Hybrid laptop

After the year 2011 was dominated by the sensational tablet sale by various vendors, beginning in 2012 with several vendors to create a buzz the latest innovation from the development of variants of the portable computer. The idea of ​​a combination between a laptop or notebook with a tablet PC be realized in a product that carries the concept of hybrid laptop or notebook that combines a notebook with a tablet PC in one device. With the presence of hybrid concept on some mobile devices, the tablet and laptop users do not bother to carry two devices again to get the optimal performance of the devices.
Lenovo and Sony are two vendors who started the concept of hybrid laptop in several variants produkinya on display at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2012. Lenovo launched four variants ultrabook product that carries this concept by offering physical appearance is sleek, elegant, and lightweight. Ultrabook collection consists of Yoga IdeaPad, ThinkPad X1 Hybrid, T430u ThinkPad and IdeaPad U310 and U410. The fourth variant is the concept of hybrid ultrabook through the ability to convert itself into a tablet by folding the screen by 360 degrees. Thus, user output ultrabook variant will get the sensation Lenovo laptop and tablet usage in one device. Flexibility through the use of the hybrid concept, which carried by a variant ultrabook predictable is what will distract the laptop users to tablet hybrid. Even with the output processor supported by Intel and the operating system Windows 7 and Windows 8, a variant of this Lenovo ultrabook output will be a direct challenger for tablet products with IOS and Android platfor of Apple and Samsung.

 As with other Sony products that still carry the output of the hybrid concept, but with a slightly different approach. In contrast to Lenovo, Sony laptop hybrid output can be transformed into a tablet simply by sliding the screen down so it covers the keyboard. However, Senior Product Manager Vaio, Kevin Sather said the operating system can not be sure what will be the platform of these hybrid laptop. However, Sony promises will bring these hybrid laptop-related surprises that will be released this year 2012.

 Actual demands and expectations of users for its performance over that supported by both tablet and laptop or notebook has crystallized over the past year. This is evident from the demand for external keyboard for tablet devices that continue to increase due to the inconvenience of tablet users in some kind of job that requires a keyboard. Not only that, laptop users often made uncomfortable by the weight and inconvenience of use on a laptop variant. By offering the incorporation of excess utilities on the laptop or notebook with a tablet device, attractive to look forward to how the tablet and notebook market reaction in response to the presence of this hybrid concept would still remember the year 2012 marked the launch of the tablet and several new notebooks from different vendors. Coupled with support for Intel's latest processor outputs as well as new operating system from Microsoft that Windows 8 is scheduled to be released in mid-2012, the concept of hybrid laptop is predicted to be the trend this year.