5/31/2012 08:30:00 PM
dannzfay
Gigabyte took us all by surprise this morning when the company revealed its new X11 UltraBook. As we’ve reported, it looks very similar to Apple’s MacBook Air and we were hoping for some competitive price.
When news about its thickness and weight broke out, we were impressed with the 3 millimeter thickness on the slim side and the 973 grams lightness. The fact that Gigabyte is planning to price its new baby exactly in the same range as Apple’s MacBook is not the only problem. More pictures and bad news are surfacing now. While we like Gigabyte’s design choice regarding the lid, the rest of the laptop seems rather blend and just like most others. Unpleasant technical details emerged as well, as it seems that the device comes with 4 GB of RAM that are soldered to the mainboard, there’s no other possibility to upgrade and there’s only one USB 3.0 port despite having a more capable chipset.
Gigabyte’s choice in the chipset matter leads us to believe that this is rather a prototype and that Gigabyte will work on it in the next three or four months when shipping starts. The X11 is powered by Intel HM77 chipset instead of the expected UM77 chip. The mediocre 1366 by 768 display resolution and the low quality 1.3 MP webcam, along with the weak 35Wh 4730mAh Li-Polymer battery, further convince us that this is more likely a prototype. The only aspect that seems correctly set is the price range, but that’s rather Gigabyte’s target and the current X11 samples are not the final tools it will use to get there.
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