Verge Review
What is an ultrabook? Intel has a pretty loose definition: as long as your laptop is less than 0.8 inches thin, has five hours of battery life, rapidly wakes from sleep, and has a second-generation Intel Core processor, you're basically part of the club. What "ultrabook" stands for, though, is an entirely different matter. The first wave of ultrabooks were designed specifically to compete with Apple's MacBook Air, and it showed: a teardrop-shaped wedge design, a metal frame, a 13-inch screen,...
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Basic Specs
| Laptop type |
Ultraportable |
| Thickness |
0.79 inches |
| Operating system |
Windows 7 |
| Screen size (diagonal) |
15 inches |
| CPU brand |
Intel |
| CPU family |
Sandy Bridge |
| Graphics type |
Discrete |
| Base discrete GPU brand |
Nvidia |
| Optical drive type |
Slot-loading |
| The Verge Battery Test |
5 hours and 42 minutes |
Tech Specs
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Hardware
| Laptop type |
Ultraportable |
| Thickness |
0.79 inches |
Software
| Operating system |
Windows 7 |
Display (base)
| Screen size (diagonal) |
15 inches |
Keyboard
| Type |
Chiclet |
| Number pad |
Yes |
Mouse
Processor (base)
| CPU brand |
Intel |
| CPU family |
Sandy Bridge |
GPU (base)
| Graphics type |
Discrete |
| Base discrete GPU brand |
Nvidia |
| Discrete GPU model |
GT 640M |
| Dedicated VRAM size |
1 GB |
Memory
| Max. config RAM size |
6 GB |
Storage
| Options |
HDD (Unspecified RPM), Flash Memory (SSD) |
| Max. config HDD |
500 GB |
| Max. config SSD |
256 GB |
Optical Drive
| Optical drive type |
Slot-loading |
Audio
| Audio brand |
Dolby Home Theater v4 |
Battery
Benchmarks
| PCMarkVantage |
11896 |
| 3DMarkVantage (IGP) |
6813 |
| 3DMark06 (IGP) |
11201 |
| 3DMark11 (IGP) |
1783 |
| Just Cause 2 |
50 |
| The Verge Battery Test |
5 hours and 42 minutes |
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