Win8 spawns new notebooks or will replace traditional clamshells

January 7 news, according to foreign media reports, Windows 8 is not only the most radical transition in the 25-year history of Microsoft's operating system, the system also created a new personal computer "mutation", gave birth to a variety of new individuals computer. This effect is most noticeable in the field of notebook computers. The clamshell design that has dominated the market for many years is succumbing to new designs: flexible, tilted, and rotating touch screen computer devices. These devices are obviously affected by the likes of the Apple iPad. Inspired by tablet.

The following are several new "variable tablet" hybrid devices, all of which belong to the Ultrabook type product.

The first is the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga Ultrabook. As its name implies, this ultrabook can be folded into various interesting locations. Folding IdeaPad Yoga becomes a touch-screen tablet. Although the user will feel heavier when carrying the computer for a long time, the computer can use the Windows 8 full-screen application.

In addition, Sony's new flagship model Win 8 Ultrabook Duo 11, starting at 1200 US dollars. When the Duo 11 is not in use, it is a tablet computer with an alternative slider design and equipped with a 11.6-inch Full HD 10-point touch screen.

Toshiba also developed an ultrabook, the Satellite U925t, which features a slider body, a 12.5-inch touchscreen, and a Win 8 operating system. The Toshiba Satellite U925t starts at US$1,150. Compared with the IdeaPad Yoga, the Toshiba Satellite U925t is lighter, but because the Toshiba Ultrabook is slightly thicker and less flexible in design, it will make the user feel more cumbersome.

In the coming months, there will be a variety of similar Windows hybrid devices on the market, most notably Microsoft will introduce a new, more powerful Surface version. Whether or not these products can prolong the life of the PC for a long time, the downward trend will slow down, and at the same time it will bring some novelty devices to the market.