Samsung 15" Series 9 NP900X4B thread

[John Ratsey]

Unless Samsung ship the X4B (Sandy Bridge) soon, it will get overtaken by the X4C (Ivy Bridge). I can't see the sense in making both at the same time unless there's a big price difference.

John

[Thors.Hammer]

Unless Samsung ship the X4B (Sandy Bridge) soon, it will get overtaken by the X4C (Ivy Bridge). I can't see the sense in making both at the same time unless there's a big price difference.

John

I love your optimism. I still think we are months from seeing IB systems stuffing the channel.

I hope you are right. An IB SS9 with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD is my dream system.

[John Ratsey]

I love your optimism. I still think we are months from seeing IB systems stuffing the channel.

I'm just building on the recent reported Intel rhetoric about ramping up IB production during Q2. Are they going to sit on all the chips until a grand release date or trickle them out (perhaps at inflated prices) to selected manufacturers to put into a limited number of products? And given that the 17W parts achieve 17W because they run at lower maximum speed, which is an easier test to pass, then they could well be the first IB CPUs to enter the supply chain. Also, if Samsung skip the X4B then there's no headache for the retailers with people returning their almost new X4Bs in favour of the X4C. I suspect that Samsung don't really know what is happening either because Intel haven't been very forthcoming about an official IB release date.

John

[Thors.Hammer]

I think we'll know for sure in the next 3-4 weeks. If they ship the 15" SB machines here in the US, that will be a hint.

[SGMD1]

I'm amazed there's so much interest in this computer given that it STARTS at $1500. Seems so expensive for a PC.

[CJP2]

... An IB SS9 with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD is my dream system.

The line forms right here. Uh-huh....right behind me.

[MattP]

I'm amazed there's so much interest in this computer given that it STARTS at $1500. Seems so expensive for a PC.

I don't buy laptops often (once every few years) but when I do I try to go for the best "value" laptop. Price is just one aspect of the value equation. This laptop has the greatest bang for the buck in terms of value for me.

[SoundsGood]

Same here. Although after buying my last $1300+ laptop I seriously expected to be paying LESS for my next laptop, not more.

[Thors.Hammer]

Maybe the Samsung Series 9 isn't for you.

I have a ThinkPad T420 that is much more powerful, has and i7 proc, dual GPU Optimus graphics, 16GB of RAM, a phat SSD, 14" 1600x900 screen, optical disk, ports out the waazoo, and the base unit cost me $899. It's typical flat black and over an inch thick. Weighs less than 5 pounds.

I could buy a good laptop for less than $500. I could buy a decent Ultrabook for less than $1000.

But I am not looking for good or decent. I am looking for head turning, game changing killer.

[crackertime]

The Lenovo models coming in April and June are the only other options I am considering at the moment. I do wish the M3 Ultra had a better screen.