14 DAY TRIAL // At the end of last week, Samsung announced two new 11.6-inch Series 9 laptops and one of these is already available for pre-order form a North American retailer, which listed it at a rather low $999 price point.
The notebook features Samsung's new stylish design and is, for now, available only in black, but other colorways are expected to arrive once the laptop will start shipping.
Under the hood, the Series 9 model listed, which carries the product number NP900X1B-A02US, is powered by a second-generation Intel Core ultra-low voltage processor.
This goes by the name of Core i3-2357M and it features dual processing cores clocked at 1.3GHz with support for Intel's Hyper-Threading technology, 3MB of Level 3 cache and a built-in Intel HD Graphics 3000 GPU.
The Sandy Bridge processor is seconded by 2GB of DDR3 system memory and by a 64GB mSATA solid state drive with Windows 7 Home Premium pre-installed.
All these are tucked away under a backlit chiclet style keyboard and the whole notebook, including the non-removable 4-cell Lithium-Ion battery pack, weight in a rather low 2.34 pounds.
As far as connectivity options are concerned, the Samsung Series 9 model listed online includes the usual 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, and Gigabit Ethernet options as well as a micro-HDMI video output.
The rest of the features list sports a USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports, a 1.3MP webcam, a microSD memory card slot and a pair of 1.5W integrated stereo speakers. The 11.6-inch display has a matte finish and supports a resolution of 1366x768 pixels.
Samsung's Series 9 11.6-inch notebook model is available for pre-order from J&R with a price tag of $999, which actually makes it $50 cheaper than Samsung's MSRP. A shipping date wasn't provided by the retailer. (via Notebook News)
