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Microsoft stepping up involvement in ultrabook outer designs, say sources
Siu Han, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Monday 16 April 2012]

Microsoft, to ensure that its Windows 8 will be run smoothly in ultrabooks under touch-control environemnts, has been actively involved in outer designs of ultrabooks with branded vendors, according to industry sources.

The clamshell covers of traditional notebooks will usually shake when the devices are operated with touches on the screens, the sources noted.

To address this shaking problem, Microsoft has rolled out the Metro touch interface, and with that Microsoft has not only raised the specifications of touch-enabled hardware parts, but also extended its concerns to chassis designs of ultrobook, said the sources.

To support touch-enabled technologies available in Windows 8, notebook vendors will roll out ultrabook models with covers available in sliding- and folding-form factors in addition to the traditional clamshell form factor, revealed the sources.

The changes in outer designs coupled with the adoption of new interface are expected to boost the effectiveness of Windows 8, and will help push up the ratio of touched-enabled ultrobooks with a display size of 13-inch and above to 30% of total ultrabook models shipped for the year-end buying season in 2012 compared to the 3-5% estimated previously, said the sources.

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