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Samsung Series 9 NP900X3A-A02US 13.3-Inch Laptop (Black)

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Samsung Series 9 NP900X3A-A02US 13.3-Inch Laptop (Black)

(15 customer reviews)

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Features

Intel Core i5 Processor 1.4GHz
4GB DDR3 RAM
128GB Solid-State Hard Drive
13.3-Inch Screen
Windows 7 Professional

Description

Samsung 9 Series 11.6W 900X1A-A02 Premium Notebook

Product Details

Product Length:	12.9 inches
Product Width:	8.9 inches
Product Height:	0.62 inches
Product Weight:	2.88 pounds
Package Length:	16.4 inches
Package Width:	16.2 inches
Package Height:	4.2 inches
Package Weight:	8.1 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 15 reviews

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review: 3.5

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22 of 23 found the following review helpful:

Cool Looking Laptop But Lack Accessories (Updated Jun12, 2011) May 22, 2011 By MITBeaver
I have had my Samsung Series 9 laptop for about 3 weeks now. It's thin and light, and it's cool looking. I love the fast boot up feature when open and close the laptop. The backlit keyboard is also a great feature when using it in the dark. I use it for work, mainly emails, web surfing, small size Excel spreadsheet, and occassional CAD print viewings. I find the i5 processor with 4G of memory is sufficient. The onboard solid state drive is small, so you will need a portable hard drive or use the new Cloud storage services such as Dropbox.

The negatives are the mouse pad and the lack of accessories. After 3 weeks of adjustment, I am still having a lot of trouble using the mouse pad. But the biggest complaint is the lack of accessories that are compatible with this laptop. As of today, there is no airplane power adapter that is compatible with this laptop. I tried to buy an extra power adapter from Samsung and its distributors so I have a spare when I use the laptop at home, but there is none in stock with a minimum of 9-week lead time. It uses micro HDMI output, so I am still trying to figure out a way to show my Powerpoint presentation via a projector with a VGA input. It requires a special dongle for CAT5 Ethernet connection. If you lose it, good luck in getting a replacement because it can't be found anywhere on the Internet.

Hope there will be more accessories available soon, and then I will add one extra star to the review.

**UPDATE: The accessories are now readily available to be purchased online. Thanks for the postings by other reviewers. I have updated the rating from 4 to 5 starts.**

25 of 28 found the following review helpful:

Amazing Laptop, Finally an Air2 Contender ...But Horrible Wi-Fi! Jul 08, 2011 By Brian Neely
This is a great laptop, and I really wanted it as a Windows-based replacement for my MacBook Air2, but unfortunately the Wi-Fi is horrible. You have to be almost on top of a Hotspot in order for it to get a good signal.

And I bought the fully loaded machine, i7 quad-core with 8GB RAM....it never even occurred to me that the Wi-Fi would be the limiter!

In a test at ~25ft from a hotspot (which is the closest point that I could actually still have a signal on the Samsung 9), and using Speedtest.net website/apps....
> Macbook Air2 - Full bars and ~35Mbps download
> Dell 6520 - Full bars and ~35Mbps download
> Old Gateway Laptop with a slide in PC Card for Wi-Fi - Full bars and ~30Mbps download
> iPad 2 - Full bars and ~28Mbps download
> iPhone 4 - Full bars and ~25Mbps download
> Samsung 9 - 1 Bar and <100Kbps

That is a pathetic design deficiency for Samsung. How did that make it through their labs??? Let's be honest, if you are buying a really sleek, portable laptop, you are probably using it as a mobile device connecting to a hotspot (at work, at home, or on the go), this Wi-Fi issue makes it nearly unusable.

Sorry Samsung, I absolutely LOVE your products, but you really dropped the ball on this one!

10 of 10 found the following review helpful:

