Notebook Vendors Not Seeing Much Interest in Ultra-thins
Notebook Vendors Not Seeing Much Interest in Ultra-thins
Posted 01/12/2010 at 9:25am
| by Paul Lilly
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There's a definite trend towards smaller, more portable gadgets, which, in addition to battery life, is a large reason why netbooks have become so popular. But what about ultra-thins?
Citing sources from "notebook players," DigiTimes says ultra-thin notebooks will only eat up 15 percent of global notebook shipments in the first half of 2010. The reason, sources say, is because of their awkward market position and price points.
There are a bevy of Intel chips ready to tackle the ultra-thin market, including the dual-core SU9600, SU9400, SU7300, SU4100, and SU2300, as well as the single-core Celeron 743 chips, but ultra-thins built around these chips are having trouble competing with entry-level notebooks, both in terms of price and performance.
Going forward, expect vendors to push their ultra-thin lineups to the business market, though price/performance ratios will still present a hurdle.
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Keougmi
January 12, 2010 at 9:12pm
The advantage to these laptops are more the seriously long battery life rather than raw speed or just to be thin.
I've heard reports that real-life use (web browsing and light duty work stuff) can have battery lifetimes of 5-9 hours with these power sipping processors. And they are much quicker than the painfully slow Atom processors on netbooks.
Granted, they would not be a "Maximum PC" reader's primary computer, but would make a nice family or student computer. No gaming unless you get the Asus with the switchable graphics card UL90Vt or something like that.
Biceps
January 12, 2010 at 4:36pm
Even if they are super thin, the damn things are still 10 inches x 15 inches at least. So, unless you have a backpack (in which your ultra-thin will ultra-snap-in-half) or feel like actually carrying your ultra-thin in your hand everywhere, you will STILL need a laptop case. Until they come up with a way to give you a full size screen and a full size keyboard AND fit it all in your pocket, ultra thins will continue to lag in the market. Roll up screens and roll up keyboards... that would be ULTRA-COOL.
reutnes
January 12, 2010 at 3:37pm
I'm pretty sure the only reason to buy an ultra-thin is just so you can say you have one.
Just like owning a Prius.
My lappy may be chunky, but it kicks serious ass.
Bender2000
January 12, 2010 at 11:24am
laptops are getting thinner and faster, look at the new HP Envy line with Core i5 and ATi graphics, so what is the advantage of an ultra thin? Is one inch too bulky? I think we've reached the limit of thinness and the advantage it holds just doesn't compensate for the compromises of low power and missing features. Let's swing the pendulum back towards performance and full features! I lke me some meat with my ptotatoes.
CentiZen
January 12, 2010 at 9:05am
Nobody wants to pay top dollar for shit hardware just because it is thin.
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