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It was a wrong number that 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.320 started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:26.040 of night, and the voice on the other end asking 0:01:26.080 --> 0:01:30.160 for someone. He was not all right then, yea, so today, 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:33.720 thank you? Yes, Well, I don't know why I'm thanking you. 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:36.160 It's a quote that I did not write, so I 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:40.360 just just quoted. Um, we are today talking about ultra 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:44.440 books and what the heck are they? And do you 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:48.440 want one? Um? I figured it was a a computer 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:50.960 that it wore a silver suit with a flashing light 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:55.560 on its chest, that took on big rubbery monsters. No, no, 0:01:56.000 --> 0:02:00.120 sadly not. Uh. I'm still waiting for the gigante or 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.960 a computer that it can only be controlled by a 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:07.120 little child. But they know that the ultrabook is a 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:14.160 new class of notebook style computers marketing. But no, it 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:18.040 really is. It's just like just like how netbooks were marketing. 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.320 That was a thing, right, And in a way you 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:22.720 could say that the ultrabook is sort of reaction to 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:26.360 two things. One is the netbook movement, which kind of 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.960 got took a hit when tablets started to get popular 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:33.280 because people were saying, well, I could get a tablet 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:37.079 device which is a really cool form factor and has 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:41.080 a fun touchscreen interface, or for around the same price, 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:44.080 I could get a netbook, which is essentially an underpowered computer. 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:47.440 Uh And and there were a lot of people who said, well, 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:49.760 if between those two choices, I will go with the tablets. 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:52.720 So the netbook sales with netbooks were a big thing. 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:55.440 Just a couple of years ago, netbook sales started to 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:57.600 take a little bit of a of a depth, and 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.519 so computer manufacturers started to look around and a well, 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:04.440 what can we do about this? Do we keep pushing 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:07.640 netbooks or do we get into a different market. The 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:12.480 other thing that really really I think launched the ultrabook 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:18.639 movement was Apple with the MacBook Air. Now, the MacBook 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:23.560 Air is a super slim MacBook, right, and it's it 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:29.240 gets that slim form factor through um lots of different ways. 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.200 One thing is, you know you remove the optical drive. Yes, 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:36.440 so there's there's there's no DVD drive in it. Yeah, 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.680 So once you remove the optical drive, you now conserve 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:41.960 a lot of space and use a solid state hard 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:43.960 drive so you don't have to have platters in there 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.520 or anything like that. So the MacBook Air is this 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:50.720 really thin, beautiful computer, like it's you know, it's aesthetically 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:55.640 it's very pleasing. Uh. And it's also a fairly powerful computer, 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:59.120 you know, for its for its form factor. Uh. And 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:02.600 so also it's a premium computer. It's you know, you're 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.280 paying a premium price, partly because it's Apple, and partly 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:09.560 because of the design of the computer itself. So, um, yeah, 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:13.680 the the the MacBook Air um sort of got a 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:16.120 lot of attention just because of the way it looks 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:19.719 and because it has that solid state drive, which you know, 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:25.120 they're they're naturally more expensive than the platter hard drives. Now, um, 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:27.839 if you look at the specs, uh, simply looking at 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.919 a a you know, Apple computers, if you put a 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:34.159 MacBook versus a MacBook Air, you'll notice that the the 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:38.159 processors generally a little slower, and the drive is smaller 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:41.920 because it's a um solid state hard drive, and it's 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:45.520 you know, sort of more expensive for what you're getting. Uh. 