Laptop
Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook
While some laptop makers are content to simply conform to the
Ultrabook spec, Samsung took Intel’s ideas and ran with them.
The Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook is a thin, lightweight powerhouse
that’s about as stylish and feature-rich as an ultraportable can be.
Chiseled from solid aluminum, the Series 9’s flat charcoal hue
is highlighted with bright silver borders. Inside is a comfortable
chiclet-style backlit keyboard with dedicated function keys for
screen and keyboard brightness, video output, speaker, fan and
Wi-Fi. There’s also a key to bring up Samsung’s Easy Settings
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screen, which puts eight major control panels and other system
functions in a single place. We salute Samsung for taking the lead
to add value and simplify Windows.
Easy Settings also provides several Samsung-only functions,
including Fast Boot mode, which in our tests reduced cold boot
time from an already amazing 11.2 seconds to 10 seconds flat.
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