Samsung Series 9: Out MBA-ing the MBA?

[gb1631]

Windoze OS? No why no how!

I'll stick with my MBA!

 

[jp102235]

People travel without a pocket wi-fi router?

ala: The airport express?

 

[Sounds Good]

People travel without a pocket wi-fi router?

People do.

 

[iRun26.2]

Aircraft

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

That was very funny!

 

[gdeputy]

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.

Your right, god forbid apple gave us *GASP* choice in how much memory we wanted in our MBA's. I think apple should make 1 model and have absolutely NO customization, yeah, that sounds like a great idea!

 

[size100]

Your right, god forbid apple gave us *GASP* choice in how much memory we wanted in our MBA's. I think apple should make 1 model and have absolutely NO customization, yeah, that sounds like a great idea!

they could have given us a 1gb choice too!

The point is 2gb is not really a choice on a notebook anymore.

 

[keviikev]

I am happy with 13'' MBA ultimate with its amazing touch pad, OS, screen resolution that Samsung lacks

 

[farmermac]

they could have given us a 1gb choice too!

The point is 2gb is not really a choice on a notebook anymore.

2gb is fine for what, ~95% of people who do facebook/youtube/email on a small laptop like the air

 

[size100]

2gb is fine for what, ~95% of people who do facebook/youtube/email on a small laptop like the air

I agree, but 4gb is standard for all windows laptops. Also, there have been hundreds of millions of posts on 2gb versus 4gb and most people saying 'just get 4gb'.

 

[Pressure]

I think we all have to agree sometimes when we purchase an Apple product, we don't spend for its performance alone. We also spend for its design and we like others to see the bright "Apple logo" when we open our laptop in a library or a coffee shop.

Samsung, as a Korean manufacturer, is known for mocking/copying/mimicking (whatever you like to call it) their product design from Sony or Apple. If you look closely at their Galaxy S phones and their integrated Android OS, you can certainly see a lot of resemble of iPhone. Same to this computer, it just looks like they mix some of the design from MBA and Sony laptops together.

I don't quite think you understand how big Samsung Group is.

I am pretty sure that an substantial amount of people buy Apple products because that is what they have used or use exclusively. The majority of Apple users doesn't flash their wares at the library or coffee shops either.

It is getting pretty hard to manufacture a touch sensitive phone with a normal flat front and back without any physical buttons, that doesn't resemble an iPhone.

 

[Xil3]

ah, another company trying to copy another Apple product, lol.

I haven't seen a copy or knock off out do an original Apple product yet, this will likely go the same direction.

They'll blow it with the screen, battery life or something, they always do.

Are you serious? Are you that much of a fanboi that you're absolutely blind?

There were ultra slim laptops out back in like 2002, which were way too expensive and failed. Apple didn't create anything new... they are just good at marketing and the fanbois just love to eat it up.

And it seems like whenever another company tries to compete with Apple, they are automatically 'copying' them - what a load of crap. I'm actually happy that they are going to get some serious competition soon - they're getting a bit too greedy for my liking.

 

[Xil3]

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?

They think it's ugly because it doesn't have an apple logo on it... damn fanbois

 

[Sounds Good]

There's a hands-on video on this page:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/samsung-series-9-hands-on-preview-video

 

[darkplanets]

The underclocked intel IGP is nothing to write home about, that's for sure. It's probably the only downside to this product.

As per the RAM; you can get 4GB with the MBA, just pony up the cash.

As far as I'm aware Sandy Bridge has a PCI slot for dedicated graphics; if room could be found in an ultra portable then we could be freed from the IGP...

 

[DVD9]

I'm actually happy that they are going to get some serious competition soon - they're getting a bit too greedy for my liking.

Straight bloodsuckers.

It will not be as well made as the MBA.

Very unlikely to have as good a screen.


Chicks wont dig it like the Air.

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.

The reviewers are raving about the build quality.

The Samsung has the brightest screen in a laptop and the reviewers say the screen viewing angles are excellent.

Chicks will be curious because they have not seen or heard about this laptop that will receive one-hundredth the publicity that the MBA has.

No backlit keyboard is a deal breaker for me and for others. The lack of options there is what first drew me to Apple.

Not having an HDMI jack on a laptop in 2011 is actually retarded.
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[KnightWRX]

Chicks...

Women don't dig men because of tech. If they do, they're not the kind of women you want hanging around you anyhow. Some of you guys should get it out of your heads that a MBA or this Samsung would bring you any kind of attention from the ladies.

Try the gym, eating healthy, a new wardrobe and taking a shower instead, works wonders.

 

[Xil3]

Not having an HDMI jack on a laptop in 2011 is actually retarded.

Yeah, Apple does that just to make you buy accessories - bloodsuckers...

When I first bought a mac it was because the PC world didn't have laptops anywhere near as nice (design wise) - my original MBP was a pleasure to use.

I was always waiting for the day though, when PCs would catch up in the laptop world - my biggest concern being the touchpad. This new Samsung seems to have everything that I wanted. Can't wait till I can have a play with it.

 

[patrixl]

Women don't dig men because of tech. If they do, they're not the kind of women you want hanging around you anyhow. Some of you guys should get it out of your heads that a MBA or this Samsung would bring you any kind of attention from the ladies.

Try the gym, eating healthy, a new wardrobe and taking a shower instead, works wonders.

Then again, something that gives a woman an excuse to talk to you, is never a bad idea

 

[geox]

anyone thinks when Apple will add backlit keyboard to MBA?

 

[netdog]

Am I the only one here who thinks that this thing is coyote-ugly?

 

[Xil3]

Am I the only one here who thinks that this thing is coyote-ugly?

Try taking off your fanboi goggles and look at it in it's true light.

 

[KnightWRX]

Then again, something that gives a woman an excuse to talk to you, is never a bad idea

Again, if she uses tech as an excuse, not a woman you want to talk to anyhow. And if you really want to talk to women, don't wait for them, the women like confident men who approach them.

Seriously guys, buy your tech for you and go for what fills your needs rather than some illusion that Apple products will somehow get you attention. They don't, they're a dime a dozen.

 

[Sounds Good]

Am I the only one here who thinks that this thing is coyote-ugly?

Nope. Not here. But look around at some non-biased sites (non Mac specific) and you'll find people that are lovin' this machine.

 

[INEEDANOTEBOOK]

Women don't dig men because of tech. If they do, they're not the kind of women you want hanging around you anyhow. Some of you guys should get it out of your heads that a MBA or this Samsung would bring you any kind of attention from the ladies.

Try the gym, eating healthy, a new wardrobe and taking a shower instead, works wonders.

Taking a shower to attract chicks? Who would go THAT far? LOL

 

[INEEDANOTEBOOK]

The edges are ugly IMO (see pic), and this black color looks cheap. Dark grey metal would have been better. But overall, this is a huge esthetic improvement.