Laptops are some of the most important tools people use today. Whether you’re a student submitting homework, at work typing away at documents, spreadsheets or presentations, or you’re just someone who wants to access resources online and connect with family and friends, you want a notebook with the components and features you’ll need to get the job done. That means a great screen, a comfortable keyboard, and long battery life (nice design doesn’t hurt, either!). If you’re looking for a powerful laptop that easily fits in your bag and doesn’t break your back, you’re looking for what some call an “ultrabook.”
The “ultrabook” moniker was originally coined by Intel in 2012 and used to refer to a set of premium, super-thin laptops that met the chipmaker’s predefined standards. Much of this occurred as the PC world was first catching up to the original MacBook Air. However, just as many people refer to tissues as Kleenexes or web searching as Googling, the term ultrabook commonly refers to any premium ultraportable laptop, whether it carries Intel’s seal of approval or not.
Of course, there’s always new tech coming down the pipe. Intel’s most recent chips are its Intel Core Ultra chips and 14th Gen Core HX processors. The former are in productivity and gaming machines, while the latter are for high-performance gaming.
AMD’s first 8000-series “Hawk Point” processors are in devices like the Asus Zephyrus G14, and we saw the first Strix Point machines at Computex. On Macs, Apple’s top chips are the M3 series. The standard M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max can be found in the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air lineup. The recently announced M4 is only in iPads, for now. Microsoft, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus, Acer, Samsung and more will support the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite and Plus series chips, so we’re likely to see the laptops wars heat up again this summer.
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