Any experiance with Samsung laptops?
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In this case, I'd go for the mac IF they are in the same range.
I sit corrected, go with the Samsung, better processor and double the RAM.
I'm not too familiar with the graphics cards, so maybe someone else can chime in here.
lol my 4+ year old Dell has a Core2Duo, come on apple, let's go already.
I sit corrected, go with the Samsung, better processor and double the RAM.
I'm not too familiar with the graphics cards, so maybe someone else can chime in here.
lol my 4+ year old Dell has a Core2Duo, come on apple, let's go already.
You and I were correct and wrong on 2 parts.
This is the article I found it from after typing "samsung laptop, macbook air" in The Googlez.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/220713/samsung_series_9_laptop_outsleeks_apples_macbook_air.html
So Samsung had the i5 first, months ahead of the air. Apple playing catch up months later? Who knows.
lol
Here's the Asus as mentioned, little cheaper and very sleek.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395187,00.asp
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as stated earlier in this thread for that kind of money you can buy an Asus laptop which easily compares to Apple.
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That's entirely possible, lets face it Intel designed the ultrabook much like Google designed Android, purely as a reaction to the Air. Samsung and Asus etc are just putting their wrappers on it.
If you look at the hardware specs alone, the Asus really kicks Le Macs ass in the ultra category. lol
Kinda like apple putting their wrapper around a pc hardware based system running Unix?
lolif you are considering ultra's and airs, I went with a MBA, but may trade in when the new DELL XPS Ultrabook comes out in February. That looks like one stylish paperweight!
for now, I have the MBA and notice the OS takes up a lot less space on the SSD and a lot less RAM too. Don't know if that makes a difference in large drives, but anything under 200Gb's and it could mean 100% more space on your SSD!!! with the cost of SSDs, the MBA is better priced than all of the Ultras except for the ASUS and lower performing Acers
for now, I have the MBA and notice the OS takes up a lot less space on the SSD and a lot less RAM too. Don't know if that makes a difference in large drives, but anything under 200Gb's and it could mean 100% more space on your SSD!!! with the cost of SSDs, the MBA is better priced than all of the Ultras except for the ASUS and lower performing Acers
Some folks are easily brainwashed by slick marketing into believing if it is expensive it must be better!....
My guess would be that they figure if apple can do it, why can't they do it as well.
Except, Samsung is incredibly stupid to think that their numbers would even hit 1/8th or or 1/20th the sales that the mba has. lol
Maybe they're going by the fact that their Galaxy phone line is pretty much on par with the iPhone in terms of price and they're doing INCREDIBLY well, so they think the same for the laptop numbers...............boy are they fucking wrong. lol
Samsung is possibly the world's largest chip maker with their chips being a component of almost every other manufacturers product that requires chips.
This is the reason I figured they didn't really get into the value added product business.
They've been building great value to performance TVs and appliances like microwaves for some time but I am surprised to see a laptop from them.
Like any other manufacturer they are going to be cost stingy and profit motivated, so most likely all it's components are sourced from the specialists used by other laptop manufacturers at the lowest costs.
Therefore motherboard from Taiwanese manufacturer etc.
This is the reason I figured they didn't really get into the value added product business.
They've been building great value to performance TVs and appliances like microwaves for some time but I am surprised to see a laptop from them.
Like any other manufacturer they are going to be cost stingy and profit motivated, so most likely all it's components are sourced from the specialists used by other laptop manufacturers at the lowest costs.
Therefore motherboard from Taiwanese manufacturer etc.
