Looking Forward to 2012: Ultrabooks

I see consumers trending toward this type of computer more and more, especially as apps improve that allow them to create documents, presentations, movies, picture albums, etc that they can easily share and transport.

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Looking Forward to 2012: Ultrabooks
By Doug Aamoth | @daamoth | December 26, 2011

Toshiba / Intel

It’s taken the PC industry a while to reach the next major stage in notebook designs, but 2012 will be an interesting year thanks to ultrabooks. We’ll see MacBook Air-style offerings from major PC manufacturers that weigh around three pounds and measure less than an inch thick, but won’t require nearly as much compromise as ultraportable notebooks have in the past. It’ll result in another blow to physical media—CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray, etc.—as ultrabooks will be too thin to sport built-in optical drives.

If an ultrabook maker is able to produce a model in 2012 that measures less than an inch thick, weighs less than three pounds, and can boast 10 hours of use before needing to be recharged, it’ll be a big win.