Friday, August 26, 2011

A patchy survey of some Windows laptops making an effort

The Samsung Series 9 is a lovely thing - $1499 now for the 11inch.  The main weakness of this unit is the price. Lacking the confidence of Apple to say 'We reckon we can sell millions of these' the cost seems high.

The ASUS U36 - thin, with a full voltage cpu.  The screen is apparently a bit patchy, less luminous in some quadrants than others (can't find that review now).

The ASUS UX31 - thin, shiny. Too shiny?  I also expect it to be hot. You could fry an egg on my last Asus laptop, and it was plenty bulky.

But unless you hate OS/X, these are all not beating the Air in the things you want (size, weight, screen, keyboard, touchpad, battery life) by enough. Screens are small, or low-res, or patchy with less of the Apple secret sauce (I suspect it is their attentiveness).

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