By Kevin Lee
This review details the 2016 Samsung Notebook 9 model. For our review of the latest edition, check out our review of the 2017 Samsung Notebook 9.
Samsung has been a sleeping giant in the notebook world. Sure, it has had a couple of standout Chromebooks and premium Windows laptops, but only recently has it found its groove with a more affordable Surface competitor (Galaxy TabPro S).
Now, the Samsung Notebook 9 seems poised for another big win for the company in the Ultrabook space. Weighing less than most tablets – let alone the MacBook Air – this 13-inch laptop also offers a decent chunk of storage, Full HD screen and Intel Core i5 processor power at just $949 (about £649, AU$1,247).
It’s not as affordable as the thrifty Asus ZenBook UX305, but the Notebook 9 is one stellar entry-level Ultrabook.
Design
If you’ve seen a Samsung laptop in the last four years, the Notebook 9 will look familiar. Prior Notebook Series 9 owners will notice this 13-inch Ultrabook apes the design Samsung introduced in 2012 with the Series 9 notebook.
With both machines sharing the same name, this is arguably part homage and part “Why fix a design that already works?”. Though …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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