Intel promised ultrabooks that will be touch-enabled by default, chips with all-day battery life and designs that fully utilize Microsoft’s Windows 8. These designs will land in the second half of 2013.
The systems sound great—unless you’ve already bought a Windows 8 laptop, tablet, convertible or one of those other 140 contraptions Intel highlighted in its 2012 recap at CES.
Kirk Skaugen, the VP and GM of Intel’s Client Group, said that the company will push lower power core chips now. These Core processors run at 7 watts instead of 10 watts. This move is a hold the fort maneuver that should make the current batch of hardware running Windows 8 more appealing.
Also: Intel banks on emerging markets to boost smartphone efforts | Will Microsoft’s Surface Pro offer better battery life than promised?
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