Desktops and Notebooks: Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, Fujitsu Ultrabooks, PCs Offer Latest Ivy Bridge Chips

Intel introduced four "Mobile Ultra" processors for Ultrabooks May 31, as part of its 14-piece lineup of new dual-core Ivy Bridge processors. PC manufacturers have been readying themselves for the processors—indeed, Intel executives say there are more than 100 Ultrabook designs based on Ivy Bridge—and the week of June 4, coinciding with the Computex 2012 show that began in Taiwan June 5, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Dell and Toshiba were among the PC makers to show off their designs. Each company released Ultrabooks, as well as other laptops and desktops, all of them running Ivy Bridge. The processors are designed to imbue the thin-and-light notebooks with the muscle of a traditional laptop, plus the perks—things like extra-long battery life and instant-on and always-connected capabilities—of a tablet. Dell, which like Lenovo has been trickling out device announcements in recent weeks, also introduced consumer notebooks June 5, while Toshiba introduced an ultraportable, in addition to a Portege Z930 Ultrabook. Here, eWEEK takes a look at some of the latest (and lightest) machines to run Intel's Ivy Bridge technology.