Earlier this month, the Acer C7 Chromebook was shown off at the CeBIT in Hannover. It seems to be a powerful machine as RAM has been upgraded to 4GB max and a six-cell battery. (Un)fortunately, price has also increased to $279 from the previous $199 base price. mehr »

Asus recently introduced the Zenbook Touch U500VZ albeit quietly. The new laptop is a 15-incher that is deemed to be powerful with its touch panel display, i7-3632QM processor, IPS technology, Full HD touchscreen, all-flash dual 256GB drives, exclusive ASUS SonicMaster audio, and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics processor. mehr »

Google today announces a lighter and thinner Samsung-made Chromebook for $249, coming with an 11.6 inch screen, weighing 2.5 pounds and only 0.8 inch thick and a battery that promises to last more than 6.5 hours. mehr »

HP is still alive. It’s been quiet for some time now but this week we see the company revealing a slew of new products. Impressing us is this super sleek Ultrabook that looks eerily like the MacBook Air. If I don’t know there is a MacBook Air, this HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook 2 is going to be a bestseller. mehr »

Samsung just introduced a Silver color edition of the Series 9 laptop. The ultrabook is not really new but it’s been updated with some shine. mehr »

You think that MacBook Air is thin already? You’re wrong. A number of Ultrabooks even lighter than the Air have come out already but the lightest to date is a new one from NEC called the Lavie Z. mehr »

You know your computer is fat when PC makers come up with slimmer and sexier machines, like Vizio’s latest consumer electronics venture – a ‘thin+light’ Ultrabook, a notebook and an all-in-one PC.  mehr »

The latest flavor of ultrabooks, the thin, fashionable but powerful new breed of portable computers, first scene in CES this January, is Hewlett-Packard’s HP Envy 14 Spectre. The glossy and svelte finish says it all – it is premiumly designed, therefore it should be premiumly priced. But does it live up to all these premium-ness? mehr »