What's an 'Ultrabook'? Apple's already got one
But there's more to come, too. A couple of future technologies will also find their way into Ultrabooks.Instant-on hibernation: Or what Intel now calls Rapid Start Technology.Hibernation mode is used today to put a PC in a deep sleep state, which uses very little power and extends battery life.The problem is that it can take as long as a minute to bring a laptop out of hibernation.With Rapid Start this can be accomplished in a few seconds, according to Umesh Shah, an Intel engineer, who demonstrated this technology earlier this month at Intel's investor meeting. The system must have either a solid-state drive or an ancillary flash drive, which works in conjunction with a standard magnetic hard disk drive to speed up certain operations. Smart Connect: This periodically wakes up the laptop from a sleep state to get updates, whether they be email or social networking accounts like Twitter and Facebook.The point is to keep the computer up to date even when it's off.
