Intel Risks Missing Ultrabook Goal With Prices Over $1000: Tech

BusinessWeek - 9 Nov, 2011
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Intel Corp.'s mission to get the computer industry to embrace its new ultrabook standard by the end of next year is hitting a roadblock: price. The world's largest chipmaker aims to convert 40 percent of consumer ...

PCs: Ultrabooks, Cloud Pare Laptop DRAM, Says iSuppli

Barron's (blog) - 9 Nov, 2011
Interesting piece this morning from research firm IHS-iSuppli, whose chip analyst Mike Howard notes that DRAM content in notebook computers â€" what he calls “average loading” â€" looks like it will be below the company's expectations, ...

Ultrabooks will rescue PC industry â€" beancounters

Register - 9 Nov, 2011
Ultrabooks will give stagnating notebook sales and the wider PC components industry a shot in the arm, but only when prices are chopped, beancounter IHS iSuppli has warned. Low-cost laptops no longer whet the ...

Ultrabooks will be 43 per cent of laptops by 2015

Inquirer - 9 Nov, 2011
BEANCOUNTERS at IHS Isuppli have predicted a significant growth in Ultrabook laptops to compete against tablets. The firm believes that Ultrabooks will account for 43 per cent of global netbook shipments by 2015. ...

Ultrabook smackdown: MacBook Air's top competitors

Calgary Herald - 9 Nov, 2011
Ultrabooks are PC notebooks that offer great performance and at least six hours of battery life despite being exceedingly thin and light. Modelled after Apple's MacBook Air, which defined the ...

The Ultrabook

Calgary Herald - 9 Nov, 2011
If you're shopping around for a new laptop these days, you will likely hear the word "Ultrabook" thrown around often. An Ultrabook is sort of a cross between a conventional laptop and a tablet, ...

Study: Ultrabooks to Make Up 40 Percent of Notebooks by 2015

PC Magazine - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Intel's Ultrabook initiative could start to pay heavy dividends in the next few years, according to IHS, formerly known as iSuppli. In a report issued Friday, the research firm predicts that the thin-and-light laptops will account for ...

Ultrabooks to see fast growth, says analyst

CNET (blog) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Ultrabooks will capture more than 40 percent of the laptop market by 2015, becoming, in effect, a counterweight to tablets like Apple's iPad, according to market researcher IHS-iSuppli. ...

Ultrabook sales expected to soar, IHS predicts

MarketWatch - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Ultrabooks are notebooks that are less than 0.8 inches thick and employ a full PC operating system like Microsoft Corp.'s /quotes/zigman/20493/quotes/nls/msft MSFT +2.10% Windows. They also add features now commonly found in media ...

Ultrabook market set to explode: analyst

CNET Australia - 9 Nov, 2011
Ultrabooks will capture more than 40 per cent of the laptop market by 2015, becoming, in effect, a counterweight to tablets like Apple's iPad, according to market researcher IHS-iSuppli. In a research note titled ...

Will Ultrabooks rule the Windows notebook market in a few years?

Ars Technica - 9 Nov, 2011
Research firm IHS iSuppli is predicting that Ultrabooks will account for 43 percent of worldwide notebook PC shipments by 2015, despite the fact that Windows-centric ultra-thin PCs are just now ...

Get Ready for a Meteoric Rise in Ultrabook Sales

Hot Hardware - 9 Nov, 2011
Maybe you have no interest in owning an Ultrabook currently. Perhaps you find them to be too expensive for what they are and think you'll be better served by waiting a generation or two. Certainly you're in the majority, because according to IHS ...

Report: Ultrabooks To Own 43 Percent Of Laptop Market By 2015

Maximum PC - 9 Nov, 2011
Ultrabooks may be the thin, attractive and powerful MacBook Air alternatives Intel and its manufacturer buddies hoped they would be, but as comparable as they are to Apple's ultraportable laptop, they haven't exactly been flying off the shelves. ...

Ultrabooks To Grab 43 Percent Of Laptop Sales

eWEEK Europe UK - 9 Nov, 2011
IHS iSuppli analysts said that ultrabooks will rapidly gain popularity over the next several years, and will boost the entire supply chain. Ultrabooks will account for more than 40 percent of all notebooks by 2015, and will reinvigorate a listless PC ...

IHS INC. : Growth of DRAM Content in Notebook PCs Decelerates Partly Due to ...

4-traders (press release) - 9 Nov, 2011
IHS Inc. : Growth of DRAM Content in Notebook PCs Decelerates Partly Due to Rise of Ultrabooks and the Cloud The growth of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) content in PCs-traditionally the biggest market for the memory-is beginning to decelerate due ...

