Samsung 900X4C-A04DE
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Average of 8 scores (from 9 reviews)
Reviews for the Samsung 900X4C-A04DE
Longer battery life - courtesy of Ivy Bridge. Samsung's Series 9 top-of-the-line model delights us again with its unibody construction and perfectly executed input devices. The new processor allows for longer run times on battery. The HD+ display remains unchanged.
Source: Tech Advisor
Archive.org versionIt’s hard to fault a laptop that provides useful battery life, if you can find it for £600. The Chronos provides a good combination of performance and features for that price, and is a good option if you need an affordable workhorse laptop that can last most of a working day.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/04/2013
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% workmanship: 70%
Source: PC Pro
Archive.org versionSamsung’s Series 9 range is unashamedly expensive, and the 900X4C is no exception: at £1,200, you’re paying a premium for a laptop that is pretty, portable and long-lasting. But while it’s probably the loveliest-looking 15in laptop on the market, it offers little that the 13in Asus Zenbook UX31E doesn’t serve up for substantially less money. Those who can afford it won’t be disappointed, but at this price this fine laptop falls tantalisingly short.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/14/2012
Rating: Total score: 67% price: 67% performance: 67% features: 83% ergonomy: 83%
Source: Notebookreview.com
Archive.org versionSo, will this notebook take over from the Lenovo T420s? So far the omens are looking positive: Better display; slim profile and less weight (particularly when the PSU is included); longer battery time and a feeling of durability. Adequate storage is the current bottleneck. I've already done one upgrade and can't wait for 512GB mSATA SSDs to arrive. And the final good news is that although the NP900X4C is wider than the T420s, its slender profile means that it will slip into the same bags.
User Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/01/2012
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60% performance: 90% features: 90% mobility: 90% ergonomy: 90%
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Magazin - Spezial 53 Ultrabooks
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 02/01/2013
Rating: Total score: 86%
Source: PC Welt
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/16/2012
Rating: Total score: 88% performance: 91% features: 75% display: 84% mobility: 99% ergonomy: 89% emissions: 87%
Source: Chip.de
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/17/2012
Rating: Total score: 72% price: 71% performance: 48% features: 73% display: 87% mobility: 91% ergonomy: 65%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/17/2012
Rating: performance: 70% features: 70% display: 70% mobility: 90% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 50%
Source: Notebookinfo
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/01/2012
Rating: Total score: 95% performance: 95% display: 95% mobility: 100% ergonomy: 100% emissions: 85%
Source: Netzwelt
DE→EN Archive.org versionPositive: very good workmanship and dimensions; good battery runtime; good display; convenient weight
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/22/2012
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It wasn’t long until Samsung decided to join the ultrabook race. The series 9 is Samsung’s attempt at producing a Macbook Air competitor. This new version is lighter, smaller, and more affordable than not only the previous series 9 but also the Dell XPS13. The entire footprint is smaller making the laptop look like a 12 inch laptop. The specs are that of a standard ultrabook but with a slightly better screen resolution (1600x900). Obviously this can’t beat the Full-HD resolution of the Asus Zenbook UX32VD ultrabook but is just fine. Just like many other newer ultrabooks, the series 9 comes with the latest version of Intel processors under the Ivy Bridge platform which boosts up the performance by a little.
Made of a solid piece of aluminium, the new Series 9 also looks good. It has one of the best keyboards when compared to other ultrabooks. The keys are raised for better typing experience and it is backlit with a mild blue lighting. The touchpad on the other hand has some minor issues with its figure gesture operation. The built-in speakers aren’t that great as well when compared to some other ultrabooks. Samsung has only included two USB ports due to the very thin chassis but one of it is a USB 2.0 port which is surprising since every other manufacturer has moved to providing only USB 3.0 ports.
All in all, the new Samsung series 9 -13 inch laptop is a good ultrabook but price and specs wise it comes behind many other ultrabooks that are already in the market. Despite being thinner than the MacBook Air, it fails to be unique or premium.
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 4000: Processor graphics card in the high end Ivy Bridge models. Offers a different clock speed in the different CPU models (ULV to desktop quad core) and therefore a different performance.
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.
3317U: Ivy-Bridge-based ULV-CPU in Q2 2012. Offers a core clock of 1.7 - 2.6 GHz and an HD 4000 GPU (350 - 1050 MHz). The TDP is rated at 17 W.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.00":
14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact.
In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Samsung: Samsung Group is the largest South Korean conglomerate and was founded in 1938. Samsung Group employed 489,000 people in 2014 and is one of the world's largest companies in terms of revenue and market strength. The name Samsung means "Three Stars" in Korean and represents the three sons of the company's founder. The company was founded in 1938 as a grocery store. With its subsidiary Samsung Electronics, founded in 1969, Samsung took up the production of electrotechnical items, focusing on consumer electronics and household appliances at an early stage. Other branches in which the large corporation is active include mechanical engineering, automobiles (Hyundai), insurance, wholesale, real estate and leisure. Samsung manufactures a wide range of electronic products, including smartphones, televisions, home appliances and semiconductors. The company's Galaxy line of smartphones is one of the most popular in the world. Samsung is also a major player in the semiconductor industry, making memory chips and processors for many other electronics manufacturers.
81.75%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
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