Samsung 15" Series 9 NP900X4C with Ivy Bridge CPU

[John Ratsey]

Perhaps they are updating the web page. We can hope they are improving the specification.

In the mean time this site has moved the ETA to 31st December.

I'm in the comfortable position of having the 13" S9 to use until I can be sure that the 15" is a better fit for my needs (ie faster CPU, more RAM, bigger SSD and the PLS display)

John

[Pirx]

In the mean time this site has moved the ETA to 31st December.

Hopefully that somewhat conspicuous date is just a placeholder for "we don't know"...

[johnsto]

On the plus side, sites that previously didn't list it or didn't have a date are now all saying "15th June" (same as Insight).

Isn't that WWDC day? Perhaps Apple twisted Intel's arm...

[ultrabookfan]

So anyone know the price gap roughly between a X4B and X4C ?
Is it worth it to wait and have to pay a lot more rather than pick up the X4B now?

[John Ratsey]

The X4C is more attractive if you can afford to wait a couple(?) of months. It will have a faster CPU / graphics etc and may have the better display. And, perhaps by the time they ship Samsung will be including the 256GB mSATA SSDs that they are busy selling to other notebook manufacturers.

John

[ultrabookfan]

I can wait but Im worried about the price gap

[John Ratsey]

Once the Sandy Bridge Models are out of the way then Ivy Bridge models will come in a similar price point (but a bigger SSD might push the price up). The best clue I can offer is that the NP900X4C is advertised in UK at less than 10% more than the current NP900X3B. The price differential in the US between the X3B and the X4B is similar. An i7 CPU and 256GB SSD are likely to increase that differential or, once the initial rush is out of the way, the price of the model with the basic specs will drop.

John

[Thors.Hammer]

The plot thickens... Samsung considering a 13-inch, 1080p, PLS panel, display snobs get their hopes up -- Engadget

Samsung is purposely leaking information to stall sales of competitive machines? Sure seems like it at this point.

[woodpile]

Samsung is purposely leaking information to stall sales of competitive machines? Sure seems like it at this point.

Maybe, just maybe, if Samsung execs and marketing would take their heads out of their collective asses, announce some dates and specs instead of being coy and downright stupid about this... Well, not going to hold my breath. That new Lenovo is looking appealing and maybe I wait just to spite Samsung for this brain damage.

[Thors.Hammer]

FYI,

Amazon.com has some new interesting listings for the USA.

Amazon.com: Samsung Series 9 NP900X4C-A01US 15.0-Inch Laptop: Computers & Accessories

Amazon.com: Samsung Series 9 NP900X4C-A02US 15-Inch Laptop: Computers & Accessories

Amazon.com: Samsung Series 9 NP900X4C-A03US 15-Inch Laptop: Computers & Accessories

Things are starting to get really interesting now.