Ultrabooks are too expensive for enterprise, CIOs say

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Early ultrabook adoption has not lived up to vendors’ expectation according to numerous accounts. Spurred by the popularity of Apple’s MacBook Air, these new ultra-thin notebook PCs offer ample performance despite their sleek, slimmed-down cases. High prices are often cited by industry watchers as the root cause behind slow ultrabook sales, however, and it looks like this is indeed the case in the enterprise market, according to TechRepublic. The site asked 12 CIOs if they planned to roll out ultrabook models at their respective organizations — 11 said no. High prices were repeatedly cited as a cause for the negative responses, and according to a recent report, ultrabook pricing is likely to remain high until next year.

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If you see the difference between a consumer laptop and a business laptop, the performance is quite equal, but the build quality and upgradability differ. Right, an Acer will (should) never be used in business life, but the Dell, HP, Lenovo and Apple laptops are quite solid.

 

The main problem then remains the upgradeability. And if you watch closely, in ever company they use docking stations. Guess what doesn't work. Furthermore, many companies destroy the battery in a year or two, while the laptop isn't close to death. But the battery must work, so it must be easy to replace it. Guess what doesn't work in a enterprise environment. HDD/SSD swap, memory upgrade, etc. should be done easily, where on a ultrabook the best upgrade you can do is plug in an USB stick...

 

The price isn't a problem, if you pay over 1000E for a businessline laptop (quite normal in the companies relatives and I have worked), you can also pay the 1000E for a ultrabook. But it's just not what you need. In the original article on techrepublic.com, the two real opinions where given by "no business use” and “We see no productivity gains associated with the Ultrabook platform”. Other than the people who always say "It must be cheaper (because then I could make more profit)".