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| 14 of 15 people found the following review helpful  Almost a month and…, By Amazon Verified Purchase(What’s this?) This review is from: Samsung Series 9 NP900X3E-A02US 13.3-Inch Full HD 1080p Premium Ultrabook (Personal Computers) The initial round of this laptop is – temperamental. It was fantastic until a little over a week ago. The keyboard illumination started sticking to ‘off’ no matter what. The display brightness did weird things and then went all retro-manual on me, and the wifi started dropping every few minutes. What it seems like (to me) is a short manifested somewhere. Until the above happened I loved it. If they’re on a three month production cycle maybe these issues will be addressed in July, 2013. Read below for my opinion -sans issues- - I can tell you it’ thin, it’s light, it’s fast, it’s beautiful, tough-seeming, and the keyboard action is a tiny bit ‘hard stop’ at the end. What I was looking for: When it landed it came with about 1/2 charge. First Impressions: The display is beautiful with a matte finish that keeps away glare. I haven’t done anything that would push it (I did pull up a hulu video full screen and it had no problems at all). The trackpad is very nice and uses ‘phone style’ gestures for scrolling *flick up* takes you down. Personally I think this is a recipe for carpal palm, but what do I know? Other than the ‘flick up’ it’s the nicest laptop trackpad I’ve used on a Windows machine. After a couple weeks: Concerns and Annoyances: 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful  Great laptop with a few minor flaws, Amazon Verified Purchase(What’s this?) This review is from: Samsung Series 9 NP900X3E-A02US 13.3-Inch Full HD 1080p Premium Ultrabook (Personal Computers) I’ve had my Series 9 for about a week now and I figured I’d give it a review. The Series 9 is probably one of the best looking laptops I’ve ever seen. The build quality is excellent and it definitely feels sturdy. It’s very lightweight but it doesn’t feel like it’s going to break if you handle it too rough. The screen hinge is easy to move, but it’s tight enough that it doesn’t fall back on it’s own. The screen is gorgeous! It may be the best looking laptop screen I’ve ever seen. It’s sharp and the colors just pop. Viewing angles are unreal on the Series 9! You can see the screen perfectly from almost any angle! The Series 9 comes with Windows 8 and I’ll admit it took me some getting used to, especially since this laptop is not touch screen. It boots extremely fast and resumes even faster from sleep. I haven’t done anything too extreme on it other than web surfing and some compiling, but the i7-3537U processor feels like it can handle most things I throw at it. I’m pretty happy with the keyboard and the track pad works quite well actually. In fact, I prefer it over the track pad on the Series 7 I used to own. Now onto my complaints… My particular unit had a dead pixel right in the middle of the screen. It almost looks like a speck of dust, however I find myself looking at it quite often when I’m displaying a white background. Honestly, I wouldn’t mind a dead pixel(s), but considering this laptop cost me 00 and the dead pixel is right in the middle, I find it unacceptable. The other issue I found with the screen is there is light bleeding on the bottom left of the screen. It’s not a huge deal, however it is very noticeable when watching movies where there are black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. I know, screen bleeding can be common on LCD panels, however it is another defect I would rather not have on such an expensive laptop. I have a problem with the power connector on the Series ! 9. It is so small and flimsy, I’m seriously scared I’m going to bump it and bend\break it. It’s also very loose and I found that it literally falls out of the laptop when you pick it up or move it. I’m not sure what the longevity of the connector will be, but it seems like a poor design to me. I was a little disappointed with the battery life as I seemed to get 5-6 hours surfing the web with the screen brightness set to medium. I was hoping for closer to 9 hours, but 5-6 hours is pretty acceptable in my opinion. There is a lot of bloatware installed on the Laptop. Some people will not mind it, but I had a Windows 8 pro disk I got from school, so I performed a clean install on the laptop. BTW, that process was very easy. After installing Windows, I downloaded Samsung’s Software update Utility, and I was able to pick and choose the drivers and factory software I wanted to install on the laptop. After a clean install I was able to free up the SSD to over 100GB. My only other complaint is that the Ram is not upgradable and I would expect a larger SSD (preferably 256GB) for 00. I actually just exchanged my laptop for another one through Amazon.com because of the screen issues. Fingers crossed it will have a flawless screen! Pros: Cons: Final Thoughts: Honestly, besides the screen issues I ran into, this is the best laptop I’ve owned. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to spend 00 on a laptop. It looks great, performance is excellent, and it’s one of the lightest/thinnest laptops you can find on the market. UPDATE!! (4/19/13) I received my replacement Series 9 this morning! (Yes, I entered an exchange into Amazon.com yesterday, they processed it, shipped a replacement, and I received it the next day! Fantastic customer service!) This model doesn’t have any screen issues! There is no back light bleeding and no dead pixels! Everything looks great on this unit and I’m very happy with my purchase! Changing my rating to 5 stars UPDATE!! (4/20/13) Just thought I’d mention that my first Series 9 laptop had a LITEON LMT-128M6M SSD. My replacement unit has a… 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful Great design but lacking in the hardware department…, By xMishka (California) – See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What’s this?) This review is from: Samsung Series 9 NP900X3E-A02US 13.3-Inch Full HD 1080p Premium Ultrabook (Personal Computers) I’ve had my Samsung Series 9 for about a week now and really like the form factor, design, weight and build quality. One thing that continually bothers me is the amount of money I spent on something so lacking in hardware performance. I keep having second thoughts and wondering if I should return it and get a slightly cheaper, heavier, but more powerful Asus UX model ultrabook. There are a few major flaws I found with the Series 9. The memory is slow and soldered directly to the motherboard so it cannot be upgraded. The SSD it comes with is a bit small, not as fast as most, and has almost 20GB used by recovery partitions (~118GB is free after they are removed with a clean install). The touchpad can be finicky at times especially when there is load on the system. The keyboard is easy to use even with bigger hands but it is a bit loud. The power connector is tiny and feels a bit cheap compared to the rest of the laptop. It’s also missing a display port for some reason. The speakers sound great but can be muffled when using the laptop on your lap. The only thing that makes up for all this bad is the design, weight, sleekness and the amazing screen. Cons: Pros: I was planning on using the Series 9 for light mobile development work but I don’t think it will cut it now that I have it and have played with it. If you are willing to spend the money on it would be more than powerful enough for browsing, watching videos, school work, office work, and some light gaming. Anything load more serious and it would definitely need more and faster RAM (at least 8GB), and at least a 256GB SSD. NOTE: For those of you who like doing clean installs – F2 enters the bios settings, F10 displays the boot menu. You have to hammer them as soon as you turn it on. You also have to disable the fast bios option in the bios otherwise USB devices will not boot or show up in the boot menu. |
