Is The Lavie X Worthy Of Its "World's Thinnest Ultrabook" Tag?

NEC recently introduced the Lavie X in Japan, calling it the world's thinnest ultrabook. While it is true that at 12.8 mm, it can definitely be called thin, but we're not sure whether it can proudly bear the "thinnest" tag.

The Aspire S7-391-9886 was launched a few months ago by Acer and it was a 13.3 inch laptop just 11.9 mm (0.47 inch) in thickness. The Lavie X in turn is 12.8 mm at its slimmest point. So this claim by NEC does seem pretty far-fetched.

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Lavie X boasts of a large 15.6-inch screen, 1920x1080 IPS display, a 1.9GHz dual-core (quad-thread) Intel Core i7-3517U processor, 4GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, two USB 3.0 ports, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 + HS, HDMI-out, an SD card reader and a 2MP webcam.

Although the device ships with Windows 8 64-bit, NEC notes that it decided against using a touch screen because it would have compromised the company's priority on thinness. According to Intel's definition of an Ultrabook, touch screen based ultrabooks are allowed to be 2 mm thicker than non-touch ones. So the decision to go touchscreen-less seems appropriate. It is interesting to note that the Aspire S7 is the thinnest ultrabook in spite of featuring a touch screen.

The device will be available in Japan starting December 27th and it'll cost a whopping 175,000 Yen (approx. Rs. 1,12,919.97). The design is quite similar to the Lavie Z, NEC's 13.3-inch, 1.92lb (0.87kg) announced earlier this month. It is unsure whether it will be launched in markets other than Japan.

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