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:47.480 It may be less expensive than the MacBook, but then 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.480 you go, well, but you know, for a couple hundred dollars, 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:53.480 So you have to decide what you want. But for 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:56.160 for some people, for a set of people who wanted 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:59.800 UM an Apple laptop, they said, you know what, I 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:03.719 really like the fact that it's lighter, it's smaller, UM, 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:06.320 and you know, look how sleek it is. I remember 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:08.560 Steve Jobs unveiling the thing and you pulled it out 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:12.560 of Manila envelope, which which got a pretty big reaction. 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:14.600 I mean, you know, before that, you just didn't see 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:18.159 computers at that that were thin enough to be able 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:23.160 to do that. Now, UM, other manufacturers started making thinner laptops. 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.760 I remember Sony came out with a couple of of 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:30.640 the bio laptops that were really slender. UM. Samsung came 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:34.240 out with its Series nine in particular, with a great 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:36.800 thin one. And that's one of the lines that will 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.400 probably talk about in this podcast. But the idea of 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:43.600 the Ultra book really really comes from Intel. And it's 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:48.520 funny because Intel has actually set forth some standards they UM, 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:52.920 they announced standards for what would become the Ultra Book, 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.320 and they actually named it the Ultra Book, and they said, 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:58.359 if you're going to make an ultra book, whatever that is, 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.479 this is what it. Yeah, you have to meet these 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:04.400 bare minimum standards like, for example, it can be no 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:07.920 thicker than twenty one millimeters which is point eight three 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:11.320 inches thick. If it's thicker than that, then technically it 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:16.120 should not be called an ultrabook. UH. It also should 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:20.640 have a very fast startup UH and should in fact 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:26.560 go from sleep mode to full interaction within seven seconds. 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:29.400 Seven seconds is the maximum amount of time it should 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.560 take to go from sleep mode too ready to go, 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:35.520 which is that's that's pretty fast, especially if you've ever 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:39.440 had like an older computer and older notebook computer and 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.200 had to go into sleep mode and then try to 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.240 wake it up. Sometimes you're you know, you start the 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:46.240 wake up process and you think, all right, I'm gonna 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:49.880 go make some coffee, maybe make a couple of phone 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.000 calls before I get back. Part of that, I think 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:55.320 is the information being fragmented on the hard drive and 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:57.880 all the stuff that you install on the computer and 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:00.680 you haven't running, and you know, it's not like it's 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:03.080 brand new. I think that's what they're saying. The seven 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:06.440 seconds is you know, when you get it from the manufacturer. Yeah, 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:09.520 other things that it needs to do. It needs to 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:14.320 have at least between five and eight hours of battery life. Um, 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:20.080 it needs to have features in it that protect consumers 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:25.040 against theft. So a lot of these devices have have 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:29.520 have software and hardware in it that can help consumers 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:32.840 track down where the computer is should it ever be stolen. 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:38.280 It's very useful. And then ultimately, while it's Intel, so 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:42.440 an ultrabook has to have an Intel Core processor. If 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:44.880 it doesn't have an Intel Core processor, technically it is 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:49.440 not an ultrabook, at least according to Intel. Now, ultra 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:52.760 book I think will end up becoming shorthand for very sleek, 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:58.120 fast computers. I don't know that they will necessarily remain 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:01.560 the domain of Intel. Mean, even if Intel trademarks that, 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:03.760 I imagine that that terms is going to be used 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.480 pretty loosely. I've heard people talk about the MacBook Air 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:12.000 as an ultrabook, although definition it's not. Um Yeah. So 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:16.000 they also usually have a solid state drive because that 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:21.400 does conserve space, uh, physical space, not not digital space, 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:26.200 but physical space. And they often won't have things like 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:29.560 optical drives. You'll have to use digital downloads to get 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:34.360 access to software. And of course the price point under 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:38.880 a