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Cheap Ultrabooks? Not before 2013

Hoping for Ultrabook prices to plummet before you take the plunge? You may have to wait a while. These skinny laptops won't hit the $599-699 (£379-442) band until 2013, notebook manufacturers reckon. And this glum forecast is shared by component makers, DigiTimes says. They believe that while SSDs in particular are so pricey, as …

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OK, I won't wait ... just buy mac air instead.

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back to your bridge

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@WNStaines

When is a mac air going to cost £400?

Will be interesting to see what dropping price of ultrabooks will do to they rest of the netbook/notebook market.

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Good luck to them with that. If the manufacturers haven't gone out of business by then... or pulled the Ultrabooks because they aren't popular enough, I look forward to my cheap Ultrabook in 2013. I think my old laptop will keep me going until then.

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