1. Laptops and Ultrabooks

2. The need for mobility Two trends: High end workstations : graphical and scientific work Easy to carry PCs: e-mail, Web, office suites Early transportable PCs Osborne 1 Compaq portable IBM PC Convertible Macintosh Portable Recent mobile PCs Timeline of Mac portable PCs Laptops: desktop replacement and notebooks Netbooks: rise and fall Netbooks: rise and fall

3. Laptops and ultrabooks Modern laptops –MacBook Air: slim and powerful (11 to 13”)MacBook Air Intel Core i5 and i7Core i5 and i7 Thunderbolt I/O Solid State Drive, No DVD driveSolid State Drive, size: 11.8” or 12.8” by.68” and weight: 2.38 or 2.96 pounds –Regular notebooks (e.g. Samsung Series 3 (13-15”) Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 or AMD DualCore or QuadCoreCore i3, i5 and i7DualCore or QuadCore Bluetooth 3.0 SATA Hardrive, DVD Drive size: 12.41” or 14.4” by 1.28” and weight: 4.63 or 5.07 pounds –Ultrabooks: Intel evolving specsUltrabooks: Comparison of recent ultrabooks Recent Engadget reviews of ultrabooksEngadget reviews Ultrabooks vs. MacBook Air