Review Samsung Series 9 NP900X3B 1
An Ultrabook with A great display
New product from samsung that is Samsung Series 9 NP900X3B. It is Samsung’s top of the range offering in the 13-inch ultrabook category and is an updated version of the NP900X3A which was released in early 2011. It is expected that the Ivy Bridge version (NP900X3C) will be the same except for the upgrade to the new Intel platform. Not easy for updagrade laptop’s processor.
Build & Design
The NP900X3B same as NP900X3A that laptop’s Samsung released in early 2011 and addresses most of the issues encountered with that model while managing to lose some thickness and weight. So its improvement from old version laptop. My first impression, on unboxing, was that this notebook is not just thin, it is anorexic! The chassis thickness is about the same as a CD case and the display is about half a CD case thickness.
Fortunately, thinness hasn’t come at the expense of robustness. The whole laptop’s machine is built from aluminium alloy. The main chassis is very rigid and, while it is possible to bend the display slightly, this does not cause ripples on the screen. The hinges are smooth and firm with no hint of wobble. The label on the box says the colour is “mineral ash black” which, in the real world means almost black but with a hint of, I think, dark blue. Most of the time the colour seems to be black but, under some lighting conditions, it appears to be a very dark blue. The paint finish is matte, so gone are the problems of fingerprints on the glossy finish that beset some previous models.
Laptop’s Samsung have, however, provided some contrast to black by providing three shiny metal highlights. One is a narrow strip around the generously sized touchpad (which is very slightly recessed into the palm rest), another is a strip wrapping around the front and sides of the chassis and a third is a matching strip around the edge of the display. There is also a shiny metal “Samsung” on the display back. The overall impression is one of quality.
As with many ultrabooks, there is no provision for user access to the inside. The metal base is secured to the main chassis using 10 small screws which most likely helps the structural rigidity. The intrepid owner may, however, choose to carefully remove the screws and lift off the base. I couldn’t resist taking a look inside to see how a computer can be squeezed into so little space.
The inside is dominated by the lithium-polymer battery, each side of which is a loudspeaker. Then, surprisingly, there are two fans both serving the CPU. The two Wi-Fi antenna are in the yellow area between the fan exhausts, the Intel WiFi card is adjacent to the top left corner of the battery and the SSD is adjacent to the top right corner of the battery. The various ports, with the exception of the power socket, appear to be directly mounted onto the board.
Ports and Features
As is often the case with ultrabooks, the NP900X3B is not generously endowed with ports. All together, there is one USB 2.0, one USB 3.0, an audio jack, a gigabit ethernet port (for which a dongle is provided) and HDMI and VGA ports (which need special dongles). There is also an SD card slot. The SD card slot is under a flap on the right side (but those thinking that this can be used for storage expansion should be aware that a card in the slot sticks out from the side of the computer). The power jack uses an unusually small plug. Its very simple laptop.

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