Where are the ivy bridge ultrabooks?

[blackened23]

I've been looking around to buying a new laptop, sorry, I hate apple and don't want a MBP. The display is nice but OSX is a no go for the applications I use. So I want a windows based ultrabook with an ivy bridge, but apparently I can't find them anywhere.

what gives? I'm guessing there's a huge surplus of SB ultrabooks , because thats all I can find.

 

[Zap]

It is because Intel delayed the release of Ivy Bridge dual core CPUs. They will be available "really soon." For instance, Amazon is now accepting pre-orders for the Samsung Series 9 13.3" ultrabook (0.50" thick, 2.55 pounds) with Ivy Bridge, quoting 6/15 stock date.

 

[Bateluer]

what gives? I'm guessing there's a huge surplus of SB ultrabooks , because thats all I can find.

IVB ultrabooks are coming, in a month, they'll be models from all the big players. SB ultrabooks are plentiful because they've been available for a long time and all the major players are on their second(at least) iteration.

 

[blackened23]

I really wanna take advantage of the free xbox 360 offer for students on all laptops / PCs 699$ and up.

http://www.techradar.com/news/mobil...pc-get-a-free-xbox-360-from-microsoft-1081075

Guess I can wait a month. I found a few IB laptop models but the selection is sparse, hopefully this changes soon.

 

[MarkLuvsCS]

lol I know what you mean. lots of coupons / deals have been the past few weeks but I hope they may have newer deals closer to august. The fall term doesnt start until the end of august so I'll just wait as long as I can to pick one up. Hopefully they'll have lots of 6hr+ laptops designed.

 

[rsutoratosu]

You can order the toshiba z930 ivy bridge, updated from z830 sb. Some places has it, I almost pull the trigger this morning.

 

[DashWood]

I bought this from Newegg, MSI GE60 0NC-006US, $1150, Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.3GHz CPU, Intel HM77 chipset, 750GB SATA HDD - came partitioned C: 412GB & 274GB, nVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 2GB GDDR5 graphics memory,DVD Writew/Lightscribe.

I'm VERY happy with it but haven't really stressed it yet. The internal Intel 4000 grfx is good for email, web, typing, etc. and the nVidiaGT 650 looks amazing using the HDMI output to my 46" HDTV. This is the lower end of what's availabel. If you go up to more RAM and the bigger 17.3" screen you pump in another $500 real quick. This one has a good mix; 2x USB 2, 2x USB 3, Memory Card port, WiFi & Bluetooth, decent battery life.

Samsung, ASUS and others should be available now

Suggestions for a quick benchmark you'd like to see? Here's some basic info;

Pixel . . .Core . . . Shader
Shaders . .Speed . . Speed
..480. . . 732....... 1464. . . GeForce GTX 570
. 384. . . 620 . . . 1240. . . GeForce GT 675M
. 384. . . 835 . . . . 835 . . .GeForce GT 660M
. 384 . .735-850 . . 735-850. . GeForce GT 650M
. 16 . .350-1350 . .350-1350. . Intel 4000

3DMark6 . .3DMark11P . . GPU Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL
21,006 . . . 5033 . . . . . . . x . . . .GeForce GTX 570
23,752 . . . 3274 . . . . . . .43 . . . .GeForce GT 675M
23,933 . . . 2293 . . . . . . .45.3 . . .GeForce GT 660M
20,792.8 . . 2102 . . . . . . .40.7 . . .GeForce GT 650M
Intel 4000 10,302.7 593.7 21.9

 

[germinop]

Re: ivy bridge ultrabooks
I've been looking around to buying a new laptop, sorry, I hate apple and don't want a MBP. The display is nice but OSX is a no go for the applications I use. So I want a windows based ultrabook with an ivy bridge, but apparently I can't find them anywhere.

what gives? I'm guessing there's a huge surplus of SB ultrabooks , because thats all I can find.

they're out now, though still only a few to choose from

 

[cl-jeffrey]

Hello my name is Jeffrey and I work for ASUS Customer Loyalty Team
Looks like there is a whole line up of laptops available with the Ivy Bridge CPU.
What kind of cpu are you looking for? This is the list of Ivy bridge cpu. I believe you can go to any website and put one of those chip set names and the model laptop will populate.
If you have any questions you can email me at cl-jeffrey@asus.com
i7- 3920XM,3820QM, 3720QM, 3615QM, 3612QM, 3610QM, 3667U, 3517U, and 3520M.
i5- 3360M, 3320M, 3210M, 3427U, and 3317U.
i3- 3217U

 

[usyed1]

I bought this from Newegg, MSI GE60 0NC-006US, $1150, Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.3GHz CPU, Intel HM77 chipset, 750GB SATA HDD - came partitioned C: 412GB & 274GB, nVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 2GB GDDR5 graphics memory,DVD Writew/Lightscribe.

I'm VERY happy with it but haven't really stressed it yet. The internal Intel 4000 grfx is good for email, web, typing, etc. and the nVidiaGT 650 looks amazing using the HDMI output to my 46" HDTV. This is the lower end of what's availabel. If you go up to more RAM and the bigger 17.3" screen you pump in another $500 real quick. This one has a good mix; 2x USB 2, 2x USB 3, Memory Card port, WiFi & Bluetooth, decent battery life.

Samsung, ASUS and others should be available now

Suggestions for a quick benchmark you'd like to see? Here's some basic info;

Pixel . . .Core . . . Shader
Shaders . .Speed . . Speed
..480. . . 732....... 1464. . . GeForce GTX 570
. 384. . . 620 . . . 1240. . . GeForce GT 675M
. 384. . . 835 . . . . 835 . . .GeForce GT 660M
. 384 . .735-850 . . 735-850. . GeForce GT 650M
. 16 . .350-1350 . .350-1350. . Intel 4000

3DMark6 . .3DMark11P . . GPU Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL
21,006 . . . 5033 . . . . . . . x . . . .GeForce GTX 570
23,752 . . . 3274 . . . . . . .43 . . . .GeForce GT 675M
23,933 . . . 2293 . . . . . . .45.3 . . .GeForce GT 660M
20,792.8 . . 2102 . . . . . . .40.7 . . .GeForce GT 650M
Intel 4000 10,302.7 593.7 21.9

really informative but your font is really hard on the eyes