Ultrabook price would be cheaper in 2012
Last Updated on Thursday, 09 February 2012 19:57 Written by Administrator Thursday, 09 February 2012 19:46
Major Ultrabook vendors such as Acer, Lenovo, and Hewlett Packard (HP) would lower their prices this year. The price decline started in North America in welcoming the newest Ultrabook model with an Intel Ivy Bridge. With the latest processors from Intel, the Ultrabook will have better graphics capabilities to make battery power longer.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini had said the new processor can save power consumption up to 30 percent electricity and can last up to 10 days, although only in a single charging.
Based on the source of quoted retail channel Digitimes, PC vendors are expected to cut old Ultrabook series of up to 21-25 percent of its original price. For example, Acer Aspire Ultrabook S3-951 that used hard disk drives now dropped to 799 dollars from the original price of 899 U.S. dollars in North America.
Meanwhile, Lenovo and HP Ultrabook respectively lowering its prices by 25 percent and 21 percent of its original price of 1595 U.S. dollars (Lenovo IdeaPad U300s) and 900 U.S. dollars (HP Folio 13). HP itself is now preparing to release Ultrabook Envy Spectra 14 in Taiwan on February 8, 2012. Ultrabook second generation is going to have a striking design with glass and has a screen resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels, with a starting price of 1400 U.S. dollars. As soon as the new Lenovo also launched its newest product in the second quarter of 2012.