Excellent light-weight laptop Jun 17, 2011 By J.Brown
I have been using my Series 9 for a week now and LOVE it! If you are on the fence about buying it, waiting for the Macbook Air refresh (like I was), don't bother waiting... this is as close to an Apple killer as you can get and an Apple beater when it comes to performance! This thing is FAST! I knew I would like this laptop, I did not think I'd love it! It boots in 20 seconds from power off, 2 seconds from sleep mode. I'm getting about 7 hours of life from the battery, and it recharges quickly. I carry it around everywhere now, which I've never done with another laptop due to the weight. The screen is terrific, the keyboard feels really good, the case does not get very hot even after hours of use, and the audio is surprisingly good for a small laptop. A nice touch no review has mentioned (that I've seen) is the perimeter of the screen is lined with a nice, thin, raised rubber edge that keeps the lid from scraping on the main body when the lid is closed and, presumably, to keep the keyboard keys from contacting the screen and scratching it. I've trimmed the laptop "wrap" (a nice fiber like protective sheet) from the box to lay between screen and keyboard when in transit to protect the screen. No machine is perfect though, and if you are considering buying, here are a few things I feel lacking: 1) the track pad is very nice, but my thumbs, as I type, jump the cursor all over the place. After YEARS of trackpads on laptops I would think they could solve this. I've played with sensitivity settings and such with no luck, so I've taken to turning off the trackpad (FN-F5) when I'm doing a lot of typing. Otherwise, this is one of the best trackpads I've used. 2) Coming out of sleep mode, the wireless adapter takes much longer to reconnect than any other laptop I've ever used. Its not alarmingly protracted, maybe 15 seconds or so, but I'm used to loading up Email the moment the system comes alive and being online, I have to wait for the Samsung. This may be due to the Wireless-N adapter, I've not had Wireless-N on anything before and I have a new Wireless-N hub coming soon which may cure this "problem". Mostly I've just learned to wait. 3) I wish the drive size was bigger. I thought 128GB would be just fine, but they don't mention the recovery partition, Windows, and Samsung utilities would take up 28GB of that. 4) The ports. Really, Samsung, you couldn't put a SHDC slot in there anywhere? Micro-SD is completely useless. This was no surprise to me, I did read the specs before buying. 5) A minor gripe: the edges around three sides of the laptop lid are rather "sharp", I'm not sure why they chose not to round these edges off other than maybe to assist opening the case, but they could have made this case close flush and retained the general style. 6) The onscreen control display was NOT enabled out of the box! When I change volume level, I want to see the level and confirm I changed it (or muted it). The utility is installed, I had to go find it and manually run it. Once I found it, I dragged it into the Startup folder so it loads automatically. Dumb. This should have been automatically loaded at the factory.

Fairly minor gripes, but maybe Samsung is listening and rev 2 will take care of these few limitations. Overall, you will love the experience! For those balking at price, it is competitively priced IMO, and now that its dropped $200 from the intro price, its definitely a deal!! As for accessories, this is a brand new model, it will take time for them to get to market - once third party manufacturers figure out the success of the product, and I think it will be a success, they will be more apt to make the accessories we want. I too would like a car charger... I'll be watching for one...

7 of 7 found the following review helpful:

Samsung Series 9 is flawed sadly Aug 20, 2011 By Gerald Caussade
I have had a Series 9 for several months:

Positives:

* Light weight
* Great backlit keyboard
* Super slim
* Stellar Samsung support
* Amazing screen - super bright
* Great battery life
* Stellar boot time
* 6-8 hours battery life

Negatives -

But it has an Achille's heel:

Power connector is shoddy. I've sent my laptop in once, waiting a week to get it back, which is pretty fast, I'm told. The power cord no longer provided power, so purchased 2 more at a hefty price from Samsung. (Spent over $200) Didn't fix the problem. Turns out the input jack was the problem. When I got it back, now the cords connector doesn't go in all the way, and they fall out all the time. So, I'm having to be very careful how I use my laptop so that the cord doesn't fall out. It's a nuisance.

This is a stunning laptop. Pricey, but the fast, sleek, wonderful.

Since I bought this, the new MacBook Air shipped. It now has a back lit keyboard and offers a larger SSD drive as an option than the Series 9. It has a fast processor. It can run Windows as well as Mac OS.

Honestly, I still like the Samsung's look and not sure the MacAir has a screen that is as bright. It's nice to be able to use the Samsung outside and see the screen, easily.

But, the MacAir has Apple's magnetic connector for power, and it looks like that is a very useful technology. It's ironic that with all the high tech on the Series 9, the power connector is a problem. Yes, I may have had bad luck, but when I look at it, it's clearly not optimally designed.

I'd be more annoyed, but Samsung's support has been amazing. Still, I'm going to have to live with this flaw, because I don't want to send the laptop in again - simply too busy to be without my laptop for another week, and no guarantee that it will work right. Sure, I can get Samsung's support on the line in seconds, but hopefully the next gen Series 9 will fix this flaw. I hope so, Samsung is a company I want to work with, their customer focus is impressive.

6 of 6 found the following review helpful:

Serious issues with the touchpad Jul 03, 2011 By MK
I want to love this computer and pretty much everything about it is fantastic except the touchpad. Sometimes it just completely stops responding. This happens ALMOST every time the unit is plugged into the wall as well. I've upgraded to the latest touchpad drivers provided by Samsung and the problem is still there. If you sleep the computer and start again (which is blazingly fast!), it works again.

Due to a shipping related problem, I ended up with two of these units inadvertently (one has to go back) so as a result of the touchpad issue I was having with the first, I decided to open the 2nd unit and compare. Oddly, the 2nd one's touchpad is either wildly worse or significantly better depending on the circumstance. I can't figure out what is going on with these units. There is definitely something awry with these touchpads.

I may end up sending both computers back for a refund depending on how this works out. It would be a shame because the computer is EXTREMELY sexy, very responsive, and fast (did I mention sexy?). This is a great Air substitute but only if these touchpad issues can be resolved.

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