In case you’re looking for the slim, light and portable 15†laptop, then you may to check out this Samsung Series 9 15-inch specs overview. Actually, this notebook series has been considered to be the true competitor of the Apple’s MacBook device. Therefore, let’s take a closer look at the following specs overview of Samsung Series 9 15-inch notebook to figure out whether this has what it takes to compete with the rival.
Design
The Samsung Series 9 15-inch comes packed with the gray aluminum chassis, shiny edges with a touch of dark blue color. This portable laptop can be considered as the mid-size device as it measures 14†in width, 9.3†in depth, and 0.58†in height and weighs about 3.7 pounds (4.3 pounds with AC adapter). With this measurement, there will a spacious room for touch pad as well as keyboard on its black matte surface. Its large touch pad provides the smooth and somewhat a slippery feel and also it comes with the clickable lower corners instead of dedicated mouse buttons. But unfortunately, you may experience some failures in tapping on the touchpad surface. The keyboard has been furnished with the backlit but it doesn’t come with the numeric keyboard and the well-spaced and sized keys. The display has the maximum resolution of 1600x900 pixels (HD+) and the brightness of 399 lux so that it may deliver the pleasant video watching.
Hardware and Software
In terms of hardware specs, Samsung Series 9 15-inch comes equipped with the second-gen 1.6-GHz Intel Core i5-2467M processor, 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB SSD as being the built-in hard drive. The device will provide the faster data transfer rate (154 Mbps) due to its excellent 128 GB SSD. The Intel HD Graphics 3000 contained in this device may perform heavy apps and 3D games adequately but it’s actually not the best graphic spec in the market. The 1.3 megapixels of webcam will capture video at the maximum resolutions 1280x1024p and it provides an accurate colors rendering, great details and excellent quality for video calling through the Skype. For the main system, the device has been loaded with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition and it also includes a pre-loaded Microsoft Office starter.
Battery Life and Connectivity Features
The non-removable 62 WH battery (8-cell Li-Po) of Samsung Series 9 15-inch will last for up to 7 hours. This duration is apparently 15 minutes longer as compared to the ultraportable category average. There will be also the complete connectivity features in this device which include headphone/mic combo jack, LAN, USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0, micro-HDMI, Bluetooth 3.0 HS and Internet Wireless Display (WiDi).
Price, Pros and Cons
The selling price of Samsung Series 9 15-inch is about $1500. The benefits of this notebook will be the slim and sleek design, vivid and bright display, long battery life, rapid SSD along with the quick boot time. On the other hand, the device comes with the shallow keyboard so that it will be an error-typing occurs. Other downsides of this device are the slippery touchpad and also only 57 GB of 128GB SSD available at startup. [IS]
