ULTRABOOKS COULD COST BETWEEN $1000 AND $2000

Ultraportable laptops have never really been cheap. Of course, there are those cheap and portable laptops called netbooks. Unfortunately, they are not good enough to meet all of your computing needs. If you need a portable laptop with decent specs, you still have to shell out a fortune.


When Intel introduced an 'Ultrabook' platform this summer there were talks about it being affordable with prices under $1000. Although they can't quite be called affordable at that price point they machines also offer much better performance, thanks to their higher-end components including faster processors and higher resolution displays.

But now it looks like that $1000 price tag is unreachable. Asus has sort of confirmed that its UX21, which will be one of the first ultrabooks to hit the market, will have prices ranging between $1000 and $2000. In other words, these Ultrabooks are no different from other higher-end ultraportables on the market. The only major difference is probably in weight. Ultrabooks are expected to weigh less than 3 pounds. Regular ultraportable with 12 or 13 inch displays usually weigh more. So the question is: Are you willing to spend a fortune on a laptop just because it isn't much heavier than a feather? If you are, then maybe you will want to buy an Ultrabook.

That said, companies like HP, Dell and Lenovo are also building Ultrabooks. It will be interesting to see if they manage to bring a sub $1000 ultrabook to the market.