Industry experts have been telling us about how the future of the notebook market will be fought between ULV laptops and netbooks. In case you are not familiar with ULV laptops, they are energy efficient netbooks that use next generation mobile CPUs that help you get more battery life on the go. Intel and AMD both have their own ULV CPUs that are already being used in top laptops on the market. But are ULVs really that much better than netbooks? A look at current ULV notebook line up suggests otherwise.

The fact that top ULV laptops come with dual core CPUs is a big plus. Many first time netbook owners complain about their devices not being capable of displaying high definition videos. Some complain about their mini-notebooks processing power. With ULVs, you do get more powerful CPUs on your laptop without sacrificing too much battery life. But the current ULV market is not that much superior to the netbook market. And netbooks are still more portable than CULVs. Let’s not forget that netbooks are a bit cheaper than ULV laptops as well.

This is not to say that CULVs won’t be better in the future. But at the present, netbooks are slightly more attractive to those who live a mobile life. As the prices come down and more powerful ULV CPUs are introduced to the market, you can expect these laptops to gain more traction. But don’t expect that to happen in 2009.