'To date if you wanted that sleek design you had to buy a Mac,' said Greg Welch, director of Intel's Ultrabook group, in an interview last week.

“迄今为止，如果你想要这一款光滑设计的笔记本你必须购买苹果笔记本，”英特尔超级本项目组主管Greg Welch在上星期的发布会上说。

Intel is quick to acknowledge that the Ultrabook effort was in large part inspired by Apple Inc. 's iPad tablet and particularly its sleek MacBook Air.

英特尔迅速意识到，超级本的研发很大一部分是受到苹果公司iPad平板电脑，尤其是苹果超薄笔记本。

But lately there have been rumors that computer makers are having trouble putting these together for less than 1, 000 so the ramp of these first-generation Ultrabook may be slower than anticipated.

最近有流传称，这些电脑制造商正在商议共同以低于1000美元的价格出售笔记本电脑，这样将有助于延缓Ultrabook第一代对这些公司的冲击。