Ultrabook

[Glenn]

This looks nice, not much in the way of hardware specs though http://www.reghardware.com/2011/09/01/toshiba_and_lenovo_first_to_launch_intel_ultrabooks/

[Rik]

Ah, but it looks nice.

[Steve]

They're not going to be cheap either - unibody , Aluminium

[Rik]

You could just buy the shell and look flash.

[Steve]

Similar performance spec to the MacBook Air I guess.

[zappaDPJ]

That's the second laptop that's caused me to drool this week. Or maybe it's just my age, the drooling I mean

Here's the other one: http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2011/08/26/razer-announces-17in-blade-gaming-laptop/1

[Rik]

They're going after the Apple effect, aren't they.

[Technical Ben]

The Razor is not though, that is rather original.

[pctech]

DVD drives going the way of the floppy disk drive?

[Rik]

Round, you mean?

[Technical Ben]

Yep. Everything is solid state or HDD. Tape still has it's place though.

[Rik]

Especially duct tape, Ben.