1. Preferred Brand
None at this moment

2. Budget
2-3k...

3. Usage
work stuff

4. Preferred laptop/screen size
13.3-14"

well these few days i have been searching hi and low for the "One"

I am incline towards ultrabook, because it is touted to be near my current lappie, or nappie to be precise
my current is EEEPC 901 with 60GB SSD (30x2) and a 12 Cell battery and weighed 1.3kg with the batt
Technically this is enough but the issue is the netbook is my own, and I am thinking of milking the company i work for >10 years, for a new one

my current one could stand up to 8hrs of light workload and is SSD (I prefer this because I am quite rough with my stuff)
and the whole unit is light

So the ultrabook seems to fit me my need
my eyes have just and Hour ago set on Toshiba Portege Z830, cause The lightness and the long batt life fits me perfectly. The less than stellar SSD is not a problem, ans I have grown use to my sloowowowow eeePC one.

The these following issue comes up
- Pricey, 3.5k average (could be less of a problem, company money)
- US microcenter have ~2.6k for the i3 version but this is without Turboboost(not that buying from US is viable)
- Asian version dont have backlit keyboard, not important but felt shortchanged since the price here is not cheaper in anyway
- SSD less than stellar, at the end of the day, a top of the line premium product with crappy drive? where the logic in that?!!


Oh by the way
from all the net picture, I prefer the looks of Z830, with the thin display/overall and squarish profile. Not that into the Dell rounded corners ones, which look less profesional. But still...eh
the newer Z930 is no better, treating malaysian customer as 2nd class buyer

any suggestion?

I am actually good with Dell design of the Latitude E6400 period
Is seems simple and professional enough for me.
the latest series seems like young 'uns design with the silver accentuation totally wrong for my taste

ultrabooks that i know of
- Asus UX31 - seems popular, also seems like alot of ppl is selling them off, plus the net review of the touch pad is horrendous couple with actually tested asus n45s touch pad, seems both is inferior to my eeepc one
- Lenovo U310?? - not really research on this
- Acer S3/S5 - actually started with this before the toshiba, but the batt life is a let down, along with 32+500 hdd hybrid combo
- HP envy - not researched closely
- HP folio - long batt life, but design bordering on no-compact ultrabook
- Samsung series - Too pricey for the SSD one, lower one lack them
- Dell - recent design does not gell with me
- Fujitsu 722?772? - Nice looking but for sure price high