Intel’s seen the future of the laptop, and it’s called the ultrabook. Designed to compete head-to-head with the MacBook Air, these new machines are extremely thin, promise over five hours of battery ...

This week Intel accelerated its promotion of what it is touting as a new category of computer: the Ultrabook. The company is serious about this. It has even trademarked the name Ultrabook. The ...

You've seen them in commercials. All over Best Buy. And a lot more are popping up alongside the MacBook Air, whether it's in coffee shops or at 30,000 feet. But what exactly is an Ultrabook? According ...

In the market for a new laptop? By now, you’ve probably heard the term “Ultrabook,” but what exactly is it and how is it different from a normal laptop? Intel coined the term in 2011 to describe a ...

Photograph by Robert Cardin The PC is undergoing its most radical makeover since the advent of the IBM PC three decades ago. Ultrabooks and Windows 8 are leading the charge. Slim Ultrabook designs ...

Much ado was made at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show over Intel’s so-called “ultrabooks.” Still not sure what those are? They’re a line of portable laptops that mimic a tablet’s anorexic dimensions ...

If you’re in the market for a super-skinny, lightweight, and travel-friendly Windows notebook, you might already have come across a few Ultrabooks in your research. Intel’s trademarked brand for ...

They are getting thinner and thinner, and lighter and lighter. The Toshiba Portege Z830, the thinnest and lightest of them all so far, is just 0.63 inches thick and weighs 1.12 kg. But thin does not ...

You're absolutely right—the hot term in the laptop market right now is "ultrabook." The term is part marketing hype, and partially descriptive of a new generation of thin, light, powerful, and ...

We had such hopes for Intel’s Ultrabook movement. With the first clarion call, we dreamed of a PC that would shatter Apple’s monopoly on high-quality ultra-thin-and-light notebooks. In the first year ...

Apple inadvertently touched off a new PC category with its MacBook Air. While the MacBook Air was priced too rich for many in its initial generation, Apple was able to get the price down to a ...

Everyone is excited for the new slate of Windows 8 Ultrabooks to arrive in a few weeks -- everyone, that is, except for Linux devotees. With the new ZaReason UltraLap 430, they finally get an ...