Intel reportedly expects shipments of 20-30M ultrabooks in 2012
A new report claims Intel has set internal estimates of between 20 to 30 million ultrabook units this year.
According to DigiTimes, sources from the upstream supply chain have revealed the chipmaker's plans. Intel also reportedly expects ultrabook shipments to jump up by "double or even triple" in 2013.
The report noted that the second generation of ultrabook will launch "after May 2012" and combination tablet/ultrabooks will arrive in the fourth quarter alongside the release of Microsoft's Windows 8.
Intel is also said to be looking into technologies that could help spur ultrabook adoption. Reinforced plastic chassis and ultra-thin optical disk drives were specifically mentioned by the report as components that the company is cooperating with upstream makers on.
CEO Paul Otellini revealed on an earnings call earlier this week that the next generation of processors bound for "mainstream notebooks" won't arrive until the second launch of its Ivy Bridge architecture, as the "bulk" of the chips from the first wave will go toward desktop computers. Intel is expected to formally launch Ivy Bridge next week.
Intel put forth the ultrabook design specification last May as an alternative to the MacBook Air and iPad. For its part, the Mac maker is expected to release a thinner and light design of its 15-inch MacBook Pro within weeks that could threaten sales of high-end ultrabooks.
The initial target for ultrabook sales was for the category to reach a 40 percent share of the consumer laptop market by the end of this year. However, at least one analyst believes ultrabook sales will not be "meaningful enough" to stimulate growth in the notebook market until 2013.
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A new report claims Intel has set internal estimates of between 20 to 30 million ultrabook units this year...[/URL]
Most of them MacBook Airs.
(And the new MBP Ultra!)
It does bring me back to this article about an iHater that seems to have seen the light after his experience with ultrabooks.
http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/relate...lly_burned_me/
A new report claims Microsoft...<we promise this time it will be really really different>
A new report claims Acer...<mutant virus>
A new report claims <insert vendor X here>...<insert next Apple X device Killer/beat Apple/CEO undergoes transsexual operation to turn company around/grandiose claims here>
http://www.imdb.com/video/demo_reel/vi2982583321/
"Insanity is...doing the exact..same f***ing thing over and over again..and....expecting s**t to change."
Unless that range includes Apple's CPUs they won't get it.
"According to DigiTimes" ...
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Time for an editor to redact the article. Though it may actually reflect the level of delusion Intel has, even if it's accidental.
Maybe the Air will winning people over in those numbers though. I just wish they'd offer one with built-in cellular data.
Someone's been sniffing too much glue before these ultra books had a chance to dry.
It does bring me back to this article about an iHater that seems to have seen the light after his experience with ultrabooks.
http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/relate...lly_burned_me/
Was the Samsung really called "Samsung Series 9 900X3A-B06US"? I mean that seems to spell out what it is in the very name - bogus.