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  • Now and days ppl seem to jump on the ban wagon apple .... Ita not even all that sure it has some things that others don't have but remember apple also doesn't have or can do things what android can do

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  • 1 serious and possibly stupid question:

    how good are ultrabooks for gaming? I own a mac so its not very good to begin with, but are these any better?

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  • In simple words " apple is the innovator nd samsung is the promoter" thumbs up if u all fellas' agree..

  • ofcourse it boots fast with an SSD :D and its more power friendly

  • The samsung review is @ 22:56

  • I am a loyal PC user, but I was on the verge of buying a Apple laptop for my college studies. Then I saw the Samsung Series 9. Thank God.

  • Battery Life on ACCER

  • why you need amazon..just download for music freely. we a not straight thinking.WTF

  • Why don't you use Mac OS X Lion?

  • galaxy player > ipod touch

    galaxy s2 > iphone 4s

    galaxy tab 10.1 > ipad 2

    series 7 > macbook pro

    series 9 > macbook air

    Samsung > crapple

    deal with it.

  • @XabdaneX96 you must be right because you're so credible

  • @XabdaneX96 who can type on a touch screen, phones are ok for texting, but for a professional you need a real keyboard especially on a laptop, O and android fanboy alert LOL, Im not at fanboy, I love My iphone and my custon built windows computer. Hop of samsung kid

  • @masterkiller247 did i say you have to type on a touch screen ? did i even say buy a mobile instead of a laptop ? i just said the GS2 is better than iPhone 4S , both dont have laptop keyboards, and i said the series 7 & 9 are better than the macbook pro & air... what u said has no meaning... lmao

  • @CharlieMarley401 Calm down?

    lol apple fanboys

  • @CharlieMarley401

    I love your rationale here... wait, there is none, just more typical Apple Fanboy screaming about how great Apple is and how bad anything non-apple is, with no reasons to back it up. Apples are great, there's no debate there, but "no tablet is better than the ipad 2"? Really? I own one. It's not really that great. It's a giant ipod touch. It's all about preference, and comments like yours are both ignorant and superfluous.

  • Samsung needs to invest their money in an own designing team. It looks like they copy everything.

  • that lady annoys me

  • Guy at 4minutes in has most annoying lispy fucking voice.

    Fucking ruined the review.

  • I want a Macbook air but want to use windows 7 ONLY

    Will I have to buy a full version from microsof and will it install just like a pc would install it?

  • 22:00

    No shit, its black...

  • this guy isn't a mac fan eh?

  • @journey994

    why should he???

  • @7b0ne I was being sarcastic the guy promotes the mac as a better product every time he compares the Samsung to it. They are two separate products he should understand that.

  • @journey994

    that's because, everyone it comparing stuff with apples stuff , this is so annoying.

    and you know since apple invented "slim", everything that is slim must be compared with the air , same happened with the asus zenbook UX31 (ultrabook).

  • Meh ill stick to my Mx11 as a Mac book air 13"

    Least my shit can play games like BF3 on it, DONT SEE U DOING THAT NOW APPLE DO YOU!

  • @stevenc152 hmm? yes, i do see it... im playing battlefield 3 fine on my macbook pro. i play on high settings at 62fps at 1650by1050 resolution.

  • @ShiroKado i have a macbook pro 17'' mid 2011 is there any way to play bf3 without bootcamp (mostly becausi i will have to ply for win 7)

  • @No1Chriz yea, i hate bootcamp, i always have to exit my skype call.. u need a program called parallel desktop 7.... though i would recommend you use bootcamp. after all using this would require quite a bit of ram since macosx and windows 7 are both running at the same time. srry but mac is not a gaming platform, i just said that it has great specs.

  • @ShiroKado its just its my mams (its kinda a waste as she uses it for email) mac and i wanted to use it for games as my pc can barly run bf3 on lowest settings. :) guess ill have to buy windows 7

  • @No1Chriz i didnt buy windows xD i pirated it :)

  • WHY DO THEY SET MACS AS THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR A PC!

  • nice devices... the only weak point is: F***ing WINDOWS -.-

  • amazon cloud player < google music beta

  • I think the Samsung Galaxy line and Series 9s are much more refined, sleek and adult versions of Apple's iphones and MBAs. That's only my opinion though. I also hate that Apple tries to get you stuck in their "ecosystem" where they try to make you feel like if you buy their phone you have to buy their laptops because they're so uber compatible. But it all comes down to preference in the end and I simply prefer Windows and Android OS over Mac OS and OSX.