thousand dollars well supposed to be. Yeah. You a 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:42.640 lot of the ultra books that I saw. I recently 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:44.880 went to If you've listened to our episode about my 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:49.720 consumer electronic show Visit Cees, Visit of UM, you probably 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:52.640 heard about me talk about some of these these ultra 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:55.199 books will find out because we haven't actually recorded it yet, 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:58.120 but it's going to publish before this one. It's like 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:03.359 a time travel thing. Uh. Anyway, Yeah, there's several computers 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:06.520 that were falling under the Ultra book name that topped 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:10.959 a thousand dollars. It's sort of this is looser than 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.040 the other definition, right, Like like the Samsung Series nine 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:18.959 computer that I mentioned that's technically book if you if 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:21.000 you want to go with the price, and it's not. 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:26.760 It's because it's but it's point six four inches thick, 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.960 which means it's one point six centimeters and it meets 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:35.760 the the minimum requirement for thickness. It's absolutely gorgeous designed, 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:39.480 by the way, it was very pretty. I liked it 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:43.880 a lot. But yeah, it's that's one that was often 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:48.400 being lumped in with the other Ultra books. Other ones 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:52.600 included the hp n V fourteen Specter, Yes, which that 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.760 was uncoming that was on the thick side for ultrabooks. 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:57.800 It was still a very thin computer, but it was 0:09:57.840 --> 0:09:59.880 thicker than most of the other Ultra books are on display. 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.679 The interesting thing to me about the HP n V 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:08.400 was that it has um gorilla glass on the computer itself, 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:11.120 So the back of the computer is coated in gorilla glass, 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.440 and the the base of the keyboard where the touch 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.880 pad is, that whole section is coated in gorilla glass, 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:20.400 which helps it protected from scratches things like that. Also 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:24.400 has a near field communication technology built into it. Okay, 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:26.920 so you know, if you want to go and, uh, say, 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:30.679 by a drink from a soda machine, you can hold 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:32.720 up your laptop and pay for it with that. Tom 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:35.280 Meriti of Tech News Today made the same point, and 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:38.880 I think that that misses the applications you can put. 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:41.800 You can use n FC par Okay, let's let's take 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:45.760 the opportunity to clear that up, because I I can 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:47.880 understand that being the first reaction saying, why would you 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:50.600 put NFC in a laptop? If NFC is what you're 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:53.520 using to use your cell phone to purchase stuff at 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:56.400 a vendor, why would you put in a laptop. Okay, 0:10:56.679 --> 0:11:01.320 NFC is a communications protocol, so it's bluetooth, so you 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:04.840 don't it's not necessarily payment. Let's say that you pull 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:08.319 up some information on your laptop computer and you want 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.360 to transfer it to your phone. NFC might enable that 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:14.480 to happen. So, for example, let's say that you're typing 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:17.679 in a map thing on your computer and then you think, oh, 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:19.440 I should put that in my phone so that way 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:22.320 I can navigate to wherever it is I'm going. NFC 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:25.760 could allow you to transfer that very seamlessly, right. You 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:27.920 wouldn't have to go into your phone and also pull 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:29.520 it up. It would just come up on your phone. 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:32.760 Or let's even say that you are shopping, but you're 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:36.000 shopping online and you already have all your credit card 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:40.800 information programmed into your smartphone with whatever service you're using, 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.920 like Google Wallet. Let's say, and then you have an 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.480 NFC chip in your laptop and you just wave your 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:49.079 smartphone to your laptop, the transaction goes through. You don't 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:51.200 have to type in your credit card number or anything 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:53.560 like that, and it's all taken care of for you. 