Advantage, Ultrabook: More Choices
Ultrabooks with touchscreens. Ultrabooks with screens that fold back 180 degrees. Ultrabooks with DVD drives and hard disks, SSDs and hard drives, and SSDs only. In short, the variety of ultrabooks is impressive, and Windows 8 will bring a lot more choices. Tablets cost less than ultrabooks, however. According to
IMS Research, the average selling price (ASP) for tablets was just $386 in the first quarter of 2012. By comparison, the ultrabook ASP will hover around $800 by the end of the year, according to research firm IDC. Vive la difference!
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