Intel shows the future of Ultrabooks
The Ultrabook is set to strike out in brave new directions - with the help of Windows 8
NOT SO ULTRA
Other parts of the presentation did drag. Eden opened with a blistering salvo of impressive sounding stats about Ivy Bridge, but then concentrated on woollier area of user experience, claiming rightly that he average consumer is not interested in the technical details of a processor, but instead what benefits devices as a whole can bring.
A series of demos showed real-life uses, but nothing really interesting. ArcSoft software was used to quickly create and compress a photo album from high-resolution photos. Havok’s physics engine was shown off (with slightly jerky, low-frame rate rendering), though the processor never got near maxing out, so it was doing its job. Smooth rendering of multiple detailed characters from Ivy Bridge’s graphics chipset was also shown.
Intel’s idea of next-gen devices looks to leani heavily toward touch-based devices and therefore to Windows 8
All in all a fairly decent show from Intel, trumpeting its admittedly impressive achievements with getting the Ultrabook format up-and-running; while balancing that with some interesting glances on future variations – all of which look to succeed or fail based on the quality of Windows 8.