Originally Posted by
Baldpacker
Agreed the T100 is in a different class but it's small, light, <$400, Windows 8.1, and comes with MS Office.
It's been <$300 a couple of times this year. Similar class machines with 32GB of storage can typically be found for $199. Some are even cheaper (there's a 7" Toshiba now for $120). At least in the US.
But no, it is not an Ultrabook. Ultrabooks use the Core line of processors.
http://ultrabooknews.com/
That seems like a good site to get a better big picture of what's out there.
I've looked at all the current Ultrabook offerings (Yoga Pro 2, X1 Carbon, Dell XPS, Acer Aspire, etc.) and they're all either bulky, heavy, or low performance for the $$$.
Specs look pretty similar for most of those.
One of the Ultrabooks announced with the Intel Core M is the Asus Zenbook UX305 which will be 12.3mm thick and only 1.2kg. That's with a 3200x1800 13.3" touch screen, 256GB SSD, etc.
So do you want to buy a laptop, or do you want to keep waiting for the ones "next year" that will be thinner/lighter/have longer battery life?