Samsung Series 9 NP900X3A-A02US 13.3-Inch Laptop (Black)

I have had my Samsung Series 9 laptop for about 3 weeks now. It's thin and light, and it's cool looking. I love the fast boot up feature when open and close the laptop. The backlit keyboard is also a great feature when using it in the dark. I use it for work, mainly emails, web surfing, small size Excel spreadsheet, and occassional CAD print viewings. I find the i5 processor with 4G of memory is sufficient. The onboard solid state drive is small, so you will need a portable hard drive or use the new Cloud storage services such as Dropbox.

The negatives are the mouse pad and the lack of accessories. After 3 weeks of adjustment, I am still having a lot of trouble using the mouse pad. But the biggest complaint is the lack of accessories that are compatible with this laptop. As of today, there is no airplane power adapter that is compatible with this laptop. I tried to buy an extra power adapter from Samsung and its distributors so I have a spare when I use the laptop at home, but there is none in stock with a minimum of 9-week lead time. It uses micro HDMI output, so I am still trying to figure out a way to show my Powerpoint presentation via a projector with a VGA input. It requires a special dongle for CAT5 Ethernet connection. If you lose it, good luck in getting a replacement because it can't be found anywhere on the Internet.

Hope there will be more accessories available soon, and then I will add one extra star to the review.

**UPDATE: The accessories are now readily available to be purchased online. Thanks for the postings by other reviewers. I have updated the rating from 4 to 5 starts.**

This is a great laptop, and I really wanted it as a Windows-based replacement for my MacBook Air2, but unfortunately the Wi-Fi is horrible. You have to be almost on top of a Hotspot in order for it to get a good signal.

And I bought the fully loaded machine, i7 quad-core with 8GB RAM....it never even occurred to me that the Wi-Fi would be the limiter!

In a test at ~25ft from a hotspot (which is the closest point that I could actually still have a signal on the Samsung 9), and using Speedtest.net website/apps....

> Macbook Air2 Full bars and ~35Mbps download

> Dell 6520 Full bars and ~35Mbps download

> Old Gateway Laptop with a slide in PC Card for Wi-Fi Full bars and ~30Mbps download

> iPad 2 Full bars and ~28Mbps download

> iPhone 4 Full bars and ~25Mbps download

> Samsung 9 1 Bar and

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