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Tag: Ultrabooks

Apple’s latest move worries Windows PC assemblers

Friday, July 5, 2013 5:01 pmFriday, July 5, 201330 Comments

Apple has filed a patent application with the USPTO…

NPD: Apple’s MacBook Air dominates with 56% of U.S. thin-and-light notebook market

Sunday, June 30, 2013 12:01 pmSunday, June 30, 201319 Comments

Apple’s stellar MacBook Air, all by its lonesome, has captured the majority…

Intel demos 4th-gen ‘Haswell’ processors bound for Apple’s MacBook lineups

Monday, January 7, 2013 10:21 pm17 Comments

Intel on Monday demoed a number of upcoming processors set to hit…

2012 Ultrabook forecast slashed in half due to anemic sales

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 1:32 pmTuesday, October 2, 201224 Comments

One year ago, skinny, sleek ultrabooks were being hailed as the great savior…

Future MacBook Air to wirelessly charge iPhones and iPads

Sunday, August 12, 2012 1:15 pm16 Comments

A new wireless charging feature for our iPads and iPhones…

Apple’s iPad, MacBook Air kneecapping so-called ‘Ultrabooks’

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:17 am31 Comments

We have been privy to some very interesting research that shows that the market for laptops…

IDC analyst: Apple MacBook wins, Windows ultrabook fails

Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:32 amThursday, July 12, 201227 Comments

Ultrabook numbers will fall far short of Intel’s aggressive market share targets…

‘Ultrabook’ makers reportedly face threat of Apple lawsuits over MacBook Air design patents

Monday, July 9, 2012 4:02 pmMonday, July 9, 20129 Comments

Ultrabooks are also facing threats from Apple and its design patents…

ZDNet’s Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft’s Windows 8 is an awful, horrible, painful design disaster

Friday, June 8, 2012 11:45 amMonday, June 11, 201248 Comments

WIndows 8 is terrible, horrible, painful and execrable…

Ultrabook-makers beware: Apple now owns broad patent on MacBook Air wedge design

Thursday, June 7, 2012 5:05 pmThursday, June 7, 201221 Comments

Let’s not forget how aggressively Apple has used its design patents against competitors…

PC industry pins hopes on Windows 8 to take on burgeoning Apple juggernaut

Thursday, June 7, 2012 1:31 pmThursday, June 7, 201224 Comments

Apple Inc., maker of the iconic iPad, was absent, as usual, from the Computex computer show this week…

Affordable UltraBooks are coming but they aren’t UltraBooks

Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:05 pm30 Comments

There are looming PC wars coming and it isn’t between Macs and Windows based notebooks…

The PC market’s last, best hope: Apple MacBook Air wannabes

Monday, May 14, 2012 2:02 pmMonday, May 14, 201212 Comments

Call it an Ultrabook. Call it a Sleekbook. It’s still pretty much a wannabe MacBook Air…

Intel and Microsoft’s secret weapon against Apple

Monday, March 26, 2012 11:08 amMonday, March 26, 201273 Comments

Intel and its partners are about to launch the biggest promotion of a new product category…

JP Morgan: Windows PC ‘ultrabooks’ just Apple MacBook Air wannabes

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:32 pmTuesday, February 14, 201212 Comments

“Ultrabooks” are little more than a rip-off of Apple’s successful ‘MacBook Air’ notebooks…

Apple issues ultimatum to Pegatron over ASUS MacBook Air knockoffs: Us or them, take your pick

Monday, February 13, 2012 9:43 amMonday, February 13, 201263 Comments

Apple has reportedly moved to curb the production of new ‘ultrabook’ portable computers…

Ready to rumble: Apple’s MacBook Air upgrade looms

Monday, January 16, 2012 3:01 pmMonday, January 16, 201230 Comments

These days Apple offers premium products at prices competitors just cannot match…

Lenovo CEO: Apple iPad is winning in ‘niche’ tablet market

Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:31 amSaturday, January 14, 201229 Comments

Lenovo Group Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Yang Yuanqing said…

Apple’s move from Intel to ARM could be closer than you think

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:11 pmWednesday, January 11, 201245 Comments

Apple’s move from Intel to ARM processors may be closer than you think…

Intel fakes ‘live’ Ultrabook demo, mulls massive advertising campaign to peddle ‘MacBook Air killers’

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 1:54 pmTuesday, January 10, 201219 Comments

It looks like chip giant Intel has gone too far by attempting to peddler “MacBook Air killers”…

Analyst: With MacBook Air, Apple has ‘fortuitous timing’ amidst hard drive shortage

Monday, December 5, 2011 11:18 am4 Comments

Apple is largely insulated from the ongoing component constraints, caused by flooding in Thailand…

Apple told Intel: Drastically slash processor power consumption or likely lose our business

Thursday, August 11, 2011 5:49 pmThursday, August 11, 201130 Comments

Apple informed Intel that it better drastically slash its power consumption or…

Intel starts $300m Ultrabook Fund to spur MacBook Air-alikes

Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:00 am32 Comments

Intel’s Capital division pledged itself to its ultra book concept…

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