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:57.679 That Those are applications for NFC technology. It's not just 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:02.599 waving your laptop at a cashier, although I guess you 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:05.280 could do that. These are thin enough, by the way, 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:10.440 weight is not a requirement for these things, or they 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:14.280 can weigh everything. I just blew your mind. But no. 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:17.760 I actually talked with an Intel non executive and Intel 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:21.320 representative and mentioned I said, also, is there a weight 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:24.000 limit to these two like does it have to be 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:28.679 under five pounds for example? And she said no, So 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:30.559 you can make one out of uranium and it'd be 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:34.040 nice and heavy, also radioactive. Don't recommend it. But at 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:36.920 any rate, weight is not not a factor when it 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:40.599 comes to what determines an ultra book now available the 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:45.959 HP isotope uh and and at c S. Intel mentioned 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:49.240 that there was I think sixty five ultra books and 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:55.560 development with sixty five different ultrabooks from various manufacturers, you know, 0:12:55.880 --> 0:13:01.600 including Intel. Had one that was a little weird, the Nikishi. 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:06.000 Did you read about the Nikishi? No, that doesn't answer 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:11.200 my question. Okay, so this was a particularly interesting design, 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:17.080 and I use interesting in the most vague way possible. Um, 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:19.040 I don't know. I go back and forth on this. 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:21.360 It's kind of a neat idea, but kind of weird too. 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:25.000 The so, if you look at your your typical notebook computer, 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.319 at the base of the keyboard, the bottom section of 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:31.040 the keyboard. It's where your track pad is right and 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:34.120 you know, a place where you usually rest your wrists 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.960 or whatever while you're typing on the keyboard. Well, in 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:41.160 the Nikishi, there's a section just below that that's completely clear, 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:44.199 so you know it's this it's like a clear window 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:48.000 at the base of the keyboard, so you know it's 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:50.400 like you can see the desk beneath your computer. Well, 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:52.400 why would you do that. That's because when you fold 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:56.680 the computer down there within that clear window, there is 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:59.400 an interface you can use even when the computer itself 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:02.520 is in sleep out. There's a and it's like a 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:06.719 Windows eight style that's the Metro operating system. So you've 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:08.960 got this little touch based operating system that you can 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:13.080 use to do things like checking email message or other 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:17.280 small apps while the computer itself is still closed. So 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:19.880 it sort of puts in a little bit of tablet 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:23.960 functionality into a notebook form factor without it actually being 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:27.440 a hybrid. Yeah, and it was a completely it was 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:30.400 a concept model. It's just a prototype. It's not something 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:34.480 that's necessarily ever going to go to the market. In fact, 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:36.400 that would be shocked to see it go to the market. 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:40.960 It was interesting, but but odd, Like I personally, I 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:43.920 was thinking, well, that's kind of a weird take. But 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:47.080 then really what it shows as the potential for an 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.960 ultra book. And another one that did the potential for 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:52.480 an ultra book was the Lenovo Yoga. Did you see 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.360 this that? Actually I was about to ask you about that. 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.080 Did you actually get your hands on one of I 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.600 didn't get my hands on one, but I did see 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.040 it in person. Yeah, Now this is this is an 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:05.840 ultrabook that I guess it's called the Yoga because the 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.440 the it can flip in a in a way that 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:12.480 actually turns it into a tablet. It's bendy bindy, you 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:16.320 know how a market term. You can bend the screen back, 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:18.960 and once the screen hits about a hundred degrees, the 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:22.000 keyboard shuts off, so you don't have to worry about 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.640 accidentally typing something on the keyboard while you're converting it 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.320 into its other form factor. So yeah, you you you 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:30.040 fold the screen back, and you can fold it so 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:32.280 