, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced that it would take on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) creative MacBook Air concept by building processors that were specially created for thin, lightweight laptops. This led to the birth of a new, trademarked brand of computers known as Ultrabooks....

Netbooks were supposed to be the future of portable computing. As smaller, thinner and lighter versions of traditional laptop computers, netbooks were designed to be an energy-friendly, cost-effective alternative to expensive PCs. Consumers were receptive to the idea but apprehensive of the price...

General Electric (NYSE: GE) has developed an ultra-thin replacement for a key component that could one day allow Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and other manufacturers to design thinner laptops. Instead of employing noisy fans that take up an excessive amount of space, General Electric has developed a dual-...

Ultrabooks were expected to account for 40 percent of all notebook shipments in 2012. After failing to achieve that goal, players within the industry expect to have much greater success in the new year. According to DigiTimes, the third-generation Ultrabook platform (codenamed Haswell) is...

GBI Research, a provider of business intelligence data, believes that Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) ailing Ultrabooks initiative will rebound as prices decline. By 2016, the research firm said that Ultrabooks prices will drop by roughly 50 percent, going from an average of $1,050 per unit to just $510...

Investors may have hoped that Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) downward trend would soon come to an end, but a recent report could be a sign that things are about to get worse. Research firm IHS (NYSE: IHS) iSuppli has discovered that Ultrabooks -- the heavily hyped portable computers that were designed to...

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) CEO Paul Otellini is ready to take on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook Air with a stronger onslaught of competitors in the coming months and years. According to The Verge, the company is expecting 140 different Ivy Bridge Ultrabook designs -- 30 more than the company had...

Researchers blame the decline in PC sales on "weak demand amid economic uncertainties." But is the economy truly to blame for this unexpected sales slump? According to the Wall Street Journal, two industry research firms, Gartner (NYSE: IT) and International Data Corp., believe that the economy is...

The Japanese tech giant is attempting to one-up Apple -- again -- with a new line of Vaio laptops. But is it enough to save the company from certain doom? Probably not. While a comeback is always a possibility, Sony (NYSE: SNE) continues to go down a path of endless destruction. This morning...