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Engineering the World’s Thinnest Laptop

The engineers at Samsung started work on the updated Series 9 design by re-thinking the enclosure of the PC. This updated Series 9 would be built on an aluminum chassis machined from a solid billet with diamond tipped cutters. The resulting stiffness, lightness and finish (sandblasted and painted in most visible areas) are quite impressive. In addition to re-thinking the outside of the laptop, all of the major internal components were updated or optimized as well. The following image shows an exploded parts view of the new Samsung Notebook Series 9:

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Samsung Series 9 13.3” Specifications: (NP900X3C-A03US)
  • CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-3317U Processor, 1.7 GHz
  • Display: 13.3” 1600x900, 400 nits, LED HD+
  • Memory: 4GB DDR3
  • Storage: 128GB SSD
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
  • Dimensions: 12.3" x 8.6" x 0.50", 2.55 lb

Series 9 13.3” Notebook

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post #2 of 29
looks nice.... $1300 ouch
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Want, but could never justify the moneys.
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They just couldn't slap a stronger CPU on it.
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They just couldn't slap a stronger CPU on it.

Did you see how thin that thing is? I'm surprised they were able to fit something that wasn't a netbook-grade CPU into it. That's impressive enough.
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They just couldn't slap a stronger CPU on it.

That's pretty much the most powerful CPU that would fit..... 17w TDP.

There are two better i7 models with 17w TDP as well but they drive up the price by $150-200. Only the i7-3517U at 1.9GHz is really better....
Edited by DuckieHo - 7/23/12 at 3:02pm
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Apple will sue for sure. They claimed aluminium.
    
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Very nice and everything, but pricey and what am I going to do with only 128gb of storage?
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looks nice.... $1300 ouch

Pretty much same sentiments. o_O
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For 1300 they should at least the screen res... although the igp would be hard pressed on that one.

Looks really good, though.
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