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On Wednesday, June 20 Acer announced their latest series of ultrabooks, the Aspire Timeline Ultra M5 Series. Acer has updated their original Timeline Series by making their newest additions slimmer and lightweight. Acer says that the M5 Series features “slim, lightweight design, larger displays, all-day battery life, and powerful Intel and Nvidia technologies.” Acer offers several different options for customers to choose from while selecting their new ultra-thin M5. They can choose between a 14 or a 15.6-inch, widescreen, 1,366-by-768 display screen and a 1.5-GHz, second generation Intel Core i3 or a 2.6-GHz, third generation Intel Core i5 processor. With the 14-inch Core i3 ultrabook,Read More →

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According to iSuppli, a market research firm, 2010 will be all about netbooks and ultra-thin laptops. As a matter of fact, even though the market experienced a 19% increase in sales last year (up from 2008), numbers for this year are expected to be even higher. They also expect this trend to carry on for the next four years, into 2014. Laptops, Ultra-thin laptops, and Netbooks In 2010, over 34.5 million netbooks are expected to ship (an increase of 30%) and in 2014, those numbers are expected to reach 58.3 million units sold. When it comes to the newer ultra-thin laptops, 14.5 million units areRead More →

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It seems, in the computer world, that thin is the way to go theses days. When the MacBook Air was released by Apple, many of us thought that we couldn’t get any thinner. well we were wrong. Sony’s VAIO X Series of laptops has proved to be smaller, thinner and lighter than the MacBook Air. While looking at this laptop, you may notice the Intel Atom processor and compare it to be the same as other netbooks. However, this machine is something different completely. How is this netbook so thin you may ask? Well for starters, the motherboard has all of its components soldiered ontoRead More →