Excellent review of this laptop. Would you or another channel you might know of though be doing a review of the newer i7 processed Samsung model NP900X3A-B04CA? It must be better better than the i5 system, but I'm curious about benchmarks, battery life, and other such things before I look into buying one.
Jason, i would just like to let you know (incase samsung didnt tell you) that when you put it into sleep mode it pretty much powers off, unlike the macbook air, hence it takes a rather long time to turn on again, but therefore it saves alot of battery life
dude, u installed like 4 seperate different web browsers on this laptop and u expect the laptop to boot in less than what u already got? u have IE, Chrome and Firefox there and each takes a lot of time to load when u boot the system, its always depends on how many programs u installed and the size of them, also if u go to run and type in msconfig then u can disable the useless programs to stop running on startup.
@fredphoesh Hmm. I honestly didn't notice any problems with WiFi - and I ran the Really Refreshing Web browsing test on it at least ten times...so that's approximately 50 hours of Web surfing. If it would have disconnected, the tests would have failed. So from my perspective, there is no WiFi issue. I didn't do a lot of typing on it, but when I did type, I didn't notice an issue with the touchpad. Some people have a knack for palming the touchpad, some don't.
@ThoughtsMedia thanks for the reply Jason. That is encouraging to know... I had been putting off buying this one because of the number of people who had an issue... though it was largely around having a good connection when close to the wifi router, then after 30 feet getting very intermittent and weak signals... and they were comparing it to their other laptops in the same environment. Also in the states they have several models, there isnt the variety here yet, and I would like 256gb and i7!
@smartbotX I used my Canon HF-100, but I did boost the overall gain on the audio by 6dB in post because I found it to be a bit quiet. I'm surprised you noticed. :-)
@MASTURCHEEF001 Thank you for chiming in Yoda. :-) Wake up time is part of the experience using the laptop. I got used to opening the Macbook Air and being able to use it right away - it's a nice thing. Samsung and Microsoft need to do better.
@ThoughtsMedia I think it has something to do with the low voltage processor that this laptop is taking more than 3 seconds to wake up from [hybrid] sleep. I own Samsung QX410-J01 with a Arrandale i5 processor and a Crucial M4 SSD, and almost all the time laptop wakes up from sleep within 3 seconds.
hahah nice you have modern warfare on that laptop XD
naveenc69 4 weeks ago
Excellent review of this laptop. Would you or another channel you might know of though be doing a review of the newer i7 processed Samsung model NP900X3A-B04CA? It must be better better than the i5 system, but I'm curious about benchmarks, battery life, and other such things before I look into buying one.
grandemage 1 month ago
do you only do samsung laptops? i am new to this channel
CBW0314 1 month ago
Jason, i would just like to let you know (incase samsung didnt tell you) that when you put it into sleep mode it pretty much powers off, unlike the macbook air, hence it takes a rather long time to turn on again, but therefore it saves alot of battery life
omgurstalkinmymum 2 months ago
dude, u installed like 4 seperate different web browsers on this laptop and u expect the laptop to boot in less than what u already got? u have IE, Chrome and Firefox there and each takes a lot of time to load when u boot the system, its always depends on how many programs u installed and the size of them, also if u go to run and type in msconfig then u can disable the useless programs to stop running on startup.
ardalanakbari002 2 months ago
6:15 Interesting... LOL
Minwingo 5 months ago
Lenovo just announced a thin netbook called Lenovo u 300
TheYoungshyne 5 months ago
Hi Jason, nice review, but I dont remember seeing anything about the (very questionable) WiFi issue which has been talked about in forums on the web.
Also some have big issues typing with the large touchpad...
Did you test either of these things/ have any comment on them?
Thanks,
Mark.
fredphoesh 6 months ago
@fredphoesh Hmm. I honestly didn't notice any problems with WiFi - and I ran the Really Refreshing Web browsing test on it at least ten times...so that's approximately 50 hours of Web surfing. If it would have disconnected, the tests would have failed. So from my perspective, there is no WiFi issue. I didn't do a lot of typing on it, but when I did type, I didn't notice an issue with the touchpad. Some people have a knack for palming the touchpad, some don't.
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 6 months ago
@ThoughtsMedia thanks for the reply Jason. That is encouraging to know... I had been putting off buying this one because of the number of people who had an issue... though it was largely around having a good connection when close to the wifi router, then after 30 feet getting very intermittent and weak signals... and they were comparing it to their other laptops in the same environment. Also in the states they have several models, there isnt the variety here yet, and I would like 256gb and i7!
fredphoesh 6 months ago
What camera did you use to film this review? I found the sound quality of this review a bit different to your others.
Thanks,
smartbotX 6 months ago
@smartbotX I used my Canon HF-100, but I did boost the overall gain on the audio by 6dB in post because I found it to be a bit quiet. I'm surprised you noticed. :-)
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 6 months ago
wake up time does not performance make.
MASTURCHEEF001 6 months ago
@MASTURCHEEF001 Thank you for chiming in Yoda. :-) Wake up time is part of the experience using the laptop. I got used to opening the Macbook Air and being able to use it right away - it's a nice thing. Samsung and Microsoft need to do better.
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 6 months ago
@ThoughtsMedia I think it has something to do with the low voltage processor that this laptop is taking more than 3 seconds to wake up from [hybrid] sleep. I own Samsung QX410-J01 with a Arrandale i5 processor and a Crucial M4 SSD, and almost all the time laptop wakes up from sleep within 3 seconds.
Asrar29 5 months ago
do you get to keep it ?
zabakkabou 6 months ago
@zabakkabou Hah! I wish. Nope, it went back to Samsung after a few weeks.
- Jason
ThoughtsMedia 6 months ago
this is a nice alternative to a macbook air but i like the air better :) ,very good review as always
muertomaniaco 6 months ago