  • I have this exact laptop: i7 quad core makes any type of lag impossible 8gb RAM is enough for 3d modelling and intense gaming GPU allows Crysis 2 on gamer settings

    + i just love it - it's THE BEST piece of hardvare i've ever owned

    please don't dislike me if you think i only made this comment to show that i'm rich,well if you did than you're right because it's just a spam but if it's gonna be flagged as a spam NO PROBLEM because thousansds haven't read but liked it for the first part its500car

  • I just have 9 finger! What to do?

  • They're both good.Samsung and Apple.What the hell is the difference?Some people like samsung and some dont.Some people like Apple and some dont.So?

  • I hate everyone who has that laptop because I f***  want it sooo bad

  • I thought that Windows computers were aimed at the lower class. Why paying more for a windows when you can get a mac?

  • samsung is now competing with apple in EVERYTHING ! im lovin it ! ^_^

  • great title!

  • Eh... the Series 9 is okay... nice for it's size and all of that, but I find it inconvenient when computer manufacturers work really hard to emphasize portability on laptops and pay less attention to performance. The Series 9 and Macbook Air though are great for this, because they are still more than capable computers for their size, but I'd just rather pay the same amount for a 15-in Macbook (if Apple) or possibly a 15-in Asus (for Windows)... but that's just my two cents.

  • cnettv loves apple products

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  • so, the series 9 is a copy of the MacBook air; except it costs more.

  • 2011 MacBook Air all the way! Macs own

  • fucking shit, the video title says samsung series 9, but 20mins of shits craps I don't to give a fuck .... fuck you cnet!!!

  • Mollywood

  • the first item about the cloud music was stolen from ubuntu one, they thought of it first

  • Half the people who talk shit about Apple have never used one. I was a diehard Windows fan from back in the day. I never really had problems with viruses and spyware because I download smart, and I just use my pc for web surfing and listening to music, not downloading porn and warez..

    My Macbook Pro just works. It rarely crashes or gets software hiccups like my WIndows laptops do. I help out people with presentations for a living,ever tried to set up a Windows laptop to display stuff on ascreen

  • @sab0nes I still like Windows for only one thing: games. Everything else I do on Apple.

  • why is everybody hating on macbooks, seriously, its not like they get the viruses, problems, crashes, etc.

    and BTW that is why laptops are always compared to macbooks, not because they cost more or are made by Apple.

  • Did he really just say if you want to show off in a coffee shop? If we were fucking gay like you, we would just buy the mac and be pretentious assholes that don't actually need to get shit done.

  • fuck.. seriously so true.. why compare every fucking product to a macbook or an ipad? and they always end up calling it trash because they have their apple products I bet they masturbate to it as well.. fucking mac fanboys.

  • Its always a samsung that usually "dethrones" an apple product lol

  • the lg prada was made before the iphone 3 and 4. despite the design being nearly identical, the ifanboys say its not copying because the iphone has a different superior UI.

    same thing here. the samsung may look like a macbook but it is windows which is superior

  • ehhh... their reviews are fake as the same way their title.. just these idiots are assholes!

  • before we can do anything stop capping our internet!

  • @MrHockey1987 wow... i'm not even gonna bother responding to that.

  • @MrHockey1987 yo mrhocky if u hate pc then why the hell r u watching this whoever hates mrhockey vote up

  • Lg prada was made before iPhone does that mean apple copied lg? As the design is very similar

  • @NEdR8 thank you

  • y those every computter have 2 be compared 2 a mac, every tablet 2 an ipad, every smartphone 2 an iphone ect.

    PPL WAKE DA FUCK UP , APPLE ISNT BEST AT ANITHING , THE YEAR 2009 IS WAY PAS !!!!

  • Lets look at the tablet part of this now, a little over six months later. Nook Colour, e-book reader, done okay, not a true tablet, never came close to iPad. Blackberry Playbook, well RIM is going broke, but it actually may be the number 2 tablet, depends who you ask. Windows 7 tablets, not even on the market. HP Touchpad, well lets just say it went the way of the Dodo Bird. Android, Moto XOOM? Sucked, Tab 10.1, cant be sold, everything else? Not really competing. iPad is the champ... still.

  • wait $1649 for a looks alike competitor or $1299 for the king of the hill? I'm i missing something here? lol is funny how samsung copies every single thing from apple. i recall that hideaway mechanism for the ports was engineered by apple on the first gen MacBook Air (which is 3 years old)

  • @PatchowPietro thats your opinion.