that it is a stand so in other words, it's 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:35.000 it makes a triangle with whatever surface you've put it 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:39.400 on and it becomes like a touch screen interface. Or 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:41.560 you can fold it all the way back and it 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:44.240 becomes a tablet, and then you can use it, you know, 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:46.720 as a tablet, So the screen would be on the 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:50.800 outside of one side, and then keyboards. Yeah, but again 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:53.200 the keyboard shuts down after you hit a hundred eighty 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:55.480 degree So even though you've got a keyboard on the 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:57.480 back of this tablet, it's not like you're gonna be, 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:00.440 you know, actidentally typing and gibberish while you're trying to 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:04.160 navigate angry birds. However, I would uh suggest not putting 0:16:04.200 --> 0:16:06.680 it down on that the cafe table and then spilling 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:08.680 your coffee on the table, because then it would get 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:11.320 in the keyboard. I never recommend spilling your coffee on 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:13.720 the cafe table, whether you've got technology on it or not. Well, 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:16.240 that's true, because then he can't drink it. I mean, 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:20.760 well I have been known till never mind that's there's 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.320 certain coffee shops in Atlanta I am no longer allowed into. 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:26.800 Let's just say that, right, Hey, you know what, sometimes 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:29.680 you've got to have that cup of coffee. So yeah, 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:34.440 there's but they're they're literally dozens of different ultra books 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:36.680 that are in development. I mean, like I said, sixty 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:41.120 five and alone, I think seventy and um what they 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:44.040 show that. Uh, Different manufacturers have a different take on 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:46.320 the concept, right, I mean there's something I saw that 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:48.360 are going to be priced as low as around eight 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:51.680 hundred eight or fifty dollars, which is, you know, it's 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:55.080 pretty competitive for something that's on the cutting edge of 0:16:55.520 --> 0:17:01.280 form factors, if not the actual guts of the device itself. Um. Again, 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:03.000 you know it's gonna have to have an Intel Core 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:06.440 processor for it to be called an ultrabook. So there's 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:08.679 a certain level of speed that you're going to expect 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:11.200 from any ultrabook. But some of them are, of course, 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:15.760 are gonna have like the most advanced chip set that 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:19.000 that you can possibly get in that form factor. Like again, 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:21.560 like Samsung Series nine. That's a good example because there 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:23.440 are three different series that kind of fit in the 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:29.120 ultrabook uh category, from Samsung Series five, Series seven, Series nine. 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:34.320 The higher you get, the more luxurious the device. Right. 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:38.240 So the nine is a sleeker design, has more powerful 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:42.359 components and a higher price point than the fives. Now 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.920 I understand there's a new chip set coming from Intel. 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:49.000 Uh code name has well yes, Uh, the so we 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:52.280 had Sandy Bridge, right, So Sandy Bridge was the big 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:55.120 development last year, and then we have ivy Bridge that's 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:59.240 just coming out now. So though that's gonna be in 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:03.159 of at least in the first half, probably the first 0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:08.320 probably the first three quarters, we're gonna have lots of 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:12.040 devices running on ivy Bridge processors. But the one after 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:16.480 that is as you said, so we're gonna that'll be 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:20.679 the next big development. And again this is showing improvements 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:24.480 and speed and size. Yeah. Yeah, Well they call it 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:27.160 a system on a chip to which would work better 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:29.879 in this kind of form factor, I would imagine because 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:33.520 you've got all the components there where you don't have 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:39.760 to include separate other pieces to the the operating puzzle UM, 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:41.439 and I would to assume that that would take up 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:43.000 a lot less space. Now, I don't know if you 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:47.160 would sacrifice performance, um, you know, as a result of that, 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:50.960 But it's still um, you know, still in the ways 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:54.040 uh you know coming. But that's the way the tablets 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:57.359 handle it to UM, like the iPad and and the 0:18:57.720 --> 0:19:02.240 Android tablets. So but all of these these intelmachines, now 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.120 do they necessarily have to use Windows because I didn't 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:08.000 see anything that said specifically, Now, all of these machines 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:11.320 we've been talking about use Windows specifically Windows eight too, 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:15.919 because that that allows them to use that tablet functionality. 