Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #6467 in Personal Computers
- Color: Black
- Brand: Samsung
- Model: NP900X3A-A05US
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .62" h x
8.90" w x
12.90" l,
2.88 pounds
- CPU: Intel Core i7 1.5 GHz
- Memory: 6GB SODIMM
- Hard Disk: 0GB
- Processors: 4
- Display size: 13.3
Features
- Intel Core i7 Processor 2617M
- 256GB, SSD (mSATA),8 GB Max. DDR3
- 13.3-Inch LCD Display
- 802.11bg/n WiFI, Gigabit Ethernet,BT V3.0 High Speed
- Windows 7 Home Premium
Samsung NP900X3A-A05 13.3-Inch Notebook - Black
Product Description
The Series 9 is designed with mobility in mind, thanks to dramatic duralumin enclosure complete with arching curves and remarkable durability. Duralumin is twice the strength of aluminum, despite being light in weight. Elegant from every angle, the Series 9 also includes backlit keyboard, a brilliant LCD display screen and a large multi-touch SuperButton clickpad. It's a minimalist look that is both simple and sophisticated.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
By M. P. McDonald
I ordered this on Aug. 29th in the late evening, and it arrived by noon on the 31st, so I was very pleased with the speedy delivery. I'll start with the box it came in. I know, it's just a box, but it reminded me of the kind fine silverware comes in--heavy duty but beautiful.The actual laptop is like a work of art, it's so elegant. It feels incredibly solid. You'd think being so thin, it would feel flimsy, but it doesn't.I plugged it in and booted it up. The installation process was quick and seamless. I'd had worries about the Wi-fi because reviews on the i5 version showed many complaints of it not connecting. I had no issues whatsoever. I entered my security code and it connected immediately. In fact, it's picking it up better than my previous netbook ever did.The keyboard has a great solid feel and after two years of using a 10inch netbook, this feels so much better. I hadn't realized how cramped my hands had been on the netbook until using this. The keys also don't click as loudly as on the netbook, so my husband will be glad for that. The backlight is awesome! It was one of the reasons I went with this over a MBA (although I heard the latest MBA now has backlight again?). I thought I'd only appreciate the backlight when using the computer in a dark room, but even in our regular evening lighting, it stood out and made the keyboard easier to navigate.I also worried about the touchpad. I'd read that people were having issues with brushing against it and the cursor jumping. I've had no problems so far. I spent an hour and a half writing last night. I think it happened once, but I'm still getting used to the larger keyboard. I don't anticipate it happening often.As far as scrolling with the touchpad, other than the normal learning curve with any computer, I haven't had problems. (I used my sister's Mac a few times and hated the single button. It felt backwards to me.)Everything opens up extremely fast. Click on a page, and boom, it's open. I tend to open lots of tabs while browsing, which often led to my netbook crying for mercy, but last night, despite having many open as I sorted through my favorites, the 12th page opened as quickly as the first one.I do have a couple of issues, though, as great as I think this laptop is. The biggest is the pin for the charger. It seems very loose in the computer. It doesn't ever feel like it's in there solidly. A few times, just in normal movement while sitting down, the pin loosened just enough that the laptop was no longer charging. I had to give it a little wiggle to make it charge again.I had the same issue with plugging in earbuds. If the prong isn't sitting *just* right in the port, it doesn't work well. Sounds like the music is on super low volume. I had re-insert the prong a few times to get it seated right. I hope these issues, especially with the charger, don't turn into major problems. Since at the moment, they seem to work as long as I'm careful when plugging in those items, I leave my rating at five stars.My only other issue is that the front edge of the computer is somewhat sharp. It hits my forearms a few inches up from the wrist as I'm typing. I hope I get used to it because my main purpose for this laptop is writing.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By Niveka
I must say, the last few days waiting for it to arrive I have been stressing out about the wireless issue. I also was having second thoughts about the lower resolution vs the zenbook. Well, I can say that it has arrived, and it is a wonderful laptop with none of the problems i had read about on the internet. Wireless is great, or atleast just as good as the other two computers in the house, about 18mps up and 5mps down, this is because my router is only wireless g. I had read about the the power plug being loose and falling out, mine snaps in with a solid snap and stays put just like it should. Resolution is fine, a little more would be great but really, its fine. I bought two usb vga cards and have replaced my desktop workstation with this laptop running 2 panels + the laptop screen. I also used the Windows Any Time Upgrade to move to Windows Professional 64, this also went without a hitch and took about 10 minutes to complete. This laptop is extremely fast, its a joy to work on. I have 8GB of 1600mhz HyperX RAM coming tomorrow, that should put a bow on it. I have SQL Server, ORACLE and office apps loaded with no performance issues, will be loading Visual Studio this weekend.All I can say is that I'm either one of the lucky ones, or more likely, Samsung has listened to the user base and made the necessary corrections to make this laptop the truly extraordinary geek tool it should have been from the start.UPDATE - I just installed the 8GB of HyperX 1600mhz RAM. Went without a hitch. Those of you thinking that you cannot upgrade the memory on a Samsung 9, dont worry, its a piece of cake. 10 screws on the back and your in, its about a 15 minute job. The 1600mhz memory had a dramatic effect on my Windows experience score:Processor 6.2 to 6.2RAM 7.1 to 7.4Graphics 4.7 to 5.9Gaming Gfx 5.9 to 6.1Hard Disk 7.6 to 7.6I LOVE THIS LAPTOP!!!!!!!
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
By Armadillo
I have never been a Mac fan (just couldn't get along with them plus don't like the whole "Mac is allmighty and if you own anything else you must be a dork" scene) and so I was very dubious about getting a Mac Book Air but that was the only machine that seemed to fit my needs. I then discovered and have just bought the Samsung series 9 (with the i-7 processor and larger SSD) and I am enthralled with it. It looks so cool, it's feather light, the screen and keyboard are a dream and it it's really fast too. I must say that I was somewhat in trepidation about the many reported wifi problems and sad to say, I experienced them too. However, after searching around for about 20 minutes and finding much conflicting advice from many very frustrated users I came accross a review on Amazon that advised changing the default power management settings in the wifi section from minimize power usage to maximize performance (when on battery) and voila, problem totally solved. In fact I had noticed that at certain times the wifi was fine but hadn't "joined the dots" and workrd out (duh?) that it was fine on mains power but awful on battery power. This "fix" took me all of 30 seconds to accomplish. OK, I may suffer a bit in terms of battery life but the wifi can be turned off with one keystroke when you don't need it or can't use it such as on an airplane and that is really when you need the battery the most anyway. Admittedy I have owned this machne for less than a week but in that time I have played around with it a lot (as you do with new toys) and I have no complaints at all and have not suffered any of the issues related to keyboard backlighting, touch pad performance and so forth mentioned in other reviews of this or similar models. Yes, it is a fingerprint magnet but ho-hum I can clean it with the (supplied) cloth every so often can't I? As far as the comment in another review I read about the warranty period I agree that when you register with Samsung the website states a 1 year warranty with a three month extension for registering but a large removable flashy metallic sticker on the front of the machine stated at the very top "3 Years Warranty" so I have no reason to doubt the veracity of that claim (I did keep the sticker though "just in case"). No doubt in time I may find some irritations that I am not aware of right now but first impressions are lasting and this unit is everything I wanted / expected and more right now even considering the relatively scary price tag. Nice to see somebody giving Apple a run for their money at last.Good job Samsung!
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