Comments on: Poll: What are you Waiting For in Ultrabooks?

By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:58:00 +0000

-5.5 hr minimum battery life with moderate usage (multi-tab web browsing/music playback/Word)
-Less than 3.5kg
-Solid build quality, no flexy plasticky crap
-1600 x 900 minimum resolution for a 13/14in screen, hopefully matte
-Good keyboard and trackpad
-256GB SSD (My current 2008 white MacBook has 160GB and is too small. I don’t want to downgrade, and I shouldn’t have to swap files off my hard drive whenever I want to watch a movie. I don’t have constant access to streaming)
-6-8GB RAM would be nice but not absolutely essential
-$1200 max, preferably $1000.

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:00:53 +0000

Want one but waiting for: wireless ac; bluetooth 4; usb 3. Lower prices won’t hurt either

By: Average joe

Average joe — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:14:05 +0000

Asus Taichi prease

By: Nele

Nele — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:31:26 +0000

Oh, I forgot one thing. I’m looking for:
-long battery life
-ivy bridge
-SSD
-solid build quality
-low weight
-decent screen and keyboard
-$800

By: Nele

Nele — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:26:04 +0000

It’s not easy to find an ideal ultrabook. On each one there’s at least one thing that I don’t like. So I guess I’m waiting for the right one :). I must admit I really like the Lenovo X1 carbon, but the price (1,3k) is too high.
I was also waiting for the info on Windows 8 and touch development, but that’s not the crucial point, not for me at least.
And in the end, I’m sure I’ll have one soon, probably on Black Friday :).

By: rossng

rossng — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:15:29 +0000

I want these features:
- Ivy Bridge i5 or faster
- 1600×900 (HD+) screen minimum, preferably IPS
- 6GB RAM
- 6 hour battery
- Good keyboard
- Good trackpad
- Solid build quality
- Discrete GPU, at least GT 640M (Kepler) or faster
- Thinnish and lightish, not an Acer-esque plastic monster
- £1000

That’s it really. The closest are:
Sony S15 – expensive, screen can’t display red, flaky build quality, rebadged (I think) GPU
Gigabyte U2442N – average battery life, poor keyboard, hot
Samsung NP700Z5C – crap screen

By: Tolii

Tolii — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:58:56 +0000

Haswell, want to see how the new GPU works for games.

By: Tsuki

Tsuki — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:55:17 +0000

-True all day battery life. 10+ hours of light usage, minimum. I don’t mind a slice battery or whatever, but once you get used to having true all day battery life (i.e. my X220 w/ 9 cell), you really can’t go back.
-A good keyboard. Right now the only good keyboard is the X1C. Lenovo proved that its possible, how long will it take for the rest to stop making excuses.
-VGA and Ethernet on a premium ultrabook. Right now, only budget ultrabooks (Sony T13, Toshiba Z930, etc) include them for some odd reason.