Ultrabooks and the future

Ultrabooks, light weight computers, are the future of personal non-tablet computing.  Some say by the end of 2012 ultrabooks will make up 40% of the marketplace.  Many have i7 intel processors, the best on the market and large amounts of RAM, 4-8 GB.  And it is all packed into a tiny package.  I personally don't see the appeal.  They have very little hardrive space, the cloud solves this, but at this point Cloud computing is in its infancy, only 128 to 256 GB, with a hefty price to match, cheapest is $999.  I have a lenovo with an i3 Processor, 750GB  Hardrive, and 4GB Ram, for about $379.  The best thing though about ultrabooks is they can run for about 8 hours on a single charge due to their small stature.  While my lenovo can last about 2-3 hours.  I personally like working on a desktop, as you can have multiple screens, and they run much faster and longer.  Obviosuly ultrabooks are the highpower business persons device, with thousands in dispoable income.  But for the average Joe a laptop below $500, will surly suffice.

Makers include Samsung, Asus and HP.

Gas vs. Oil Prices

- oil prices 1 month

Gas Prices 1 month

Oil should be 4 dollars a gallon, at least historically, so why isn't gas peaking over 3.50 a gallon, when oil is over 100.  Seems fishy to me.