Recently, my Assistant asked if we could get him a new PC perhaps an Airbook. He was concerned because the notebooks he ha sbeen usingare now a few years old and getting slow.
This was my response:
Well, I am not sure we need anything new. Computers od nto wear out. If they are gettinf slow, the porblme is the software. I would be very surprised if the machines we have now are too old for Win 7 or Win 8. Before buying another machine, I would just get all your data off and then reinstall Win 7 or Win 8.
As for the airbook it is just Apple’s version of the generic Intel Ultrabook. The competition offers better, more functional and cheaper ultrabooks ,,http://www.tomsguide.com/us/
Moreover, Airbook lacks two features most non Mac latops will soon have, The first is a touch screen. In Apple’s odd cult, touch screens ONLY belong on iPADS! Well, my new Microsoft Surface (at $700) has all the function of an Airbook AND integrates touch screen that is awesome. To do this, the Surface simply has a detachable keyboard .. making the screen into a tablet.
While my surface is pretty much like an ultrabook .. that is it lacks a hard disk, several manufacturers already cell more fully functional notebooks with touch screens, and Microsoft’s Surface will be upgraded to run full windows in January.