A New Kind of Laptop

A revolution in laptop technology is coming, even though you might not know anything about it. There's a whole new group of laptops coming over the horizon - laptops have 8+ hour of battery life, have the power to fairly multitask, can smoothly play high-def movies, and weigh less than 3.5 pounds? Unbelievable? I know. Most laptops today can pack some serious punch yet only last 2.5 to 3hrs at max.

These so called CULV laptops are just now emerging from manufacturing and landing in all the major retailers & etailers. One of the most notable is the Acer Timeline. Acer has produced three laptops in this series - 13.3", 14" & 15.5". One of the most notable of these is the 13.3"3810T. This $899 latop has an amazing eight hours of battery life, thin 1" profile, and performance that adequately handles everyday computing. These Acer Laptops are the first to use a new type of Intel CULV processor (in this case, the 1.4GHz U9400). This new CPU uses alot less power than laptops currently on the market. This is on the elements that enables the system to get an 8 hour battery life.

There are currently two other notebooks on the market that are similar to the Acer Timeline - the MSI X340 and the HP Pavilion dv2. The MSI X340 was released this past September & the Pavilion DV2 was just released. Reviews indicates that the MSI X340 is also great for everyday tasks and the DV2 is excellent at playing high def movies.

HP, ASUS, and a whole slew of other manufacturers are preparing to release their own CULV laptops. ASUS is releasing a CULV laptop called the UX50V that comes with a graphics chip, the Nvidia GeForce G105M, for gaming. The Nvidia chip outperforms the graphics unit in the Intel chipset, but it can also be toggled off to save power, a company representative said.The laptop has a 15.6-inch screen and a backlit keyboard, and is just over 1" thick. It weighs 5.7 pounds (2.6 kilograms) and comes with a hard drive size up to 500G bytes.

Asus is also releasing the UX30. It has a 13.3-inch screen, battery life of over four hours and a weight of 3.5 pounds. Both the UX30 & the UX50 will be released in the third quarter.

It'll be pretty interesting to see how these newly emerging CULV laptops change the computing environment. I can't imaging having a laptop that would last 8-10 hours to more before having to plug in a to recharge.

Who knows? Time will tell.
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-Jeremy Ashburn
Revital PC
http://www.revitalpc.com/