Amazon is running a $100 off promotion on the 13.3-inch Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook (Acer Aspire S3-951-6646 S3 UltrabookAcer Aspire S3 Ultrabook at Amazon). That brings the price down to $799.99 with free shipping (check details at link). The promotion is running through February 11, … Read more
DigiTimes is reporting that Intel and other companies are looking at alternative materials for ultrabooks. Magnesium-aluminum is the preferred choice of materials for ultrabook chassis, but there are only a limited number of lathes that can handle such chassis. Two of the largest owners of … Read more
DigiTimes is reporting that Acer, Asustek (ASUS), Dell, HP (Hewlett-Packard), and Lenovo are going to be launching ultrabooks later in 2011, with production starting up in September. Acer, Lenovo, and Asustek have already been mentioned a lot, especially with Asustek’s UX21 being one of the … Read more