SAMSUNG SERIES 5 ULTRABOOK (14-INCH)Price: Rs 56,390
Specs: 14-inch SuperBright 300nit HD LED display; Intel Core i5; 6 GB RAM; 1TB S-ATA II; AMD Radeon HD7550M graphics; 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN; memory card reader, 3 USB; 1.84 kg weight.
A bit late off the block, but Samsung has finally brought its Series 5 Ultrabooks to India. Though we are not sure it would be right to call the Series 5-at least the way it has been launched in India-an Ultrabook, it doesn't fare badly in comparison.
The Series 5 does look a bit like the Ultrabooks, 'a bit' being the operative part. For it is not as thin or as light as the Ultrabooks we tried out recently. The two key factors that set the 14-inch version we tested apart is the absence of SSD and the presence of an optical drive. But these become positive factors, as the former gives you a stupendous 1TB storage and the latter the added convenience of a DVD drive. Running the second generation Core i5 processor with 6 GB DDR3 system memory, this laptop can also do much more heavy duty work than you would expect from an Ultrabook. With the 14-inch SuperBright HD LED display hardly having any reflection, this will turn out to be good for multi-media uses too-the sound too is above average. The battery despite all the heavy duty innards can give about five hours of juice on a full charge.
While you have a full keyboard with hardly any effort to save space here, the trackpad panel below is also spacious to accommodate most wrists.
This laptop also comes with almost all connectivity options including two USB 3.0 ports and a 4-in-1 card reader. We just hope Samsung sells it as a heavy duty ultra sleek laptop instead of a stocky Ultrabook.
BAG IT OR JUNK IT? Fully loaded and sleek, but fatter than a regular Ultrabook.
Courtesy: Gadgets and Gizmos
