Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
Summary: While technically too expensive for an Ultrabook, the Samsung Series 9 is a thin notebook without equal.
Ultrabooks may be thin and light, but there must have been several tons of them on display at the CES in Vegas. Every company seemed to be showing off at least one Ultrabook model, and you couldn't turn a corner without bumping into several. Of all the Ultrabooks on display this week, the Samsung Series 9 gets my vote as the best in show.
See also: Samsung raises design bar with Series 9 laptop
The whole point of Ultrabooks is to get thin and light enough to compete with the MacBook Air, and the Series 9 does that easily. At only 0.4 inches at its thickest point and just 2.6 pounds, the Series 9 is easy to throw in the bag and head out the door. The 7 hours of battery life is decent given the quad-core Core i7 processor and 128GB solid-state disk onboard.
The 13.3-inch SuperBright Plus display delivers good resolution (1600x900) and a bright display to handle every lighting situation. Samsung was able to cram lots of ports in spite of the thin duralumin case, including two USB, HDMI, RJ-45 and even an SD slot.
At $1,499 it is expensive for an Ultrabook, but that't the price to get a thin and light with no compromises.
Image credit: CNET Sarah Tew
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- CES 2012: Who will connect your future television? With Smart TV, LG fails to break from pack
- What you won’t see at CES: E-book readers
- LG joins Google TV family, while Samsung, Sony, Vizio promise new Google TV devices for 2012
- HDTV shipments with larger screens and LCD to grow in 2012 (report)
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Talkback
RE: Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
While I'm agree that these Samsung ultrabooks looks amazing, do you think recently they're taking to much design cue from Apple?
Nope they look way better than apples products. They did copy too much from
RE: Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
RE: Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
RE: Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
Its not the light and thin. Its the look and feel. The color of the computer, combined with the curved edges, and tapered body, etc.
A direct copy, of course not, but clearly they borrowed heavily from Apple's design.
RE: Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
Except it doesn't taper. It has a bulge at the base. That is all no tapering. Honestly any well built machine these days with a minimalist design and large buttonless trackpad is an Apple rip in the eyes of some. This machine look is very different to Macbook's and the color is not the same or even that close.
Apple did not invent minimalism and the trackpad is a good design. All vendors are going to do it. When Apple eventually copies the thin bezel no one is going to say anything. And rightly so.
RE: Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
Apple copied from Sony & Sharp who made thin & light years before the Macbook Air. But nobody remembers and everybody thinks Apple invented the category because their advertising hit critical mass.
Apple wasn't first
While I agree that the Macbook Air looks amazing, do you think recently they're taking too much design cue from Sharp and Sony?
RE: Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
Above average hardware spec means above average price.
RE: Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
And very likely my next computer.
RE: Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
Too expensive.
RE: Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
Ubergizmo say Dell XPS 13 is best
RE: Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
RE: Best Ultrabook of CES 2012: Samsung Series 9
900 is just nogt good enough for vertical space.