Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook Pre-Released

The Samsung Series 9 NP900X4C ultrabook has been added to the website of the company's UK division, so sit back and enjoy the ride as we say what is what.

This item may just be one of the best-looking super-thin mobile PCs yet, but we'll let everyone draw their own conclusions.

So, without any more delay, we may as well list the specs of this thing, starting with the CPU.

A mid-range chip, the Core i5-3317U, is used, with a base clock of 1.7 GHz and a maximum Turbo Boost frequency of 2.6 GHz (2.4 GHz when both cores are in use).

The HM75 chipset makes it work it up, along with up to 8 GB of DDR 3 memory (clock speed of 1,600 MHz).

Meanwhile, storage space is provided by what is most likely an mSATA SSD (128GB Solid State Drive is all that the product page has to say on the matter).

Moving on, Gigabit Ethernet (via dongle), 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (with WiDi support) and Bluetooth 4.0 are present as well.

As for the rest of the I/O, Samsung tossed in an USB 2.0 port, a pair of USB 3.0 connectors, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, an SD/MMC card slot, audio jacks (headphone/microphone) and a custom port for a D-sub dongle.

All the hardware (minus the webcam and whatever else lies behind or around the display) is hidden beneath a backlit keyboard (an ambient light sensor automatically adjusts the intensity) and a nice and large multi-touch clickpad (button-less touchpad).

The only thing left is the screen: a 15-inch LCD with a native resolution of 1,600 x 900 and LED backlighting that varies in intensity depending on information received from the same light sensor that controls the keyboard lighting. The maximum is 400 nits.

Unfortunately, it hasn’t been specified how long a charge of the 62Wh 8-cell battery will last, but we suspect the duration to be at least decent. After all, the all-aluminum case makes it fairly clear that the Samsung NP900X4C will be among the more expensive of its kind and a short battery lifespan would be a serious turnoff.

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