So, both can do the same things but,
One is $500 with better battery life, smaller form factor, lighter but with worst keyboard,
The other cost double at $1000, has weaker battery life, it is bigger and heavier but has better keyboard,
I chose the PAD
So, both can do the same things but,
One is $500 with better battery life, smaller form factor, lighter but with worst keyboard,
The other cost double at $1000, has weaker battery life, it is bigger and heavier but has better keyboard,
I chose the PAD
the formfactor and battery life on ultrabooks is also going to improve thanks to the direction intel is going, just look at medfield.
Try to code on a tablet without keyboard.
I don't get tablets anyway. Not usable for doing real work and if you can't stay of the net for your 20 min bus ride I guess you should better invest the money on "detox".
I just can't find a reason spending $1000 for Ultrabooks.
Try to code on a tablet without keyboard.
I don't get tablets anyway. Not usable for doing real work and if you can't stay of the net for your 20 min bus ride I guess you should better invest the money on "detox".
Well, I usually dont defend AMD on the CPU side, but it seems to me the ultrabooks are grossly overpriced relative to the performance they get. Most people may not agree with me, but I would give up a bit of weight savings and the SSD for a couple hundred dollar savngs. So an AMD platform might be competitive for the mainstream consumer. As I have said in other posts, I cant see the average consumer paying 1000.00 plus for an ultrabook when there are 300-400 dollar laptops that get the job done but just are not as portable. Ultrabooks might be popular in the business world though for those who travel a lot and need to have a stylish, super portable laptop.
I will agree that Pads were not mend for heavy work, but i believe most of the users that would like to have an Ultrabook would not use it for heavy work and instead they need it for everyday usage, for web browsing, chatting, lite office tasks, mailing etc.
IMO, for those tasks a Pad is better because it is cheaper, smaller and lighter.
So, both can do the same things but,
One is $500 with better battery life, smaller form factor, lighter but with worst keyboard,
The other cost double at $1000, has weaker battery life, it is bigger and heavier but has better keyboard,
I chose the PAD
If the non-CPU specs are close I could see this doing well. You are sacrificing CPU performance but should trade that for gains in GPU, personally with how powerful CPUs are now that is a trade I would make. As long as these have SSDs standard I would be more interested in it than Ultrabooks, but as said before they probably have to cut a couple corners to get it that much cheaper.
I'd do better with a low end laptop or netbook and an Android phone for $1000. Any tablet or any device with a touch interface is a PITA to type especially for any serious work. Handheld devices has its place when it comes to battery life and convenience but I doubt it would be replacing laptops anytime soon as it simply lacks a lot of functions compared to a proper laptop.I chose the PAD
You already have that, they're just laptops. You can get as much power in a $600 laptop as you can in a $1000 Ultrabook, and pocket the money if you don't care about size or weight. The entire point of Ultrabooks is that they're almost instant on (SSD) and extremely thin and light. Without those you might as well just buy a normal laptop.
Light office tasks are still much easier on a laptop than a tablet. As much as Apple's commercials would have people believe otherwise, trying to edit a spreadsheet on a tablet is a painful experience compared to a laptop. The majority of users might want a device that they can surf the web on, but that doesn't mean there's not a sizable market for thin, light, fully functional laptops. I would say that most people looking to spend $1000-1500 on an Ultrabook generally are aware of the benefits of them and wouldn't necessarily be better served by a tablet.
With quad core ARM, SSD and Win 8/Android 4, i believe a $500 10-11" Pad will be much better than any Ultrabook. It will have longer battery life, smaller form factor, lighter and it will do all the things an ultrabook can do.
I just can't find a reason spending $1000 for Ultrabooks.
I really don't understand all these talks about instant on. Do people not use sleep these days? My laptop hardly ever reboots unless for windows update.
IM waiting for this to come out with an ivybridge and this little power house wieghs under 3lb
I wouldn't buy the Acer S3 if I were you. I managed to look at a demo unit and I can tell you that it feels cheap in a sense that it is mostly plastic. The exterior is nice with aluminum but the interior is just silver painted plastic. I wouldn't have perceived the S3 this way if I didn't have the Asus Zenbook side by side. Overall the Zenbook feels much better constructed and no plastic interior.
I have nothing against Acer because I've used Acer in the past and still am but the S3 is just not appealing at all. The Timeline Ultra however is very nice compared to previous version in blue and silver. I hope that Acer ditches the plastic interior with the S5 and it might just be a good alternative to the Zenbook. link
You probably should look at the S3 before buying it. I don't really mind the plastic as laptops in the past were made with plastic anyways but to me the plastic really stands out with the S3. They could have masked it with a brushed metal feel plastic but the texture that the S3 has is pretty bland.I didnt even know about the s5,Im asuming that will be out mid year?
Not all but in light usage it can reach nearly 7 hours in an ideal, light usage scenario. I know that 8 hours is just marketing speak and usually I would translate that to be 1-2 hours less on average. The newer Timeline series are built with regular processors, not the CULV variant which used to be popular back then.I don't think most notebooks are achieving 8 hours of battery life. About 4-5 is what I would consider average.
The timeline is a culv laptop built specifically for exceptional battery life.
Except it'll be much, much slower.