Samsung's kick off on Thursday of the the ultra-thin, ultra-light, and premium-design nine Series laptop puts it head-to-head now with Apple's MacBook Air - and so begins the war with the sleek laptops.
Announcements on Thursday of Apple's revamp from the MacBook Pro and Intel's Thunderbolt universal connection technology might have garnered many of the media's interest, but when what you're seeking could be the sleekest, most transportable (and fully-capable) notebook now, Samsung has just used the lead.
Collection 9 notebooks have launched in South Korea, Samsung's home region, and therefore are anticipated to start marketing within the U.S. and also other nations in March. For the reason that MacBook Air just isn't due for any refresh for one more many months, the Samsung Series nine may be your most portable, thinnest and lightest laptop computer choice correct now.
In lots of respects, the Samsung nine Collection is a lot such as the MacBook Air, that has a top quality design and high-end price. The nine Sequence has an MSRP of $1,599 in comparison with the $1,299 to $1,599 price (depending on storage potential) from the MacBook Air - not a complete great deal of difference.
For that cost, the Samsung 9 Series will get you a slightly thinner and lighter notebook (0.64 inches thick versus the MacBook Air's 0.68 inches; 2.89 kilos vs . 2.9 kilos), far more memory (4GB vs . 2GB), and aircraft-grade Duralumin substance (twice as robust as aluminum). It boots Windows in underneath 20 seconds, has 160-degree viewing angles, and otherwise looks tailored for premium laptop end users who care about the two type and purpose.
Since the specs and pricing are so close, determining in between the nine Sequence and the MacBook Air may be considered a make a difference of OS preference, or, primarily, that age-old question: are you currently a Mac or possibly a Pc?
"Stylish," "slim," and "powerful" are words that seemingly have been reserved for Apple notebooks and merchandise on the whole. Using the 9 Series launch, Samsung signals its determination to challenge Apple and other opponents for that high-end mobile market, with the ambitious program to increase revenue of global laptops by 80 percent this 12 months, according to a current Bloomberg report.
Put simply, the skinny laptop computer war as well as the era of MacBook Air rivals has officially begun - very good information for laptop computer users all around.
2011年2月27日星期日
2010年11月5日星期五
Apple confirms flaws in Macbook Air
FRUIT THEMED VENDOR Apple has confirmed there are many present issues in its Macbook Air notebooks.
When you've paid way over the odds for a shiny toy with most of the cost going towards the logo you ought to expect that your techno fetish piece will at least work. But there have been several on-line reports that Apple's latest stupidly costly ultra-thin laptops have a couple of flaws that seemingly won't go away.
Now Apple has been discovered firing off inside investigation memos concerning the 13-inch late 2010 Macbook Oxygen and also the 11-inch late 2010 Macbook Air. According to bgr.com, Apple is taking the complaints seriously. One of its sources sent the web site an Apple inside memo with a huge red "confidential information" banner splattered across the top.
The reported symptoms bugging the newest Macbook Air models consist of the inner exhibit fading to dark immediately after waking from sleep mode. That issue has affected each 13-inch and 11-inch late 2010 Macbook Air laptops. Apple is also looking into a horizontal flickering when the 13-inch Macbook Air wakes from sleep or after hot-plugging a present.
Apple's resolution for each problems is to force the screen to power cycle by closing the lid, waiting for ten seconds and then re-opening the lid to wake the Macbook Air. Hey presto, the Macbook Air's exhibit should return to normal.
Apple follows up having a generic PR statement that says the show issues will be resolved by a software update. We don't know when or where, along with the firm undoubtedly hasn't and won't address the all-important why
When you've paid way over the odds for a shiny toy with most of the cost going towards the logo you ought to expect that your techno fetish piece will at least work. But there have been several on-line reports that Apple's latest stupidly costly ultra-thin laptops have a couple of flaws that seemingly won't go away.
Now Apple has been discovered firing off inside investigation memos concerning the 13-inch late 2010 Macbook Oxygen and also the 11-inch late 2010 Macbook Air. According to bgr.com, Apple is taking the complaints seriously. One of its sources sent the web site an Apple inside memo with a huge red "confidential information" banner splattered across the top.
The reported symptoms bugging the newest Macbook Air models consist of the inner exhibit fading to dark immediately after waking from sleep mode. That issue has affected each 13-inch and 11-inch late 2010 Macbook Air laptops. Apple is also looking into a horizontal flickering when the 13-inch Macbook Air wakes from sleep or after hot-plugging a present.
Apple's resolution for each problems is to force the screen to power cycle by closing the lid, waiting for ten seconds and then re-opening the lid to wake the Macbook Air. Hey presto, the Macbook Air's exhibit should return to normal.
Apple follows up having a generic PR statement that says the show issues will be resolved by a software update. We don't know when or where, along with the firm undoubtedly hasn't and won't address the all-important why
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