Ultrabooks to make up nearly half of notebooks by 2015

THINQ.co.uk - 9 Nov, 2011
Intel's new Ultrabook platform will account for nearly half of all notebook PCs shipped globally by 2015, according to a new forecastsfrom market analysts. A report from IHS iSuppli predicts that in order to fend off competition from Apple's iPad 2 and ...

Ultrabooks to drive global notebook PC shipments

Computer Business Review - 9 Nov, 2011
In a bid to counter the stiff competition posed by media tablets, the mobile PC market is shifting largely to the new ultrabook platform, according to the IHS iSuppli Compute Platforms service at information and analysis provider HIS. ...

Ultrabooks to remain on fringe until 2015

TechEye - 9 Nov, 2011
It looks like Intel may be waiting a while before its Ultrabooks break the magic 40 percent market share barrier, according to analyst predictions. In fact it could be a full three years. Intel's Mooly Eden had shouted loud about hitting 40 percent ...

Ultrabooks to Achieve Over 40% of Portable PC Market Share in Three Years.

X-bit Labs - 9 Nov, 2011
It is completely logical to expect that over time ultrabooks will replace conventional notebooks completely since ultra-thin laptops have been replacing traditional notebooks for years now. What is interesting is that according to ...

Ultrabooks to Account for 43 Percent of Notebooks in 2015

Tom's Hardware Guide - 9 Nov, 2011
Ultrabooks may have had a slow start, but they are now predicted to quickly capture market share and offer an opportunity of unexpected growth for the semiconductor industry. IHS forecasts that 2 percent of notebooks will be ultrabooks in 2011, ...

Ultrabooks to cover 43% of notebook shipments by 2015

Telecompaper (subscription) - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
The mobile PC market is increasingly embracing the new ultrabook platform, with shipments expected to account for over 40 percent of all notebooks by 2015, according to a report from IHS iSuppli. Ultrabooks will represent 43 percent of global notebook ...

Demand for ultrabooks set to explode, say analysts

V3.co.uk - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Ultrabook systems will see a dramatic increase in sales over the next five years as vendors continue to slim down their PC designs, according to a report from research firm IHS iSuppli. The company said in its forecast report that ...

IHS forecasts rapid growth for ultrabooks

EE Times - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
SAN FRANCISCOâ€"Shipments of ultrabooksâ€"thin, low-power notebook computers being pushed by Intel Corp.â€"are expected to account for 43 percent of global notebook shipments in 2015, up from jut 2 percent in 2011, according to market research firm IHS ...

Ultrabooks to Make Up 43 Percent of 2015 Notebook Shipments: IHS iSuppli

eWeek - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Ultrabooks, championed by Intel, will rapidly gain popularity over the next several years, and will boost the entire supply chain, according to IHS iSuppli analysts. Ultrabooks will account for more than 40 percent of all notebooks by 2015, ...

Tablets and Ultrabooks battle for mobile dominance

TG Daily - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
The mobile PC market is currently embracing the new Ultrabook form factor in an effort to counter tablets like Apple's wildly popular iPad. As IHS analyst Matthew Wilkins notes, media tablets are significantly slowing growth in the lucrative notebook ...

Ultrabooks to take on tablets?

New Electronics - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
Shipments of the new ultrabook platform could account for more than 40% of all notebooks by 2015, as the mobile pc market aims to stave off the rising competitive threat of tablets. A report from IHS iSuppli states that ultrabooks will represent 43% of ...

Step Aside, Tablets - the Ultrabooks Are Coming

TechNewsWorld - ‎Nov 7, 2011‎
With two exceptions, the ultrabook class -- and the MacBook Air is in it -- is a better choice than any tablet, in my opinion, and the Windows version is a great alternative to the Apple version for those who prefer Windows (we are still ...

Asus Zenbook UX31 â€" Asus' Late Entry to the Ultrabook Party is Simply Great

International Business Times AU - ‎Nov 6, 2011‎
By Gadget Mania | November 7, 2011 11:12 AM EST Asus was one of the first companies to announce that they will be making Ultrabooks, but apparently they were too busy with tablets and smartphones to notice that other manufacturers moved in ahead of ...

Opinion: Ultrabook first impressions: Thin is in, and finally practical

Digitaltrends.com - ‎Nov 6, 2011‎
The Asus Zenbook and fellow Ultrabooks deliver sound performance and battery life from an ultra-thin form factor that has traditionally been rife with sacrifice. I got my first Ultrabook in yesterday â€" an Asus Zenbook UX21E-DH71 (don't get me started ...

 

Subscribe to RSS
Advertise here