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Samsung Series 9: Out MBA-ing the MBA?
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I hear Samsung did release 2.2 but it's the US carriers that are 'testing' 2.2 and haven't released it to the customers...
For those who are all saying it's ugly: Why?
If you take the black brushed silver, and turn it into silver aluminum, you'd be staring at a MBA.
Keyboard and trackpad look essentially the same.
What's so ugly? Is it the lack of the wedge shape?
If you take the black brushed silver, and turn it into silver aluminum, you'd be staring at a MBA.
Keyboard and trackpad look essentially the same.
What's so ugly? Is it the lack of the wedge shape?
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I can't really see what they think is ugly. Only thing that looks cheap to me is the ports and the surrounding of the ports. If I looked at it closed from the top it would look better than the mba to me.
Why does laptop need to look "clean"? It's a tool, not an accessory. It should have proper features first. Looks come second (or third, or...) Apple achieves "clean" look by excluding essential parts, like ethernet port, card reader etc. That's a bad tradeoff if you ask me. What's the benefit of "clean" look? None.
Not all of us need an ethernet port. Plus the 13" does come with a card reader now. Anyway, Apple is known for minimalist designs. Other manufacturers often take a "check the box" approach where they cram in features for the sake of cramming them in. Samsung, to its credit, does not appear to be doing that with this notebook.
Apple understands that people are fashion conscious. A "clean" look on a notebook does the same thing as an understated look on clothing. It looks nice, which people like.
Not really. Apple could add those ports and still maintain a good clean look. They are available on other models and the laptops still look good.
Look at that Samsung laptop from the side and tell me it looks good. The ports and the weird angle steel frame looks like crap. Maybe im just spoiled by a single color, flat, matte texture unibody enclosure.
Who really uses an Ethernet port with a laptop nowadays? Doesn't it kinda kill the idea of an ultra-portable to use Ethernet instead of WiFi? Sure, it's nice for file transfers but that's all.
I do prefer the cleaner look instead of a port that I will never use. If it had to be something, then make it FireWire 800 instead of Ethernet.
I do prefer the cleaner look instead of a port that I will never use. If it had to be something, then make it FireWire 800 instead of Ethernet.
File transfer. Then there are hotels with wired-only internet. And you will obviously never use that clean look
File transfer. Then there are hotels with wired-only internet. And you will obviously never use that clean look
I can already do both via USB (though Gigabit Ethernet would likely be faster) so it's something that at least I don't need. USB to Ethernet adapter doesn't cost much if you really need to use wired connection.
I use the clean look everytime my eyes send a signal of the clean looking MBA to my brains
My keyboard at work has no letters or any kind of writing on any of the keys. I don't see a point to it really, just learn to type.
Well, whatever this Samsung laptop is, it's not a Mac in software. Some people are tied to OSX the same way others are tied to the Windows system. Besides, it's all too rich presenting specs on paper and withholding a release date. Whatever you think about Apple, they are becoming incredibly exceptional in one thing: present the product and have it shipping the same day! The Blackberry Playbook and now this Samsung semi-vaporware are examples of how the competition is simply unable to merge theory with practice as handsomely as Apple does...
It runs Windows and I've had enough Windows to last me a lifetime.
Its currently vaporware.
It will not be as well made as the MBA.
Very unlikely to have as good a screen.
It will not have as good a support as Apple provides.
Chicks wont dig it like the Air.
I don't care about built-in ethernet.
Backlit keyboard is nice but not necessary.
I don't care about HDMI when i can use a Mini DP cable or adapter but it doesn't hurt.
Sandy Bridge was not available when the Air shipped and is barely available now.
Meh. Predictable there would be imitators.
Its currently vaporware.
It will not be as well made as the MBA.
Very unlikely to have as good a screen.
It will not have as good a support as Apple provides.
Chicks wont dig it like the Air.
I don't care about built-in ethernet.
Backlit keyboard is nice but not necessary.
I don't care about HDMI when i can use a Mini DP cable or adapter but it doesn't hurt.
Sandy Bridge was not available when the Air shipped and is barely available now.
Meh. Predictable there would be imitators.
File transfer. Then there are hotels with wired-only internet. And you will obviously never use that clean look
People travel without a pocket wi-fi router?
I agree, the screen will probably be crap. Thats huge.
Ethernet costs 30 dollars on MBA. So do display-port adapters. Its annoying.
CPU upgrade, while it wasn't out when MBA was, it is a huge upgrade. Its probably the biggest advantage this thing has over MBA. It should smash the MBA for any sort of CPU intensive tasks.
You expected to sell it for what you paid for it? Thats not realistic. Any PC laptop would have been half what you paid for it.
It is annoying but there are plenty of cables for Mini DP to HDMI or whatever now which is a cleaner way to do it without an adaptor. $5 to $10 for such a cable and adapters can be had for $20.
All MBA should come with 4GB standard btw. Silly they don't.
The MA speed has to do with a lot of things not just proc so i wouldn't jump to too many conclusions just yet on how fast the Samsung will be.
All MBA should come with 4GB standard btw. Silly they don't.
The MA speed has to do with a lot of things not just proc so i wouldn't jump to too many conclusions just yet on how fast the Samsung will be.
Having 4gb standard in MBA would eliminate so many threads on this forum.
We can assume the SSD in the samsung will be near the SSD in the MBA considering the way things are going with SSDs now.
I was specifically saying CPU intensive tasks. Basically we are waiting on the CPU/HD most of the time. Once we have the information we are waiting on the CPU. Any kind of photo editing or video editing the samsung should smash teh mba.
We can assume the SSD in the samsung will be near the SSD in the MBA considering the way things are going with SSDs now.
I was specifically saying CPU intensive tasks. Basically we are waiting on the CPU/HD most of the time. Once we have the information we are waiting on the CPU. Any kind of photo editing or video editing the samsung should smash teh mba.