13.3" Samsung NP900X3C with Ivy Bridge CPU

[WhiteFireDragon]

Cannot wait for Ivy Bridge, its going to be even thinner compared to NP900X3B, 16.3mm vs 12.9mm

Where did you get this info? Dimensions are exactly the same As far as I know. Only difference is a refresh in the CPU.

[depo_uk]

Where did you get this info? Dimensions are exactly the same As far as I know. Only difference is a refresh in the CPU.

Different.

Sandy:
NP900X3B Series 9 Notebook - TECH SPECS | SAMSUNG

Ivy:
NP900X3C - TECH SPECS | SAMSUNG

[WhiteFireDragon]

Different.

Sandy:
NP900X3B Series 9 Notebook - TECH SPECS | SAMSUNG

Ivy:
NP900X3C - TECH SPECS | SAMSUNG

I got excited initially when looking at those two links and thought that the refresh will get even thinner, but I realized the dimensions on the UK's website is wrong on the NP900X3B. When you compare it to the US site, you'll see that the NP900X3C on UK will have the same dimensions to the NP900X3B on the US.

Specs - Series 9 Notebooks NP900X3B | Samsung Laptops

[ThreeD]

hmm no news for Europe for this thing? even the sandy version isn't available in Germany.

[depo_uk]

hmm no news for Europe for this thing? even the sandy version isn't available in Germany.

It is available and in stock in Hungary.

[xzybit]

I will monitor this thread until it's available with 8GB and 256GB SSD. Hopefully Lenovo will come out with an X2 to consider soon enough to compare before buying a new machine.

There's no way I'm spending $1500 on 4GB of ram when Firefox uses 2GB and gets the computer to where it is unusable.

[John Ratsey]

There's no way I'm spending $1500 on 4GB of ram when Firefox uses 2GB and gets the computer to where it is unusable.

Time to do some housekeeping? I've got around 50 tabs open in Firefox and it's using about 1GB RAM. I use both the FlashBlock and AdBlock Plus add-ins to minimise unwanted CPU usage and display clutter but perhaps they also reduce wasteful usage of RAM.

John

[depo_uk]

Went on sale today in Australia:
Samsung NP900X Core i5 13.3IN Ultrabook - The Good Guys, BuyOnline, Australia

[WhiteFireDragon]

^ that's not a stock mistake is it? If anyone is able to completely go through checkout and get shipping confirmation, please post. I thought it was mentioned earlier than IB quad cores will be available first, then the ULV dual cores for ultrabooks will launch in a few months.

[xzybit]

Time to do some housekeeping? I've got around 50 tabs open in Firefox and it's using about 1GB RAM. I use both the FlashBlock and AdBlock Plus add-ins to minimise unwanted CPU usage and display clutter but perhaps they also reduce wasteful usage of RAM.

John

Yeah I usually have around 50 open, currently have 67 open at 1.2GB with plug in container. The problem seems to be flash videos, the longer you keep the tabs open the more memory they use. Once it hits 1.6-1.8GB I have to very slowly read some tabs and close them, bookmark the flash videos and then reset Firefox to get it down to 600-900MB.

Can't seem to kick the tab habit, even have lists of old bookmarked tabs weighing me down. Over Thanksgiving I knocked out about 130 tabs/bookmarks, some news stories about a year old.