  • @KyleIsKoolerThanYou pretty sure Alienware makes the best laptops.

  • @Glennoboyo l0l no

  • I'm going to wait for the samsung series 7 laptop. Its much better

  • if you want acer tablet go to 19:24

    for samsung go to 22:51

  • if you want acer tablet go to 19:24

    for samsung go to 22:51

  • I say apple is better than samsung

  • i have to admit that this sammy looks sexy, but the clickpad is a pain in the ass.

  • @bro589 I'm not able to say this for sure, but rumors are that Windows 8 fixes most of the touchpad issues with PC laptops and that functionality will most likely mirror that of Apple's touchpads... we'll see I guess. Apple's touchpads are awesome, but I could see how a massive OS overhaul like Windows 8 could fix the problem and level the playing field.

  • Samsung=Sexy

  • finally got my hands on one (samsung laptop) for a little time. it really looks cool, being sleek and thin and all. but my first impression was how friggin tiny it is. i know it says 13 inch... but that was a bit offputting

  • i don't understand this type of smorgasboard videos (that only cnet churns out?). if i wanted to waste my time waiting to watch a specific video, i'd watch tv. the point of youtube and the web is you get to that piece of information you want directly, in the soonest possible time. CNET should know this. good thing Pianospelerke clued the rest of us on when the samsung vid actually started.

  • the reason you got it, lady, is for mac os x. remember? no pc viruses, no driver issues, unix kernel? ...

  • get some braces woman.

  • oooohohohoohoohhhhh tech freaks

  • did he just say sexiest?

  • fucking mac fanboy

  • @Glennoboyo Macbook pro is the best laptop dumbs thats why!

  • lol WTF the title XD heir to the macbooks throne? geniusly thought up.

  • instead of that stupid Amazon MP3 stuff, get Spotify, pay 10 bucks a month and listen to all the music you want on your laptop, iphone, android and more.. Sounds much better

  • for Samsung 9.... does it have a CD rom

  • @speechless00 nope. 

  • y does the macbook have to set the standard for what laptops should look like.

    i mean seriously, they just compare everything to the macbook. y not just do an individual unbiased review

  • @hot1ace why? because they're stylish. besides, other companies like dell and hp have copied off of apple's designs with some of their laptops.

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  • @hot1ace true, but everyone likes to copy them.

  • @hot1ace y

  • @hot1ace It's actually pretty helpful sometimes. I know it can get annoying, but hey, if the product is similar to another laptop, I would like to know the pros and cons of each so I can make a more informed purchase. I'm sure a lot of people will ask, "So how does this compare to the air?" and they're just want to address that. It's better they do, than deny the popularity of Apple. And I don't think they were biased. Simply comparing something to Apple doesn't mean they favor Apple.

  • @hot1ace I personally think the Macbook Air is the most beautiful laptop in the world... unfortunately its from Apple and costs more than a Kidney.

  • @steevyp lol...

  • @hot1aceSamsung Series 9

  • @hot1ace Well, the Series 9 was created in response to the Macbook Air. Basically, if the Macbook Air didn't exist, the series 9 wouldn't exist. No product exists in a vacuum . I don't think it would be a good review if it wasn't compared to the pretty obvious major competition, the Macbook Air. Now a buyer can decide which one they like best.

  • @TheShufflebuff well that's the best point i've seen yet...

    : )

  • @hot1ace the same reason why every phone is compare to an iPhone even tho there are phones that BLOW them away, and tablets are compared to the iPad even tho there are some that BLOW the iPad away...its a mac world.....

  • @hot1ace because macs r always the first to design and jon Ive is one of the greatest designers of all time meaning that other companies need to copy them otherwise theirs would look shit

  • @hot1ace THIS. I agree with you. Phones are compared to the iPhone, tablets are to the iPad, and laptops are compared to the MacBook. Unnecessary!

  • @JhonnyBoyLive well, you're the first.  :)

  • @hot1ace best build quality, thinnest, fastest mostly, and a different os

  • @hot1ace Because Cnet are fanboys of Apple..if you haven't noticed. All Smartphones are compared to iPhone even if they are superior. All Tablets to the iPad and like this..all ultrabooks to Macbooks

  • @hot1ace Apple is leading in all innovations atm i have a macbook from 09 and its still faster than my sisters brand new lap top she got 2 months ago

    I am not a fanboy but i think over all Apple is pushing out good tech but for the price they could drop it a bit $2300 for a 17' laptop is ridiculous

  • @MrFlawlist i personally got nothing against Macbooks (apart from the price ;) ) but i just wish they would stop comparing everything to Apple.

    but as i've been informed, berated, Apple is the benchmark, so everything will in short be compared to it's products. which is tru in a sense, but i don't really care, coz i'dlike to see a simple individual review...

