“Intel’s Capital division pledged itself to its ultrabook concept in earnest late Wednesday by starting up the Ultrabook Fund,” Electronista reports.
“A total of $300 million will go towards companies building the ultraportables as well as software to take advantage of them,” Electronista reports. “The money will be spread over the course of the next three to four years.”
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Electronista reports, “The spec is intended to get Windows PC builders making more exciting notebooks to offset the cannibalization effect from iPads and other tablets. Its direct template is the MacBook Air as it provides much of the portability and instant responsiveness of a tablet in a design that lets Intel steer users away from cheaper but lower-profit netbooks.”
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MacDailyNews Take: As always, you can make them look as much like Macs as trade dress statues will allow, but inside there’s no Mac OS X, only Windows – and that, as we all know so well, makes all the difference in the world.