LG Unveils Its Own Ultrabook, the Xnote Z330

After most of the major notebook makers unveiled their vision on how an Ultrabook should look like, LG also came out now with its own take on Intel’s ultra-thin notebook concept by announcing the Xnote Z330 laptop.

Borrowing some design hints from Apple’s MacBook Air, the Z330 is built 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 notebooks out there, paired with 4GB of RAM memory.

For storage, users have the option of choosing 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, while 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.

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.

LG’s Ultrabook is expected to arrive in Korea in the middle of this month with pricing being set at 1.7m – 2.6m Won ($1,509 – $1,863) depending on the configuration chosen, according to SlashGear. Right now, we don’t known when the Z330 will arrive in Europe or the US.