  • Who cares, the Thinkpad X1 is better than both in every way.

  • @MegaLadysman1234

    too bad it looks like shit, isn't very thin, is heavy as fuck has a terrible keyboard layout and truly unusable trackpad.

  • @lettucehead999 Looks are subjective; I think the X1 looks way better than any other overly metallic thin and light on the market. In terms of it not being thin and light enough: Lenovo's first priority is to make sure the Thinkpad remains tough as shit and retains Mil-Spec. Is the Series 9 Mil-Spec? Nope. Bang the two laptops around the X1 will survive perfectly fine while the Series 9 won't even turn on. Also every review has said the keyboard was phenomenal.

  • @MegaLadysman1234

    Okay fair play, looks are subjective indeed and the lenovo is a fuckload tougher than any of the other options, so if that's what you're looking for then sure go ahead and get the X1. As far as the keyboard goes, the keyboard keys ARE nice but what I meant was I don't like the layout at all, for example the small return key is quite annoying. but sure if you want a tough laptop the lenovo is best

  • @lettucehead999 Fair enough if you don't like the layout of the keyboard; I personally can't stand Canadian keyboard layout (the Enter key is oversized and the Shift key undersized). For me the only real negative on the X1 is the ~5 hour battery life, but I'm willing to overlook it because of the rapid charge battery. Still having trouble deciding if I want to get one though...

  • @lettucehead999 Googled it. Doesn't really look that thick to me. I do agree on the keyboard thing... fn key is such a bitch.

  • @MegaLadysman1234

    if you want the performance of the thinkpad X1 in a thin&light then get a new Vaio Z

  • @lettucehead999 And pay twice the price for the same level of performance while having NONE of the durability that comes from a MIL-SPEC product? I don't have that much money to just throw around and price-performance is a pretty big metric when it comes to buying a laptop. In other words: the Sony Vaio Z series is way overpriced. You won't be able to find a 13" laptop with the same power and durability as the X1 for the same price. Period.

  • It's made out of plastic.

  • Additionally, the Series 9 has some substantial advantages. Slightly better battery life in most reports, although this isn't agreed upon. More standard and better ports. Backlit keyboad. And most importantly: the series 9 has a matte screen. I'm sure when trying to use the MBA outdoors you'll be glad you paid $1300 for a mirror.

  • Actually you can get the B01 model of the Series 9 which has a 1.6 processor and costs 1300 dollars. I am debating whether to get the Series 9, mostly held back by reservations about WiFi and Linux.

  • sorry to sound stupid but where is the cd drive at??? if it doesnt have one wouldnt this be called a netbook and not a laptop???

  • @jizzonyou904 Netbooks, or Internet-Books, are generally only used for light productivity and web-surfing, and are characterized by their cheap prices and lack of disk drives. While many ultraportable laptops are beginning to drop embedded disk drives too, but it's mostly for energy and weight, and not value.

  • @FreedInsanity Ok....i get it now thanks lol

  • just had a random thought. Would an Apple condom be called a iCondom?

  • @25:57 when he going to open the laptop .. he bend the screen

  • I am so glad that series 9 exist , fan of the MacBook air design but hated my os . Samsung created a windows 7 version of the MacBook air :)

  • @Prostreetcrazy I actually say the win7 version of the air would be the asus ux21, its the exact same design as the air XD

  • @Prostreetcrazy Unfortunately, while the Samsung 9 was competitive with the MacBook Air when it was released, it is absolutely demolished when contrasted against the newer models. A 1.4 GHz Core i5 works in a pinch, but it cannot hold a candle to the 1.7 GHz Core i5 in the stock 13 inch, and especially the 1.8 GHz i7 upgrade.

    And since the MBA is the same price as before (i.e. cheaper than the S9), and can run Windows 7 natively, the S9 isn't a very attractive alternative anymore.

  • @FreedInsanity i know it can run windows 7 natively but it doesnt came installed it . doesnt it ? (a noob here , not familiar with macs and hated mac OS . ) But thanks for your info

  • @Prostreetcrazy It doesn't. You'd need an optical drive and a copy of Windows 7, which are 200 bucks together.  Still, all that is still 150 dollars less than the Series 9.

  • Just got this,,,its simply amazing...so powerful and so light. Battery life is great as well. Perfect for travelling.

