PC vendor sell about 45% of all of the PCs during the last three months of any year that they offer in that calendar year. And if consumers buy enough of these PCs, the vendors are able to turn a profit for the year. That’s why selling as many PCs and laptops as they can in the last quarter is so important.
And obviously it is good newsfor consumers, because it means amazing bargains on PCs and laptops between Thanksgiving and Christmas. And while buying a new laptop now is still a good idea this holiday season, it’s also important to understand what will happen in portable computers next year. In fact, 2012 will probably be the most disruptive year in portable computing designs since the industry introduced “thin and light” laptops a decade ago.
Intel and Microsoft will push the first big change in laptops during 2012 what they are calling “UltraBooks”. If you have seen an Apple MacBook Air, you have already seen an ultrabook.