Top 10 Ultrabooks
Toshiba Satellite U845T-S4165
Toshiba's given the Satellite U845 ultrabook a serious tech makeover. The notebook's been updated with a faster Intel Core i5 processor, increased memory and a 14.1-inch touchscreen display. However the U845T-S4165 is still a looker, retaining the sleek aluminum chassis of its predecessor. Throw in its competitive price tag and the U845T is a hard notebook to ignore.
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January 16th, 2012 at 6:41 pm
The first Ultrabook was created by Sony. Apple copied it later but most people in this planet is ignorant and believes in Apple marketing.
January 28th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
HP Spectre 14 is really something… tough days ahead for Macbook Air
April 1st, 2012 at 7:55 am
The best answer to the mac pro is the asus u36sd with ssd, it has better dimensions, its aluminum, and has an nvidia gt520 card, it blows the macpro away in performance..and looks just as good, or better.
April 25th, 2012 at 11:48 pm
@Indoor That’s just what Apple does. They improve on everyone else’s ideas. No originality, but it works. Besides, Sony is sorry. They are struggling to stay afloat because they no longer inovate. They thought their name would carry them, but that only worked for so long.
July 21st, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Indoor – Everything apparently was created by Apple (Example Tablet PC’s (iPad)) Bill Gates and Microsoft had a Tablet PC made back in 2002 and then Apple stole it, then Microsoft created the Surface and now everyone is saying Microsoft stole it from Apple… All Apple is, is shit products that cost you $2,000, its just ridiculously Expensive.
July 22nd, 2012 at 1:38 am
they almost all look, feel & performs the same. but the OS is what really counts. based on user experience: Mac Os > Linux Ubuntu > Windows.
July 31st, 2012 at 5:50 pm
Apple Newton, their first touch tablet, was introduced in 1994.
The first Palm PDA was introduced in 1996.
Gates demo’d a tablet at Comdex in 2000.
August 22nd, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Indoor – most people “on” this planet “are” ignorant and “believe” in “Apple’s” marketing.
And the marketing genius has left this earth – where does that now leave Apple?
August 27th, 2012 at 2:26 am
Let us take a deep breath, shake off the anger, and forget the MacBook Air exists. Now, we can focus on the “Ultrabook,” a pc that meets standards set by Intel. Stay focused people. Looking forward to comments that are on topic. – Posted from my Macbook Air.
September 6th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
I am wondering why I haven’t seen a review of this Sony 15.5″ laptop in laptop magazine, especially since you reviewed the new Macbook Pro which costs $1000 more. I purchased the Sony a few months ago when it had just come out and assumed laptop magazine would be reviewing the product, especially since it had so much to offer and is very light. I’m an amateur photographer and I was looking for a light laptop with a hi resolution screen and lots of power to take with me while traveling and yet be able to do editing on my photos. Although the new Mac Pro has a much higher screen resolution it is also about $1000 more and out of my budget.
As you can see below, the amount of RAM, quad-core performance, and great video card with discrete memory are great for a laptop this light. If your labs have reviewed this model please let me know where I can read the review.
SONY VAIO S1511 SVS15116FX/S 15.5″ Notebook Computer (Silver)
• 2.1GHz Intel Core i7-3612QM Quad-Core
• 8GB of DDR3 RAM (4GB + 4GB)
• 750GB Hard Drive (5400rpm)
• nVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE Graphics (2GB)
• 15.5″ Widescreen LED-Backlit IPS Display
• 1920 x 1080 Native Resolution
• SuperMulti DVD Burner
• 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0
• Integrated Webcam, Microphone & Speakers
• Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Includes Free Sony Extended Sheet Battery for 15.5″ VAIO S / SE Series Laptops ($114.42 Value)
Best regards,
Madalasa Baum
September 8th, 2012 at 7:28 am
@Craig The mac pro is not a laptop. Did you mean, macbook pro??? if so, then you should of said that. Please educate yourself. Learn the difference between a macbook pro and mac pro.
October 2nd, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Alan Kay came up with the idea for the “Dynabook” back in 1968, which could be argued was the forerunner of todays laptops and tablets. This was two years before the start of Xerox PARC, where Kay worked. He also worked for Apple for a while in the 1980′s. But he had nothing to do with the Newton, the MacBook Airs or iPhones and iPads. So UltraBooks are Inspired by Intel, which was Inspired by Apple, which was Inspired by Xerox PARC, which was inspired by Alan Kay. I find the trolls and idiots who post biased comments about things they know nothing about less than inspiring. And I don’t own a MacBook Air or Pro, or iPhone or iPad.
October 12th, 2012 at 1:19 pm
But to me l real love hp envy14 than other laptops . So there is no way other can take the position from hp ?
October 15th, 2012 at 3:25 pm
missing the Aspire S7 in the list!!!!
October 19th, 2012 at 12:49 pm
please lets leave out Acer
November 6th, 2012 at 12:04 pm
@Jason. You typed: “if so, then you should of said that.”
Please educate yourself by changing this to “If so, then you should have said that.”
November 9th, 2012 at 6:43 pm
Mac why do you want to leave out the Acer aspire S7? It looks like a fantastic piece of kit!
November 27th, 2012 at 12:40 am
Did you all come to this site to bicker or as an AA group from Apple? If you have comments about the 10 laptops in the review I would love to hear smart, clever, insightful commentaries. Leave the rest of the refuse outside. I am trying to find the lightest, best suited to office work laptop and I am wondering how the X1 Carbon stacks up in the real world of hotel rooms with bad wifi to the others who can easily cable up to a large monitor?
December 1st, 2012 at 4:45 pm
I would never buy an ENVY because of its stupid name. Lenovo? Could have been “The Great Wall.” Sony use to have cool machines but I dunno, heavy corporate salary-men set in I guess. Asus comes close but at that price? look why buy a Toyota when a BMW costs the same?
December 10th, 2012 at 10:49 am
Apple isn’t a good option when we have a price fixed and envy spectre is really good
December 10th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
IBM had a tablet in ~1993. It was one of the very early ThinkPad’s (I think it was model 700T).
December 18th, 2012 at 2:49 pm
Looks like this is the year everyone becomes dissatisfied with their machines, …makes the wrong choice, …and is even more dissatisfied next year, …, …the cubic yard around your butt determines your mediocrity and confinement, …, …for those slobs who like to spraal in the living room, broadcast multiplicity to high resolution retina displays around the house run by an unseen hockey puck will eventually determine closure around the 3 spot Apple remote. Buy resolution, and convience will soon follow. Portability closes out at $250.
January 11th, 2013 at 8:49 pm
In your list of the top ten ultrabooks have listed the ASUS Zenbook UX51VZ, which I agree, however the picture of the laptop shows a Toshiba laptop.
January 18th, 2013 at 3:41 am
I honestly think that hp envy 6t should be the sixth best ultrabook. The OS is superb, the design is catchy and captivating, talk of performance; i’ll say it works for me.
March 3rd, 2013 at 6:03 pm
surprised no one mentioned toshiba portege z935 p390. nevertheless i think the primary criterion for choice is based on the need of the end-user.
April 8th, 2013 at 10:42 pm
If you are going to use it for engineering application, get a Windows OS computer.
April 17th, 2013 at 11:28 pm
Apple or Microsoft were first? I will just remind you that the ten commandments were on a tablet.
May 18th, 2013 at 1:06 am
I feel that Windows 8 was built for touchscreen.
Without the touch it just feels like Windows 7 and really would like to get the Yoga.