  • @bigbad1000do7a how long exactly does the battery hold?

  • @VladT749 Im getting a good 5-6 hrs with heavy use watching movies and constant internet use.

    THe highlight is the weight however. This laptop is perfect to drop in your backpack when you are on a bike or travelling. SSD hard disk is VERY fast and computer operates just soooooo much faster than pretty much anything else. I love it :D

  • @Pianospelerke thanks a bunch

  • optimus prime . lol thumbs up if u saw

  • funny. i never knew the macbook had a 'throne'....this must be a marketing thing..

  • I'm buying this! Thats it, done with Mac, off to Windows again. :D

  • Samsung. I'd have considered your Series 9 if it didn't have so much gloss . Stop ruining your products gloss. The only thing I dislike about my Nexus S is the glossy back, it's slippy and a fingerprint magnet, aside from that it's the best phone I've ever used and I've gone through an iPhone 3GS, 4 and a Nexus One.

  • how about starcraft 2? can it play it?

  • Can't believe how laggy Android is. Looks like Google have completely ignored 'Android Issue 6914'.

  • macbook air is faster and better looking !! that samsung just looks shit to me

  • @AbsolutelyJosh I went to Apple store last Sunday and had the MacBook Air for the first time.

    Taking into consideration the specs it had compared to the best MacBook Pro, the fluid movement of MBA is so like iPad. It is really astonishing to note how a spec like that can be so fast like the bulliest

    Windows laptop ever.

  • Am I the only person who HATES the stupid looking curve on the side of the series 9?

  • Thin and light PCs like this one kind of fail in terms of design...but PCs own Macs in term of raw specs. Why can people realize that computers are all about personal choice and preference? I hate when people argue about "Mac vs PC"

  • @mrmclaren27 agreed lol, I rather find it fun in figuring out specs for pc's than macs overpriced machines anyways

  • isnt for the tech your getting, your getting a better product i mean the i5 model is $1450 on newegg.

  • LOL samsung FTW! android phone n the laptop series 9 :P

  • OR... you just love spotify that much that you have spotify premium!! sooo much better!!!!

  • Not only is that girl ugly but she knows fuck all about technology...

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  • samsung sucks

  • @boyuchuadaniel what a story mark.

  • @Pianospelerke thank you

  • Sweet resume time!

  • macbook is the best at all....

  • @thetmgchan

    You're a retarded applefan.

    But it not entirely your fault - the guy didnt do very many specs and actually got many WRONG in the release of the Samsung,

    In reality - the Samsung comes with a much arger 256 SSD that is ALSO much faster than the crappy SSD that Apple tries to sell you.

    The i5 , though low voltage, is FASTER than the mac air core duo.

    But now that your haze has been lifted, you can stop being retarded.

  • @jabberwolf

    hi, may be you are right. samsung's cpu and ram will faster than i5 but to get the best performance of the device is not only hardware but also software. only the faster cpu alone is not enough to drive pc to super fast. anyway samsung just copy the idea from apple just like keyboard light and mouse pad. i'm not apple fan and i'm a pc user recently and switch to apple. if you had never used mac then you will not know the tast of apple forever. apple is unique.

  • @thetmgchan Hi! I don't wanna sound like a douche but you said ''apple is unique'', i'll have to disagree with that. I don't have anything against Apple, but all of their products are the same and you can't really personalise your Mac can you? (Themes and all). But i get your point.

  • @AJFedora the point is that this whole comparison is fucking stupid. No one will be looking at the series 9 and go for the air and vis versa. one is sooo expensive running windows and the other is cheaper with OS X. They are 2 different products and macs are unique in the since that they are different from pc's/ You can't just 'switch' back to windows and back and forth. It takes a lot of foresight which is why these comparisons make no sense at all

  • @thetmgchan "samsung just copy the idea from apple just like keyboard light and mouse pad". Clearly an apple fanboy.

  • @Pianospelerke thank you

  • lol 9:47 "playing with strangers"

  • That bitch is annoying!

  • Hey Sharon, you israeli?

  • The best comment came from the video " Why did I buy this thing?"

    Also if you think the Samsung 9 series is slim. Check out the Asus channel and look for the Asus UX series. That's the true Mac Book Heir to the slim notebook slots.

  • macbook air is way better

  • @Miqopet Yes. And no matter how beautiful other competitors are, for as long as they use windows 7, they wont have the perfect impact.

    Pay like 800 dollars for a laptop with OS you can buy for 300?

    Why people cant see the difference and bash Apple for being the best