If Apple's Macbook Air is the poster-child for "form-over-function," and Lenovo's X300 its utilitarian cousin, Samsung's
X360 falls somewhere in between on the 13.3-inch wafter-thin ultraportable family tree, serving as another solid, though somewhat underwhelming choice according to
TrustedReviews' full write-up. It's not as thin as the Air, but is slightly lighter while still feeling reasonably durable, and with a full complement of ports certainly has the edge in terms of utility. It also manages to be a bit more visually appealing than the X300, is blessed with a "superb" keyboard (which
we liked, too), and the five hours of battery life in real-world usage impresses as well. But, it's hampered by a disappointing 1280 x 800 glossy screen and an under-performing 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo CPU. The thing is popping up at online retailers a bit cheaper than we'd
expected (we found one for about $150 lower than Samsung's indicated $1,899 MSRP), but, in the US at least, might just be priced a little too close to its proven competitors to make it a serious contender over here.
[Thanks, Simon W]
posted November 28th 2008 11:31AM
Gotta Have!
Samsung and their crappy lappy!
Nice
The keyboard does look fun and soft
That's what she said.
If you don't like it you can turn 360 degrees and walk away.
If you turned 360 degrees you would be looking at the machine again, you mean 180 degrees.
if you turned 360 degrees you would still be facing it
Was this a joke reference? because I remember someone saying a comment like this in regard to the xbox 360....and it resulted in massive facepalm
What if I turn 124 degrees then walk?
May I direct you kind folks to
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/2606082787_d33fbf66bf_o.jpg
What's disappointing about a 1280 X 800 13.3'' screen? Isn't that the normal resolution?
i think its the glossyness that everyone gets so anal about, i don't mind it myself but then what do i know?
Yeah, that screen sounds fine to me. Nothing wrong with it at all. And I love glossy screens. They actually work outdoors unlike the matte ones!
There is a facebook support group: We Love Glossy Laptop Screens
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29859053010
Same as MacBook Air, less than ThinkPad X300. X300 manages 1440x900 out of 13.3", it's quite nice.
Still dont think this is better than the Air. Extra ports doesnt make an ultraportable better than the Air automatically. The Air still has a much better CPU than this thing, faster bus speed, better screen, backlit keyboard, huge multitouch trackpad, thinner, better austhetic appearance, and of course the always solid OSX behind it.
People knock the Air, but I have yet to find any computer as powerful as it, in its form factor, with a beautiful pro-like 13" screen / huge trackpad for $2499 or less.
Air also has more L2 Cache, and the GeForce 9400M compared to the old Intel GMA this has
apple hateboys activated!
Im really surprised this post wasnt low ranked already, seems very un-engadget.
He speaks the truth though, so many people bash Apple products because they dont do exactly what they need.
The thing is, Apple target the majority of peoples needs and say get stuffed to people with specialised needs.
Samsung etc try to target EVERYBODY..which leads to tradeoffs.
Reminds me of the old Toshiba Portege 700 series of several years ago: lightweight, 13.3" screen and no CD drive. It was my favorite laptop. The Mac Air is attractive except Apple really should have included 2-USB ports or at least an RJ-45 port. I can live without a CD drive but one USB is a pain in a non-wifi networked office environment.
I hate everything samsung. Especially the samsung glide. Worst phone I ever had.
u hate samsung yet u bought it.
dont tell me your mom bought it for u.
I want the X300 with the looks of this lappy....*sigh*...can't have everything...
Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid chiclet keyboard.
I'm not going to head into Apple-bashing mode. Obviously it was their choice to popularize this type of keyboard, and it does look pretty eye-catching. But I wish other companies, rather than follow Apple's lead, would think for themselves and choose a more functional/comfortable design. I have a hard time typing on those newfangled keys, and I know a long-time Apple fanatic who feels the same way.
Um, it's actually Sony's chiclet keyboard. They had it before the MacBooks did.
Waiting for an iEye or Clak post about copying the keyboard in 3...2...1...
...0,-1,-2,-3...
The keyboard looks a bit like the Macbook's, which is great, because I love that keyboard!
I'm surprised the whole, "Spaced Keys" keyboard didn't take off sooner...
not as surprised as Sony
Looks a bit like one of Sony's keyboards...
The keyboard looks like the one on the VAIO X505, but what do I know. I am a PC...
I don't like the backslash/ pipe key taking up part of the right hand shift key space.
Nice, and since it has X360 in the model number that means it has a Xbox 360 Jasper chipset builtin and it can play Xbox 360 games! Wow PS3 sucks!
Got one on Wednesday.
The screen resolution is fine, fonts look good so far. The glossy display is sometimes disturbing, yes. A non-glossy display would've been better.
Installing linux on it now ;P
(If someone has problems, leave a comment, I'll reply)
One thing very annoying about Samsung's are their bright blue lighted power button.
Somebody should prohibit bright blue status leds. A light shining green is fine.
The keyboard is maybe taken from Sony Notebook type Z