Samsung Series 9 NP900X3B Review: An Ultrabook With A Great Display Discussion

[John Ratsey]

The Samsung Series 9 NP900X3B is Samsung's top of the range offering in the 13-inch ultrabook category and is an updated version of the NP900X3A which was released in early 2011. It is expected that the Ivy Bridge version (NP900X3C) will be the same except for the upgrade to the new Intel platform.

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[MidnightSun]

Thanks for the review, John.

I'm particularly impressed by the display (hope to see something similar in a Thinkpad X1 refresh!) and the two fans. Most 15" laptops with discrete GPUs don't even have 2 fans, so using such a robust cooling system in an ultrabook is very surprising indeed: good to see that it pans out as expected, with cool and quiet operation. Hope to see more of this going forward as well!

[depo_uk]

John,

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[Jerry Jackson]

John,

Somebody stole your review

Thanks for letting us know. Our lawyers have been notified about the stolen content and they are taking care of that now.

[Delgormo]

I am happy to hear about the fixed wifi issue. Hopefully this will carry over to their series 7 15 inch refresh.

[Schmitty]

This is really nice and I was torn between this and the X220 I got this last week. However, I still think I made the practical choice. The screen on the series 9 has a much better resolution, but overall I still think the X220 is a much better machine with a smaller footprint.

More ultra/notebook makers need to start putting higher quality and resolution screens in their machines. At least make it an option.

[SoundsGood]

John,

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[BigNerd]

Great review... I esp like the usability comments about the ports on the left and the need for dongles.

Also, turning down the brightness to match standard laptop displays to get a more accurate battery test was good to see... I don't recall any other review sites adjusting in such a manner and I appreciated that.

I think I'm going to wait for the 1920x1080 Asus Zenbook (even though I dislike their keyboard)... I'm a pixel density nut.

[Hakro807]

I know this is asking a lot but it would be nice if you could use a DSLR and tripod while taking the pictures. Especially those of the screen have a silly amount of visible noise which makes it hard to judge the actual quality.

Besides that, great review!

[John Ratsey]

I know this is asking a lot but it would be nice if you could use a DSLR and tripod while taking the pictures. Especially those of the screen have a silly amount of visible noise which makes it hard to judge the actual quality.

Besides that, great review!

You are lucky to be able to zoom in to see that level of detail.

John