Samsung Series 9 Ultraportable Review… Part 1
01.06.11
In the race to beat the Macbook Air for size and portability, there have been precious few Windows laptops. Indeed so far we’ve only seen Sony’s Z Series and the Dell Adamo which is no longer on sale. Now though Samsung have stepped bravely into the fold with the Series 9 (known in the USA as the 900X3A) and they were kind enough to send me a review unit which I’ve been playing with for the last week.
So, what is a Windows 7 ultraportable really like to use and is it a Macbook Air killer? In the first part of this review I want to talk about the unboxing experience and the hardware itself. Tomorrow in the final part of the review I’ll discuss what the laptop is like in actual daily usage and give my overall verdict.

The laptop runs on the new Intel Sandybridge architecture with a 1.4GHz Core i5 processor with four visible cores, 4Gb of DDR3 RAM, a 128Gb SSD and a 13.3 inch screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768. Internally there’s gigabit ethernet, 802.11bgn wireless (though it’s only single-band 2.4GHz wireless n, not the full triple-arial variety) and bluetooth 3. It also helpfully sports a USB 3 port as well as a USB 2 socket, a Micro SD card slot and an HDMI port. It retails for around $1,600 (UK £1,300) so isn’t cheap and is slightly more expensive than the Air.
Source: Ghacks Technology News