CeBIT 2012: LG Showcases Xnote Z330 Ultrabook, Thinner Than a MacBook Air

Introduced in Korea at the end of last year, LG’s thinner than a MacBook Air Xnote Z330 Ultrabook made its appearance at this year’s CeBIT fair, suggesting that the company plans to make its ultra-thin available in other parts of the world.

Borrowing more than a few design hints from its Apple-built rival, the Z330 was designed around a 13.3-inch display with a native resolution of 1366x768 pixels.

Thanks to the company’s proprietary Shuriken technology, the display is surrounded by a bezel measuring a mere 8mm, which enables the Z330 to sport a bigger screen, while keeping the size of its creation similar to that of a 12-inch notebook model.

Taking a look at the insides of LG’s new Xnote, we get to see the same Intel Core i5-2467M or Core i7-2637M processors that are standard for most Ultrabooks out there, paired with 4GB of RAM memory.

For storage, users can choose between two SSD drives, one featuring 120GB of storage space and a SATA 6Gbps controller, while the other increases the available capacity to 256GB, but drops speeds to SATA 3Gbps.

Graphics come courtesy of the built-in Intel HD 3000 graphics core found inside the company’s Sandy Bridge processors.

In the connectivity department LG went with a full features list including WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0+HS, Intel WIDI, USB 3.0 and a microSD card reader, according to Netbook News.

Just like most other Ultrabooks, the Xnote Z330 was also tweaked to provide fast boot and resume times, LG saying that its creation requires only 7s to be ready to go (resume time), while for shutting down it needs 9.9s.

While no details regarding the European or the US price of the Xnote Z330 have been made available by the company, in Korea this starts at 1.7m Won, which is the equivalent of $1,509 US or 1,140 EUR.

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