0:19:15.960 --> 0:19:19.080 But I've been wondering if, uh, there's a possibility that 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:22.760 you could run something like Android on an Ultra book. 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:28.280 There's nothing in Intel's lineup of requirements that says that 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:32.240 it has to use a particular operating system versus another interesting, 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:36.479 but I think the trend is to go to Windows mainly. 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:40.199 I think, I think mostly it's an image thing. The 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:43.320 idea of these are these devices are devices designed to 0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:47.440 compete with the MacBook Air, and there's a perception within 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:51.800 the general consumer market that Windows and Apple are the 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:56.600 two operating systems. You know, and we all know there 0:19:56.600 --> 0:20:00.399 are other operating systems besides Windows and mac os, but 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:03.959 the general to the general consumer, that's what an operating 0:20:04.000 --> 0:20:07.000 system is. And so I think that if you're trying 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:09.879 to create a luxury product and you want to make 0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:12.560 as many sales as possible, you're gonna go with a 0:20:12.560 --> 0:20:16.320 an operating system that most people are familiar with. UM 0:20:16.359 --> 0:20:18.880 maybe some of these will have options where you can 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:21.919 choose to get a model that runs uh, say a 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:26.879 Linux based operating system as opposed to Microsoft. But but 0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:29.520 I that will be the exception to the rule. They 0:20:29.560 --> 0:20:32.520 tried that with netbooks, right. That was one of the 0:20:32.560 --> 0:20:35.320 things about netbooks was that you actually had the option 0:20:35.400 --> 0:20:38.399 with some of the providers, some of the manufacturers, to 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:42.000 get a model that ran Linux operating system as opposed 0:20:42.000 --> 0:20:46.320 to Windows, and uh, it got kind of a negative 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:49.320 reaction amongst the general consumer market. I mean, at first, 0:20:49.320 --> 0:20:51.120 you had a lot of people adopting it because they 0:20:51.119 --> 0:20:54.000 were cheaper, so you didn't have to pay the licensing 0:20:54.040 --> 0:20:57.160 fee to Microsoft for the operating system, and that reduced 0:20:57.200 --> 0:21:00.879 the cost of the device overall. So then you're like, well, 0:21:00.920 --> 0:21:03.080 there's two different versions of this one netbook. I like 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:05.960 one of them is hundred and fifty dollars cheaper than 0:21:05.960 --> 0:21:07.920 the other, so clearly I'm going to go with that one. 0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:10.920 Then you get at home and you realize, I don't 0:21:10.920 --> 0:21:13.280 know what this operating system is. I'm not familiar with it. 0:21:13.359 --> 0:21:16.080 I don't even know if all of my software is 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:18.280 going to run it. I'm gonna have to learn this 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:21.560 new thing. I'm irritated. I'm returning this thing. And so 0:21:21.640 --> 0:21:24.120 you had a lot of stories about the return rate 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:28.200 on netbooks because people were unhappy with either the performance 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:32.199 of the machine or more specifically, the operating system. So 0:21:32.240 --> 0:21:35.200 I think that would probably mean that we're going to 0:21:35.280 --> 0:21:38.840 see fewer instances of that with Ultra books. Not necessarily 0:21:39.480 --> 0:21:41.800 a complete absence, but I think that the majority of 0:21:41.800 --> 0:21:44.639 them are going to be Windows based machines, especially with 0:21:44.720 --> 0:21:48.800 the push for Windows eight. In the combination of the 0:21:48.840 --> 0:21:51.120 new machines coming out, in the new operating system coming out, 0:21:51.160 --> 0:21:54.040 I think is gonna be you know, that's gonna be 0:21:54.040 --> 0:21:59.159 the focus for uh. Now that being said, would I 0:21:59.240 --> 0:22:02.000 buy an Ultra book? I'll tell you this. I tried 0:22:02.040 --> 0:22:04.800 to win one. Is that the Intel booth tried to 0:22:04.800 --> 0:22:07.680 win one on two different occasions. Uh. To be fair, 0:22:07.760 --> 0:22:12.000 At the time, my work computer had gone caput. Yes, 0:22:12.119 --> 0:22:14.160 and so I was thinking this will be a way 0:22:14.160 --> 0:22:17.240 where I can write stuff because I can get another computer. 0:22:18.400 --> 0:22:20.640 That did not work out for me. It turns out 0:22:20.640 --> 0:22:24.040 my dance moves they aren't as a fly as I 0:22:24.080 --> 0:22:30.040 had anticipated. What you just used to fly as well, 0:22:30.280 --> 0:22:33.879 I I am not as fly as I had hoped. 0:22:34.160 --> 0:22:36.960 All right, then, so yeah, it turns out if you 0:22:37.040 --> 0:22:39.320 do have the opportunity to win an ultrabook from Intel, 0:22:39.400 --> 0:22:44.600 doing the robot not necessarily going to win you anything, right, Um, yeah, 0:22:44.720 --> 0:22:48.600 I should have popped and locked. Well, it'll be interesting, 0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:52.240 I think, to see how far this goes. The concept 0:22:52.680 --> 0:22:55.480 of the concept behind it, I think is sound. I 0:22:55.480 --> 0:22:59.880 think people want a lighter, thinner machine just because it's 0:23:00.359 --> 0:23:03.600