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20.09.2013

During Intel's annual developer forum, senior president Kirk Skaugen said that 70% of ultrabooks (thin laptops that meet Intel's specifications) currently sold at retail are equipped with touch screens. After that, he added that soon 100% of ultrabooks sold will have capacitive displays.

Windows 8 touch ultrabooks fall into three main categories: standard folding devices, hybrid solutions with swivel screens, and devices that turn into real tablets with detachable keyboards. The first and last category are the most common.

Although ultrabooks still occupy a smaller share of the Windows laptop market, there has been a recent surge in sales of touchscreen mobile PCs. Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD, said, "In August, touchscreen laptops fared better than any other month."

In August, touch devices accounted for 30% of all Windows 8 laptops in August, he said. According to NPD, this is a big increase from the first three months of the year, when touch solutions accounted for only 10% of Windows 8 laptops sold. In August, sales picked up markedly thanks to a good number of touchscreen laptops under $500. Mr. Baker is also increasingly optimistic about the growing popularity of touchscreen laptops during the Christmas sales season.

Intel is actively promoting touch screens, realizing that only such devices can fully unlock the potential of the new Windows 8 interface and, accordingly, increase device sales. In January, Intel introduced new requirements for ultrabooks based on the latest generation of its Haswell chips, which included the requirement for a touchscreen.

"Intel has added touch support to the ultrabook specification, so by definition an ultrabook today should have a touchscreen," said IDC analyst Bob O'Donnell. He also added that while the outlook for retail sales of touch notebooks is now increasingly bright, the share of such devices in the notebook market has remained below 10% for almost a year. Mr. O'Donnell stressed: "Yes, numbers are improving quite rapidly now, but previous slow growth could force IDC to lower its forecasts for the year."

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