Pretty much every computer maker showed off an
Ultrabook laptop at this years 2012 CES in Las-Vegas, with varying chassis designs and sizes but with the
same MacBook
Air-inspired fundamentals of being thin, weighing little, using power
sparingly, and using SSD storage, plus Intel's own contribution of fast
bootup.
Hewlet-Packard's Envy 14 Spectre stands out not
because it is in the Ultrabook camp but because of its innovative glass lid,
which frees up the space normally used by the frame to allow the use of a
larger screen in the same space. HP claims it can thus fit a 14-inch LCD in the
same laptop dimensions normally holding a 13-inch LCD. It also supports nearfield
communications (NFC) very-short-range wireless. The base model ships on Feb.
8 for $1,399.
