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Samsung Launches 3200x1800 Pixel ATIV Book 9 Plus Laptop

Posted by samzenpus on from the brand-new dept.

sfcrazy writes "As expected Samsung has updated its Ultrabook family giving direct competition to Apple's MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. When Apple launched its MacBook Air with 12 hours of battery life every one was looking at only one company to outdo Apple and that company was Samsung and the leading Android maker did not disappoint. With the launch of ATIV Book 9 Plus featuring:

* 256GB SSD (seems 128GB would be the base model)
* 3200x1800 resolution
* Touch Screen
* Haswell Processor
* 12 Hours battery life
* More 'standard' ports as compared to Apple's proprietary ports."

16 of 397 comments (clear)

  1. Resolution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The high resolution is a major win over the Macbook Air. Typing this on a MBA and the one thing I wish it had was higher screen resolution.

    1. Re: Resolution by Stuarticus · · Score: 5, Funny

      When will someone produce finally produce a good Linux blue screen analyser? A question I'm sure we're all asking ourselves.

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    2. Re:Resolution by dbIII · · Score: 5, Funny

      Typing this on a MBA and the one thing I wish it had was higher screen resolution.

      Me too, but I wish I had a table instead because the MBA won't keep still and keeps complaining he didn't go to college to be treated like this.

  2. Left out the best feature by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    FTFA:

    weighs only 1.39 grams

  3. Apple's has proprietary ports? by dugancent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Care to name them?

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    1. Re:Apple's has proprietary ports? by jtownatpunk.net · · Score: 5, Informative

      Any monitor with a displayport. Mini-displayport plugs directly into thunderbolt. Nothing special required except a cable with the correct plug on each end.

      I'm a little shocked and a lot disappointed that this is still uncommon knowledge.

    2. Re:Apple's has proprietary ports? by the_B0fh · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Name one one fucked up port? Are you saying the Thunderbolt port that Intel created is a fucked up port? And the fact that Thunderbolt cables require a chip in them (that Intel made necessary) is now Apple's fault?

      Seriously? You've been smoking too strange stuff.

    3. Re:Apple's has proprietary ports? by threephaseboy · · Score: 5, Informative

      Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S and other countries

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    4. Re:Apple's has proprietary ports? by Solandri · · Score: 5, Interesting

      USB is non-proprietary. It was developed by Compaq, DEC, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC and Nortel. You may be thinking of Intel's southbridge chipsets which have a USB controller built into them, and are ubiquitous on motherboards taking Intel CPUs. Well, AMD has their own southbridge and it does USB just fine.

      Thunderbolt is proprietary - owned solely by Intel. Mini-Displayport was proprietary too (Apple). VESA finally incorporated it into the (full-sized) Displayport standard a few years back.

  4. Proprietary ports? by Roogna · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Which port is that exactly? The USB, the HDMI, the SD slot, or the Thunderbolt ports. All of which are standards.

    1. Re:Proprietary ports? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Thunderbolt is a standard now? Show me a non-Intel Thunderbolt host implementation then.

      Remember kids, calling something a standard doesn't make it a standard. Documenting it doesn't make it a standard. Documentation plus multiple independent implementations capable of interoperating makes it a standard.

  5. Literally unbelievable by sqrt(2) · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and weighs only 1.39 grams

    Wow! It must be constructed from helium infused aero gels and space age nano-materials. Almost makes the horrible OS worth enduring. Almost.

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    1. Re:Literally unbelievable by ClickOnThis · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...and weighs only 1.39 grams

      Wow! It must be constructed from helium infused aero gels and space age nano-materials. Almost makes the horrible OS worth enduring. Almost.

      Careful. Wipe the bloated Win8 OS and the damn thing just might float in mid-air. I mean really, it needs some kind of paperweight.

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  6. WTF is a muktworld? by Sez+Zero · · Score: 5, Interesting

    At least link to an article with more than 300 words. Review at CNET.

  7. Just for windows? by gmuslera · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Does it runs Linux? Does gets bricked if try something different from Windows 8, or even windows 8 itself? With that resolution and battery life even Linus could love it... if can run his own system on it, of course.

  8. Re:Be wary... by AmiMoJo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bought a MacBook air a year ago. The first one exploded to blew my hand off. The next one killed my dog. It wouldn't run DR-DOS at all. The wifi screwed up and sterilized my nuts.

    Overall I was left with a really bad feeling about all Apple products, which obviously must all have similar defects. Anecdotes by unverifiable semi-anonymous internet posters prove that to be true.

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