Jan 31, 2012 6:35 AM

The Skinny on Ultrabooks: 4 Super-Portable Laptops Reviewed

Tablets dominate the headlines, but ultrabooks are nearly as light, start up as quickly and offer the screens, keyboards, memory and processing power of full-fledged computers.

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Christopher Null, a longtime technology journalist, is a contributor to WIRED and the editor of Drinkhacker. Chris is among our lead laptop reviewers and leads WIRED's coverage of hearing aids. He was previously executive editor of PC Computing magazine and the founding editor in chief of Mobile magazine. ... Read More

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