Samsung X360 Review

Samsung X360-34G - Lightest notebook

More people are swaying towards netbooks, and computer manufacturers visualize the need for lighter notebooks. Macbook Air was introduced as the world’s lightest notebook and the record kept teasing other notebook manufacturers. All records are meant to be broken, and samsung has implemented this strategy to introduce its notebooks for the business class audience. Its six months since the lightest notebook was released, Samsung X360 is one of the stylish and trendiest notebooks available, in par with the macbook air, at least in looks.

Samsung X360, not only matches Lenovo X300 and MacBook Air, in terms of looks, but also has plenty of meat to turn the heat on these two ultra thin, light portables. Spending $2500 can get you a notebook that is capable of getting you envied by people around you, but is Samsung X360 powerful enough? Read on.

The samsung X360 is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at just 1.4 Ghz, but is boosted by a 3GB memory (expandable uptp 4GB) and a 128GB solid-state hard drive. The solid state device makes the data transfers faster and cuts down on the boot time, but bloats up the price tag. On the graphics processor front, the X360 uses an Intel 4 Series Express chipset, Intel GMX4500 with 128MB shared memory. This, however is sufficient only for day-to-day computing needs and normal gaming, and may not be ideal, if you plan to play any high-end games.

Thinnest laptop - Samsung X360

The X360 has a rugged magnesium alloy chassis and a strength providing aluminium plate behind the LCD, which makes up the light weight, and is analogous to the unibody macbook. A ‘pebble’ style keyboard, much like the one in MacBook, is pretty comfortable to use. This light notebook also includes an 1.3 megapixel webcam integrated, Bluetooth, WLAN with draft’n’ and an HDMI port. Samsung claims a battery life of 10-hours, but in a test it lasted for only 8-hours.

Claiming to be the lightest notebook in the World, this one weighs well under 3 pounds, 2.8 lbs precisely. Like all other slim and light notebooks, Samsung X360 lacks the Optical Drive, and there are no solutions like the remote disc [ Are you kidding? Samsung is not as innovative as Apple!! ]. The 13.3″ screen supports a resolution of 1280×800 and an LED backlight that delivers about 33% extra brightness over other designs. The screen provides great visuals from all angles and under direct sunlight as well.

The keys are well spaced on the keyboard as Samsung uses keys that pop out through holes. The keys are very comfortable to use and provide good tactile feedback. For Security, the X360 also features a fingerprint reader. The sound quality from the built-in speakers is reasonable.

The Samsung X360 comes with Windows Vista Home Edition pre-installed and with one year international warranty.

Samsung X360 rebates

Buy Samsung X360-34P 13.3-Inch Laptop (1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 Centrino 2 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 128 GB Solid State Drive, Vista Business) – $1799 (Actual price $2299, $500 rebate offer currently)

Buy Samsung X360-34G 13.3-Inch Laptop (1.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300 Centrino 2 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, Vista Business) – $1449 (Actual price $1749, $300 rebate offer currently)

Thinnest laptop - Samsung X360

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