The 2012 Samsung Series 9 13.3" (NP900X3B)

[isosunrise]

Just knowing it boots Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04 and mostly works would be great to hear

Keep in mind I am a Linux newbie...
I booted Ubuntu 11.10 from a CD just fine.
Works: display (1600x900), sound, trackpad, keyboard, wifi, battery percentage correct... that's all I checked

Mine has been super quite - almost impossible to tell that there is a fan.

My fans are very quiet, even when not in silent mode.

But since I have a broken laptop anyway, how have people been with the touchpad? Mine doesn't click consistently. In fact, when the right click does work (which is like 10-20% of the time), sometimes it gets... stuck, so that every subsequent tap is magically transformed into a right click.

Initially, the trackpad was a little too sensitive for me. After changing the drag/drop setting to 'release after finger lift,' it has been almost perfect. I usually click on the bottom right, and that always works.

[johnsto]

Keep in mind I am a Linux newbie...
I booted Ubuntu 11.10 from a CD just fine.
Works: display (1600x900), sound, trackpad, keyboard, wifi, battery percentage correct... that's all I checked

Awesome to hear. Ta for checking!

[jj227]

I'm agree.

Furthermore, the domain was registered less than a month ago, there are no contact details and the payment method through amazon checkout is strange.

and i may still have been down if the payment method actually was through amazon checkout. can always do a chargeback on the credit card if it never shows up.., but after actually reading what it said, not at 4am, they want you to purchase an amazon gift card for the total amount and send it to them in a PDF (http://greenteky.com/checkout.html) no chargebacks on that. stay away.

[slopokdave]

and i may still have been down if the payment method actually was through amazon checkout. can always do a chargeback on the credit card if it never shows up.., but after actually reading what it said, not at 4am, they want you to purchase an amazon gift card for the total amount and send it to them in a PDF (http://greenteky.com/checkout.html) no chargebacks on that. stay away.

Wow. Either that or they are seriously trying to stay away from the "official books" of running a business.

[OsageCowboy]

So is the RAM upgradeable to 8GB or not? I cannot find any information on this point.

[trifthen]

So is the RAM upgradeable to 8GB or not? I cannot find any information on this point.

I'm guessing not. They'll probably have a new SKU with more RAM and a bigger SSD.

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[1994F7PT]

i'm saying 100% no from the internal pictures posted up earlier in this thread. you can see the 4gb soldered to the board and no space/slots at all for any more.

[bman22]

OK folks, just ignore anything I've said about booting. My unit is clearly some kind of lemon. I can't even boot from the recovery CD.

Apparently I have a defective unit as well. I am having the exact same booting problems you are having. Cannot boot from recovery disk or Windows DVD or Linux CD or USB flash drive

[trifthen]

Apparently I have a defective unit as well. I am having the exact same booting problems you are having. Cannot boot from recovery disk or Windows DVD or Linux CD or USB flash drive

Interesting. Did you disable quick booting in the BIOS, as well as change the boot order? If so we may have found another problem that can appear in these laptops. What's the list so far?

1. Some laptops have grinding fan noise.
2. Click pads don't always work right. Included drivers are faulty.
3. Some report problems controlling sleep with the laptop lid. 4. Some can't boot from USB devices.

And this is just stuff we found in the first few days. Looks like Samsung hired the same quality control guys that handle Microsoft's XBOX.

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[bman22]

Interesting. Did you disable quick booting in the BIOS, as well as change the boot order? If so we may have found another problem that can appear in these laptops.

Yep, tried everything that was mentioned here. It's funny even when you disable the internal hard drive in the BIOS, it still boots from it.