Just remove a few extra words...
the launch of Windows 8 in China in October and more Intel-powered ultrabooks could stop PC sales
Asia-Pacific has well and truly succumbed to the global economic malaise, with the region’s PC market declining 13 per cent year-on-year in the last quarter – its first ever double digit drop, according to IDC. Not even the launch of Windows 8 in China in October and more Intel-powered ultrabooks could stop PC sales sliding to …
Is that supposed to mean there is a value proposition?
Sorry to be nasty, but ultrabooks shout "I want to be cool like a Mac owner, but I'm too dim to make it up the OSX learning curve".
(disclaimer: I am *not* an Apple iThing owner but *can* see the value proposition in their products - just not for me)
I kind of agree with the AC above, really what is the 'value' of an ultrabook to justify such a high price? Let me see:
Screen resolution better than 1080? Nope, in fact often not better then 768 lines.
Is much cheaper than a "look at me, I'm cool" Mac? Nope
User replaceable batteries, etc, compared to a Mac? Nope
Battery life better than an iPad? Nope
Has useful connectors like RJ45 Ethernet unlike a Mac that has lost them? Nope
Runs software much better than a typical £400 laptop? Not sure, but probably not twice as good.
I can't identify a value proposition here either, and I include everyone save the cheap end of the Android market (Nexus 7/10/whatever). Too damned easy to break, not much performance, and cost way too much. A laptop is a far better deal and can survive better. I could set up a cottage industry in this town fixing tablets, if I could get the parts.
If I could justify the expense I'd drop $1K, or so, on real VDI and just use throwaway tablets. Just need the server video card; I have the rest. It'd be even cooler to have it for the home, but that's blue-sky country. For now.