Asus zenbook ux303 allen ngo, 09082015 touchscreen gaming haswell laptop windows. Looking to buy a new ultrabook for business school. Macbook pro is now challenged by samsung ativ book 9 pro. The ativ book 9 plus delivers bright images with deep, saturated colors and wide viewing angles. If youre ready for an upgrade or to switch over from the chrome os or macos. This is an extremely slim laptop that weighs 3 lbs. Samsung enters 2in1 fray with ativ book 9 spin laptop mag. The good the samsung ativ book 9 is still one of the smallest and bestbuilt windows 8 ultrabooks around, and has a crisp 1080p display. The bad it lacks a touch screen, and battery life is.
If i am correct, that is the same processor in the ativ book 9 plus core i5 ulv. The samsung ativ book 9 pro is a premium desktopreplacement laptop with stellar build quality, a sharp 4k touch display, and fast hardware. Dell xps 9300, 2020 model what to expect, vs xps 7390. Were especially excited about the new dell xps 2020 and the samsung galaxy chromebook. The system gets the best battery life to date from a windows system running a. Tested with several apps and toshiba kirabook is more responsive than ativ book. For years now, the dell xps has been my personal ultrabook of. Its been 1 months, i can not be more than satsfied with this product. Just a smidge over 3 pounds the dell xps isnt as portable as some of the slimmer competing options, such as the 0. The samsung ativ book 9 plus, not to be confused with the much lower specd and priced ativ book 9 lite, weighs 3 lbs.
The notebook 9 pro is designed with durability in mind, featuring a premium aluminum chassis that protects against wear and tear and looks good doing it. This is samsungs budget alternative to their high end series 9 ativ book 9 and 9 plus. The good samsung fits a good number of ports into its very slim 12inch ativ book 9. This is a beast with such a thin body, such high res for. The samsung ativ book 9 lite, announced at the same time as the ativ book 9 plus, is a midrange version of the companys flagship laptop. Now, though, we have the ativ book 9 plus, the first truly flagshiplevel ultrabook samsung has released since windows 8 came out. Lisa gade compares the asus zenbook ux301 and the samsung ativ book 9 plus.
Samsung ativ book 9 plus vs apple macbook pro vs dell xps. The convertible notebook had a sleeker modern design, a larger. Ive told you a couple of things about the samsung ativ book 9 plus in a previous article and in this one were going to see how the book 9 plus stands when compared to some of its most known rivals. But, if you must have a current broadwell chip, the 2015 dell xps offers a nontouch matte 1080p option in a pretty slick design. I own a 2018 dell xps developer edition, and setting up this latest model which dell has numbered the xps 9300its nearly. Now, samsung, a company known more for its smartphones than laptops, appears to have released a macbook pro killer with the ativ book 9 pro. At first glance, samsungs new ativ book 9 plus also seems to lack such a unique trait. Our ranking system will choose the best laptop for you. Discussion in samsung started by droyder, jan 5, 2016. Ive considered buying an x1 carbon or xps , but their matte options made by lgd or sharp arent as. Samsung ativ book 9 plus vs sony vaio pro, macbook air. Enhanced multimedia experience equipped with the latest gtx950 graphics card and dynamic quadspeaker system for a premium multimedia experience, your videos, photos, and games are brought. The core m processor is roughly close to the ulv core i5.
Macbook air vs samsung ativ book 9 vs surface pro 3. But samsung told us that they believe some frugal buyers want the ativ book 9. Compare dell xps 15 vs samsung ativ book 9 compare. The new ativ book 9 2015 was the answer to apples macbook before it was even announced months later.
The ativ book 9 pro is a 15inch macbook pro competitor with a powerful processor, discrete nvidia geforce graphics and a gorgeous 15. The ativ book 9 plus laptop has a sturdy, slim design, ultrahighres touch screen, and really good battery life. Lisa gade compares the samsung notebook 9 and dell xps ultrabook laptops. As far as i know samsung uses a pentile 1800p display on their ativ book models. The result is a notebook thats among the best laptops of 2020. A haswellbased core i54200u alongside 4 gb of working memory and a 128 gb ssd corresponds to the typical equipment of a current midrange ultrabook. Its a reasonably nicelooking variation on the samsung ativ book 9 formerly the series 9. But if you really want the backlit keys and battery life, you can go for the xps. The ativ book 9 2015 is already available to purchase, and we managed to get our hands on one. Compare the dell xps 15 and the samsung ativ book 9 side by side. The samsung ativ book 9 is a compact laptop with a stunning display and good overall performance, but it suffers from short battery life. The dell xps 2020 ditches all the bezels, gets even smaller and more powerful.
Will mostly be used for work processing, web surfing, excel etc. Since the company has lower end models like the formerly series ativ book 3, ativ book 5 and ativ book 7, we were surprised. Compare dell xps vs samsung notebook 9 pro np940x3m. You can get a dell xps with a 3200x1800p ips igzo touchscreen, either from the microsoft store or directly from dell. Dells xps 2in1 is a little dated at this point, while the samsung notebook 9 pen beneifts from its newer, more powerful components. Compared to other ultrabooks such as the dell xps , the macbook pro is very expensive.
The processor doesnt seem as powerful as the 3635qms in the 770z5e or the later ativ 8 according to cpu boss. Samsung notebook 9 pen vs dell xps 2in1 digital trends. I posted earlier that i had ordered the crucial m550 ssd as upgrade, however, i changed my order to the transcend when i saw the mts800 released a few weeks ago due to power drain concerns regarding the crucial drive. Dell xps vs samsung notebook 9 pro np940x3mk02hk laptop core i7 7th gen8 gb256 gb ssdwindows 10 comparison on basis of storage. The only thing the xps has going for it here is the hard gorilla glass display surface. The ativ book 9 s razorthin profile, minimal heft, and bright display make it more portable than some inch ultrabooks, yet it still provides. Samsung ativ book 9 plus and ativ book 9 lite handson. This is a samsung pls panel with viewing angles and display characteristics that are similar to ips. Running the furmark stress test we managed to get the power draw for the ativ book 9 up to 33.
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