Apple iPad changes notebook design to thin and light development

Consumers are pursuing the light and thin features of their products, prompting more laptops to emulate the internal components of the Apple iPad. The iPad also changed PC design. Here are three major areas of PC design change:

1. Flash: iPad is the main driving force for the development and production of flash memory. Apple apparently prefers flash memory. The use of SSDs on the motherboard makes it smaller and lighter. The dismantling report for the 2011 version of the MacBook Pro revealed that the standard hard disk and solid-state hard disk have a large volume difference.

In the past two weeks, Micron, Intel, Toshiba and SanDisk have all announced high-density memory for flash and SSD manufacturers. Micron Technology said: "Intel and Micron hope to release 16GB samples and create a 128GB capacity on a solid state drive, which is smaller than the U.S. stamp size."

It is expected that high-density, low-cost flash memory and solid-state hard disks will be introduced in the market next year, and notebooks like the Air and Samsung Series 9 will come out in large numbers. The price of SSDs with 256GB or more will drop sharply, and will enter the mainstream market in the second half of 2012.

2. Processor: With the continuous development of manufacturing technology, the performance of ARM chips with small size and low energy consumption will continue to increase, and it will be used in more feature-rich PC devices.

The Apple A5 and Nvidia Tegra processors have replaced some of the PC processor features. Intel is also entering the tablet and smartphone processor market. Intel PC-class processors will follow the A5 design, adding more features and improving the chip's energy efficiency.

This summer, the Apple MacBook Air with Intel's efficient Sandy Bridge chip will be available.

3, beautiful: The reason why consumers like the iPad, the best combination of appearance and function is a weapon to attract a large number of users and businesses. Its beautiful design will also be pushed to the MacBook Air and similar notebook designs.