HP’s first Ultrabook the Folio 13 has launched, the laptop starts at $899.99
Posted on 07. Dec, 2011 by LaptopMan in Laptops, Laptops
Meet the 13.3-inch HP Folio 13, the first Ultrabook from HP. Image: HP
Business ready design and performance with great battery life, those are the main benefits that HP is offering with their new, first Ultrabook computer, the 13.3-inch HP Folio 13 Series. You can place a custom order for the HP Folio 13 Series on HP.com and the Ultrabook starts at $899.99.
Ultrabooks have become the sole focus of all the major PC vendors, most of the major market players have released/unveiled their own thin and light Ultrabook laptop computer for consumers. Rumors that HP has an Ultrabook in the works started to circulate almost immediately after Intel revealed their Ultrabook concept for laptops at this years Computex 2011 trade show in Taipei, Taiwan. However HP remained mum on any official details for a Ultrabook until earlier last month when the company revealed the Folio 13.
A bit bigger than your average 13.3″ Ultrabook
The HP Folio 13 Series and Lenovo's IdeaPad U400 together.
From press photos and first-hand accounts HP’s Ultrabook was described as the largest Ultrabook laptop yet, and to be true the Folio 13 is the thickest and heaviest Ultrabook that has been revealed yet. According to HP’s official specifications the Folio 13 starts at 3.3 lbs. for weight and 18 mm for thickness. To compare the Folio 13 to any one other Ultrabook it would probably be the Lenovo IdeaPad U400, both models shun the tapered wedge design that Acer, Asus and Apple use in their Ultrabooks in favor for more traditional notebook designs.
Unheard of battery life promised
With the larger size the HP Folio 13 has been equipped with a high-capacity 6-cell Lithium Ion battery that the maker promises will offer more than 9 hours of life. According to HP the battery life offered by their Folio 13 is leading the Ultrabook industry.
For Ultrabooks battery life matters a lot, the whole point of the class of computers is to be mobile and that requires good battery life. Other Ultrabooks have been quoted as having as much as 8 hours of battery life, on the HP.com product page HP says the Folio 13 Series’ included 6-cell battery can last up to 9.25 hours (a big claim). Nobody has put up an unbiased battery life report yet for the HP Folio 13 Series so we have to just take HP’s word for it.
HP has the full list of main technical specifications for the $899.99 base HP Folio 13 Series available on the notebooks product page, but you can check out those specs. in bullet point form below:
- 13.3-inch HD (1366 x 768) BrightView display
- 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5-2467M dual-core processor
- Intel HD Graphics 3000 (integrated)
- 128GB SSD (solid state drive)
- 4GB of DDR3 RAM
- Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R) with Wireless Display Support
- No Internal DVD or CD Drive
- backlit chiclet keyboard
- HP Coolsense cooling technology
- HP TrueVision HD Webcam
- Dolby Advanced Audio
- HDMI, USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, a memory card reader, Ethernet (RJ-45), headphone and microphone combo jack
- 6-cell (Lithium Ion battery that’s estimated at up to 9.25 hours of life
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
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