Intel Shows the Awesome Laptop Youll Be Using Next Year

Intel 'North Cape' Reference Laptop

To show what its Fourth Generation Core processors will be capable of, Intel built the North Cape: an Ultrabook that converts to a tablet with a very long battery lift.

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LAS VEGAS -- What will laptops look like a year from now? Intel knows, and the chip manufacturer gave the world a sneak peek at CES 2013 today with its reference PC design for the next generation of Core processors.

The laptop, codenamed "North Cape," isn't a real product; it's a machine that Intel's built to both test and showcase the capabilities of the Fourth Generation of Core processors (codenamed "Haswell"). Haswell chips are scheduled for general release midyear.

Intel had a few of the reference laptops at its press conference here in Vegas, and we got a little hands-on time with them. It's an impressively light device -- noticeably easier to hold than like-sized laptops of toda…
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