Samsung 900X3A-A01UK
Specifications
Notebook: Samsung 900X3A-A01UK (Series 9 Series)Processor: Intel Core i5 2537M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels, glossy: no
Weight: 1.3kg
Price: 1600 euro
Average of 6 scores (from 6 reviews)
Reviews for the Samsung 900X3A-A01UK
Source: V3.co.uk
Whatever your buying motivation, the Samsung is worthy of your attention. It's lightweight but powerful, and it's beautiful but practical. We wish all Windows-based PCs were made with this much style, although we appreciate why that's not possible in a market led by low cost machines. If you have the money to spend, this is a capable and desirable machine with impressive processing power and battery life, making it a useful tool. It won't suit every business or every employee, but this has to be one of the best notebooks available.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/07/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: V3.co.uk
If you have the money to spend, this is a capable and desirable machine with impressive processing power and battery life, making it a useful tool. It won't suit every business or every employee, but this has to be one of the best notebooks available.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/07/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Electricpig
The Samsung Series 9 is packing more power than any other Windows ultra portable, and it does so in an attractive looking shell. That said, the £1299 pricetag is something you need to give a long hard think about. If size and reasonable (rather than maximum) power is your primary concern, the 11-inch MacBook Air will save you plenty of money at £867 – but won’t render video as quickly.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/31/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: It Pro
There aren't any business or security-specific hardware features or bundled software. This includes a Kensington security slot – an increasingly common omission from incredibly thin laptops. Without you can't tether your laptop to a heavy object to deter thieves, so you'll need to more watchful when out and about with it.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 04/15/2011
Rating: Total score: 67%
Source: PC Pro
Samsung takes on Apple at its own game, but the Series 9’s slender physique comes at a serious cost
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/11/2011
Rating: Total score: 67% price: 67% performance: 67% features: 83% ergonomy: 83%
Source: Techradar
The inclusion of a Sandy Bridge Intel processor makes the 900XSA a laptop that's as capable as it is pretty, and those worried that performance might have taken a back seat to form factor needn't worry – this is an extremely powerful laptop, both in everyday performance and graphically.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/11/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Comment
Series:
At the Beginning of 2011, Samsung introduced the Series 9 with two new devices, which celebrated their debut at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 in Las Vegas, shortly CES. Simultaneously Samsung has begun to change the series-discriptions and their sorting. In addition to the Ultra-Thin Series 9, Samsung provides the Series 2, 3 (B2C), 4 and 6 for Business-Notebooks, the Series 5 for devices with Google Chrome OS and also the new Series 7 Chronos plus Series 7 Gamer for multimedia- respectively gaming-users.
Back to Samsungs Series 9: After the introduction of the Samsung Series 9 900X3A (13.3 inch) and the smaller 900X1B Subnotebook (11.6 inch) the hype was relatively large, because apparently they seem to be the first available alternative to Apples MacBook Air series, which runs on Apples Mac OS X. High-quality displays and a chassis made of lightweight and sturdy Duraluminium are two key-assets of Samsung Series 9 devices. In comparison to the german retail-market, Samsung provides both devices to their US-Costumers from the beginning. The MSRP located between 1199.99 and 1649.99 US-Dollar.
Major advantages in our reviews of the Samsung Series 9 900X3A and 900X1B are the good battery life, the rapid SSD storage, the convincing display, the LED-Backlit keyboard and furthermore the attractive design. Disadvantages are the limited expandability, the port-positioning, the missing dockingport and the long battery charge time. On average, the review-ratings are above 80 percent and thereby in a good rating range.
Intel HD Graphics 3000: Integrated graphics card in the Intel Sandy Bridge processors (Core ix-2xxx). The HD 3000 is the faster (internally GT2 called) version with 12 Execution Units (EUs).
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
2537M: Power saving ULV processor clocked at 1.4-2.3 GHz due to Turbo boost. Offers an integrated HD 3000 clocked at slow 350 / 900 MHz and a DDR3-1333 memory controller.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
13.3": This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Netbooks, UMPC and some subnotebooks have tinier displays. Nevertheless, the majority of standard laptops has a higher format. The advantage of a small display is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.3 kg: This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist only few sub-notebooks, which weight less. 10 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Samsung: The Samsung Group is composed of numerous international businesses, all united under the Samsung brand in South Korea. The meaning of the Korean word Samsung is "tristar" or "three stars". The Samsung brand is one of the most important brands of South Korea. Samsung is an international notebook manufacturer of medium size according market shares and reviews.
75.67%: This rating is not convincing. The laptop is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
