Samsung Series 9 NP900X3C-A01 (2012): Full Review – Part 6

That was all about the interior as there are not optical drives or dedicated graphics cards. The exterior has all the required ports for but with a pun. There are two USB ports, one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0. In addition, there are micro-HDMI, micro-Ethernet and micro-VGA ports. However, only the micro-Ethernet has been provided with a dongle. The user will have to shell out the money for other adaptors.

The Core i5 processing unit inside has an integrated graphics unit called HD4000. HD 4000 graphics are good enough for everyday gaming with graphics settings adjusted, but keep your expectations low. Street Fighter IV, already an older game, ran at 20.9 frames per second at native 1,600×900-pixel resolution.

Based on our video-playback battery drain test, the Series 9’s battery life was shockingly impressive: it lasted 6 hours and 55 minutes. The 13-inch MacBook Air outlasted it by over half an hour, but this new Series 9 outperformed the older, larger 15-inch Series 9 by over an hour. The original Series 9 lasted 5 hours and 22 minutes in the same test. No Windows ultrabooks have done better.

Final Take

The new Series 9 ultrabook from Samsung is one device that everyone would want to have a hand on. It is the clear example of Korean company’s dogma of the best included in a single shell. It takes in best of the best and intelligently produces something that is lighter and more portable, and eventually more usable. Just like Series 9 and Galaxy S III.

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