5 Actual Ultrabooks in India

Bangalore: We all have seen lots of ultrabook entering the Indian market with different screen size and design. Are they actually fulfilling the ultrabooks criteria? The ultrabooks launched by different tech giants doesn’t fulfill the actual criteria specified by Intel; there are lots of variation in the specifications especially in terms of screen size, weight and thickness. So what are the criteria for ultrabooks? Intel defines it in a simple way: an ultrabook is supposed to be an 11 or 13 inch sleek and speedy laptop using SSD flash drive for storage, weight less than 1.4 kilograms and no optical drive.

But many ultrabook out in the market has 14 and even 15 inch screen, some uses SATA hard drive for storage and even have optical drive. Unfortunately ultrabook makers are not considering the Intel’s concept of ultrabook and are coming up with large sized screen to compete with each other. Check out these ultrabooks which actually follows the Intel’s concept.

1. Acer Aspire S5

Acer Aspire S5 is the world’s thinnest ultrabook with just 0.59 inch and weighing just 1.35 kilograms. It features 13 inch LED Backlit display, powered by Intel Ivy Bridge Processor, 8 GB of RAM, SSD for storage and comes with Windows 7 operating system.

For connectivity it supports the faster data transfer speeds with thunderbolt, two USB 2.0 ports, USB 3.0, HDMI, audio and mic ports, web cam, integrated gigabit LAN and Bluetooth v3.0. Along with these specifications Acer Aspire S5 has Dolby home theater audio for a real entertainment experience. This ultrabook is available in India and costs 60000.