Asus Reportedly Launching 5 to 6 Ultrabooks in October

[exfileme]

Asus plans to host an Ultrabook conference in New York City this October, and will reportedly reveal five to six Ultrabooks slated for release this year.

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[zankuto]

The HDD offerings seem a little tad small for those prices.

 

[Pyree]

Reasonable price for thin laptop of that level of performance

 

[phexac]

Looks a lot like my Macbook Air...

 

[DjEaZy]

... next? Apple sues asus and intel...
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/macbook-air-patent-intel-ultrabook,13241.html

 

[RabidFace]

[citation][nom]zankuto[/nom]The HDD offerings seem a little tad small for those prices.[/citation]
Almost positive that it would be a SSD, so for those prices, it's about right. Also considering the CPUs, the form factor, and the design that went in to the chassis to dissipate the heat to keep things stable.

Just like the Razer Blade. Yes, the specs seem a bit weak for the price, but it's really not when you think about the quality of the laptop itself and design. Quality products come at a premium price. Of course you can get the specs of the Blade for less, but you won't get the aluminum body, multi-use LCD screen and 10 adaptive LCD keys.

 

[aglarond]

I hope there will be some ultrabook with new AMD APUs. It would be much more powerful in graphics, games and some calculations.

 

[vaughn2k]

I don't think you need a Core I7 for an ultrabook...
It is too overkill, if you'll do rendering and other stuff that would utilize the I7's prowess...

I'll stick with APU though...

 

[dickcheney]

[citation][nom]phexac[/nom]Looks a lot like my Macbook Air...[/citation]

Apple does not own the rights to ''making a thin laptop'' you know...

 

[ojas]

[citation][nom]__-_-_-__[/nom]I love those metallic keyboards.no word about the gpu?[/citation]

most probably the intel IGPs.

[citation][nom]aglarond[/nom]I hope there will be some ultrabook with new AMD APUs. It would be much more powerful in graphics, games and some calculations.[/citation]

Can't really say much, the ultrabook is intel's baby. I don't think it'll let it's partners create "ultrabooks" that use AMD processors. At least i 'm sure they won't be funding it.

[citation][nom]vaughn2k[/nom]I'll stick with APU though...[/citation]

Sandy Bridge processors are APUs. I think you meant AMD's APUs?

 

[jacobdrj]

Yeah, Sandy Bridge procs are APUs... But they are not BALANCED APUs...

 

[silverblue]

Throwing in a Llano CPU might make some sense but I'm not too sure Acer considered that particular option.

 

[allan_karman]

[citation][nom]__-_-_-__[/nom]...no word about the gpu?[/citation]

Of course only integrated graphics will be used. The whole point of this form factor is portability.

Travelling all the time for work, I love my Samsung Series 9 ultrabook.

 

[silverblue]

Sorry, I meant ASUS, but it was the second attempt at posting and it's been a long day.

 

[captaincharisma]

with an intel chip in it hopefully they will be able to put a nvidia GPU in there. might as well call it an ultra net book if all its going to have is the intel HD graphics chip

 

[GreaseMonkey_62]

Why do they need to use Intel processors? AMD offers a lower priced APU that could offer a better price per performance.

 

[user_ace]

i may be reading it wrong, but 7mm is only 0.3 inches. Is is seriously going to be a third of an inch thick? That would make it half the thickness of a Macbook Air! Nuts.

 

[sundragon]

[citation][nom]vaughn2k[/nom]I don't think you need a Core I7 for an ultrabook...It is too overkill, if you'll do rendering and other stuff that would utilize the I7's prowess...I'll stick with APU though...[/citation]

To compete with the Air, they need the i7 - it helps keep the laptop futureproof and the IGP has more headroom.
If they can use AMD APU, things will get interesting!

 

[eddieroolz]

Fantastic. Too bad I won't be in the market for a laptop then, but it definitely offers a netbook-sized alternative to the Air.

 

[ridewya]

Lets see wht else they gonna mess up with this unit, i bet anything it will have very bad fake supposedly "LED" screen with bad lines none of these mofos company actually care about thei product or design except apple...sad