As AnandTech notes, I’m really happy Intel has decided to stop pretending the ULV parts have the same performance. I feel the Ultrabook branding/marketing efforts pushed manufacturers into using 17W parts in 14" laptops where the 35W CPUs would have been just fine, and then they say “look, it says HD 4000, it must be the same”. No. Now the best performing parts have a distinct name.
As AnandTech notes, I’m really happy Intel has decided to stop pretending the ULV parts have the same performance. I feel the Ultrabook branding/marketing efforts pushed manufacturers into using 17W parts in 14" laptops where the 35W CPUs would have been just fine, and then they say “look, it says HD 4000, it must be the same”. No. Now the best performing parts have a distinct name.