MacBook Air, Samsung Series 9, ThinkPad X1 comparison

[jes]

MacBook Air, Samsung Series 9, ThinkPad X1 comparison

Ultraportable notebook showdown: Tablets might be eating into the market share of netbooks, but the battle in the high performance yet lightweight notebooks market remains fierce.

 

[EtienneK]

The ThinkPad without a doubt.

 

[HBee]

How does the Samsung use a CD for recovery if it has no optical drive ?

 

[dj_jyno]

The ThinkPad without a doubt.

I'll take the Lenovo too, thank you very much.

How does the Samsung use a CD for recovery if it has no optical drive ?

External optical drive (available as an extra-cost option, perhaps?).

 

[dbnnet]

The ThinkPad without a doubt.

+1

 

[Jan]

How does the Samsung use a CD for recovery if it has no optical drive ?

Precisely why I listed it, but I'm sure this'll all come out in the review of the device.

 

[FrancTheTank]

How about a comparison of the battery life in time?? Like playing a dvd or xvid on repeat, lets see how long the batteries last? (I know its not primary usage accurate, but its a useful comparison, as browsing, or writing a word doc etc is a tedious task)

 

[stricken]

its all about the operating system.

 

[Jan]

How about a comparison of the battery life in time?? Like playing a dvd or xvid on repeat, lets see how long the batteries last? (I know its not primary usage accurate, but its a useful comparison, as browsing, or writing a word doc etc is a tedious task)

It is something we generally don't have time to do, but in this case we can't even if we wanted to as we've only received the Samsung to review and we only have it for a week.

Engadget has a comparison up which takes a look at battery life under constant video playback.

 

[JStrike]

Wow, what an awful review. Not a single mention of any of the things that really matter
- Build quality
- Look and feel
- Keyboard quality
- Trackpad quality
- Battery life in real world usage
- etc

Instead it just provides a matrix of specs. Like how phones were compared in the 90's.

Simply awful review. An Arstechnica review is clearly wasn't

 

[Jan]

Simply awful review. An Arstechnica review is clearly wasn't

This isn't a review. It is a straight-forward comparison of the key specs of the notebooks.

As I said in the post just above yours we've only received a Samsung Series 9 review unit and a more comprehensive review of it will follow.

 

[bwana]

At the time of writing the 13-inch MacBook Air was listed as out of stock at ZAStore

Because it's widely speculated/anticipated that it will be updated within a matter of weeks, if not days?

 

[JStrike]

This isn't a review. It is a straight-forward comparison of the key specs of the notebooks.

As I said in the post just above yours we've only received a Samsung Series 9 review unit and a more comprehensive review of it will follow.

Ok, fair enough.
However, I disagree that those are key specs. People don't look at clockspeed, HDD size, etc anymore when comparing notebooks.
People go and feel a notebook, look at the case, the quality, how it feels in the hands, play with the keyboards, touchpads, how fast apps open (perceived speed), etc

I dont think I have looked at clock speed, drive size, etc in my last 4 purchases of notebooks or computers.

 

[Jan]

Because it's widely speculated/anticipated that it will be updated within a matter of weeks, if not days?

I didn't want to draw any conclusions, but I do find it incredibly interesting that ZAStore is out of stock and DigiCape is offering "overstock" specials on a bunch of Apple equipment.

 

[bwana]

I didn't want to draw any conclusions, but I do find it incredibly interesting that ZAStore is out of stock and DigiCape is offering "overstock" specials on a bunch of Apple equipment.

I'd be surprised if they didn't release OsX Lion to coincide with new Airs.

 

[Rosaudio]

I'm dying to say the Macbook but I would go with the Series 9. The Lenovo is ugly

 

[mith]

Why wasn't the new Vaio Z compared.
I would go for the new Vaio Z.....without a doubt.

 

[biometrics]

I'll hang on to my X300 a while longer, but the X1 would be next.

And I think Thinkpads are pretty!

 

[falcon786]

The ThinkPad without a doubt.

I normally HATE apple and their isheep followers but in this company I would have to choose the MAC as its the only one thats has a touch of proper graphics processing,anything with intel hd graphics should be banned in this day and age,outdated rubbish that cant even run the most basic games available now....limits you big time for the odd game now and then.

 

[EtienneK]

I normally HATE apple and their isheep followers but in this company I would have to choose the MAC as its the only one thats has a touch of proper graphics processing,anything with intel hd graphics should be banned in this day and age,outdated rubbish that cant even run the most basic games available now....limits you big time for the odd game now and then.

Nah, these are for work. If you want to play games-on-the-go, get an iPad.