In Pictures: The best new Ultrabooks

A wave of Ultrabooks -- light, thin laptops that have more capabilities and fewer compromises than ever -- is hitting the market. Here's a look at some of the current crop

The best new Ultrabooks

The PC is undergoing its most radical makeover since the advent of the IBM PC three decades ago, and Ultrabooks and Windows 8 are leading the charge. Slim Ultrabook designs are succeeding where netbooks failed, delivering performance, battery life, and a full-featured computing experience. Today’s Ultrabooks—skinny, light laptops that Intel is pushing PC makers to build—represent the future of the PC. The following slides survey some of the best models of Ultrabooks now available.

Photographs by Robert Cardin

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