Samsung Series 9 900X3A

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 57 expert reviews

Excellent:

18
Good:

30
Average:

5
Bad:

4

Pros:

Beautiful design.
Excellent keyboard.
Decent performance.

Cons:

Mousepad is finicky.
Expensive.

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Last revision on April 12, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Beautiful design
Excellent keyboard
Decent performance
Highquality LED display
New Intel "Sandy Bridge" CPU
Brilliant antiglare screen
Long battery life
Ruggedized
Ethernet is a feature you don't get with the Air 13-inch
Backlit keyboard
Excellent typing experience

Reviewers Didn't Like

Mousepad is finicky
Expensive
Overly sensitive touchpad
Touchy clickpad
Flexy case design doesn't feel as good as the MacBook Air
No SD card slot or higher res display option

Expert reviews and ratings

Samsung's Series 9 is a stunning laptop that's superbly built, has an excellent screen and which feels good to use. It's the thinnest notebook on the market and among the lightest. Even so, it runs an Intel Ivy Bridge CPU that supplies more...

By PC Advisor on July 02, 2012

The Samsung Series 9 is a sleek machine backed up my middling performance. Housed within its duralumin body are a Intel Core i5-2467M, 4 GB of RAM, and 256 GB of storage. We still can’t get over how good looking the Samsung Series 9 is. And with a...

By laptops.reviewed.com on May 14, 2012

The Series 9 is a tantalizing machine that fills the niche of the 15-inch Ultrabook, but I know Samsung can do a better job on the keyboard and...

By PCWorld on April 30, 2012

The second generation of Series 9 is a beautiful machine, with a good amount of power, but a few little niggles and could have better battery life making it an attractive, yet not quite perfect...

By laptops.co.uk on March 26, 2012

100

On the face of it this beautifully designed, slim and feather-light laptop is a business laptop extraordinaire, for Windows devotees. Its design, keyboard and Intel i5-powered performance is awesome, though we’re not sure it’s suited to...

By itreviews.com on February 13, 2012

A great looking laptop, but with some frustrations and a high price it's difficult to recommend...

By Expert Reviews on January 20, 2012

Overall, the Samsung Series 9 900X3A ultra-portable laptop has been an absolute joy to both test and review. The build quality is out-standing and the included hardware has made the Series 9 laptop a great alternative to the Apple MacBook Air for all...

By Tech-Reviews UK on January 04, 2012

4.00 As for its position vis-à-vis the new crop of ultrabooks, the NP900X3A-B01UB's display can't match the 1,600 by 900-pixel panorama of the Editors' Choice ($1,099, 4 stars), but it has a backlit keyboard like the ($799.99, 3.5...

By TechReviewSource on November 23, 2011

It's not technically an ultrabook, but the updated, 2.9-pound Samsung Series 9 (NP900X3A-B01UB) is a highly attractive ultraportable....

By PC Mag on November 22, 2011

Samsung’s Series 9 was one of the first Windows-based ultrabooks out of the gate during the 2011 revival of the category, and little has changed since its launch early this year.And who can blame Samsung for its unabashed focus to out-design the...

By Wired on November 16, 2011

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