14 DAY TRIAL // As Windows 8’s launch is getting closer and closer, many computer manufacturers are building and announcing new touch-enabled systems that would make use of the famous Metro UI that will come with Microsoft’s operating system. Samsung is now joining them by announcing the new Series 5 ULTRA laptops with touchscreen interface.
The new notebooks from Samsung feature 13.3” 10-point multi touch displays that sport a rather mediocre 1366 by 768 pixel resolution. We believe that if 10” tablets feature a FullHD resolution, so should notebooks with bigger screens like the Series 5 ULTRA we’re talking about.
Intel’s Ivy Bridge-based Core i5-3317U and Core i3-3218U processors are powering the two models announced, and they both come with 4 GB of RAM and a hybrid storage solution system that has a 500 GB HDD and 24 GB of NAND storage with ExpresCache technology.
Pricing is slated at $850 (€675) for the Core i5 model and $800 (€636) for the Core i3 notebook, with availability planned for late October 2012.
