With newfangled devices like Microsoft's (codenamed Origami) Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) concept - which looks like a cross between a PDA and a notebook - starting to appear in the market, the thin and lightweight notebooks face more competition than before. As these notebooks are targeted at consumers who value portability above all else, there are inevitably compromises that manufacturers have to make to ensure that they are as light as possible while still possessing a decent degree of processing power.



Link: Hardwarezone