NP900X5L and NP900X5 real weight?

If Anybody has any of these two, can someone confirm the real weight? I see different specs around, particularly for the 15". Samsungs page says 2.9lbs.

Any feedback on these models? It looks like they are only sold in Europe.

 

These notebooks are not officially sold in Europe - Samsung pulled out of the European notebook market over 2 years ago.

In my experience Samsung are usually quite accurate with their weights unlike some manufacturers who quote "starting weight" which appear to be for a very basic configuration. This very informative review quotes Samsung's weight but it might not have been checked. However, the basic design (soldered RAM and WiFi, no touchscreen, relatively small battery) all help to reduce the weight.

Are you getting confused by different models all starting with NP900X5? The last letter in the model number is significant. "L" is the Skylake (2016) generation.

John

 

Thanks John, I had a type in the title I mean the np900x3l

I am interesting in the 15" but also the gram 15", although I am concerned that the Gram screen sways too much when you type, I have seen that in a video. I am keeping an eye to get a used one but not many in the used market yet. The samsung seems more solid than the gram. I am only concerned about warranty, I don't think samsung europe will service this so if anything happens I will have to ship it to the US.

 

Any warranty service for these notebooks in Europe would be difficult/slow because of the lack of any local stock of spare parts. Are they sold with an international warranty?

The concept of a lightweight large screen notebook appeals to me but I know from experience that my fingers refuse to adjust to the US keyboard layout. I am therefore using a Dell Precision 5510 which, while heavy compared to the NP900X5L, is light compared to many 15.6" notebooks (it can also take up to 32GB RAM - the NP900X3L's 8GB would be a constraint). If I want to travel light then I still have my NP900X3B - the 4GB RAM limits its potential for demanding work but it now has a 512GB SSD).

John

 

I have to check about the international warranty, but I highly doubt it when the unit is not sold on the local market usually you are SOL. I travel a lot so I need a lightweight laptop. Right now I have a toshiba z935, incredibly light and powerful (i7,10gb ram, 512gb samsung ssd) but the screen is horrible and the keyboard is not the best, and I am really tired of working on the 13.3 screen! Now that there are reasonably light 14 and 15 I am ready for more screen estate.

 

Perhaps the warranty / service worry is over-stated. Samsung's hardware is usually well-built. There have been bigger headaches with the software but the era of bricking problems due to UEFI is also now in the past. My three newest Samsung notebooks must now be about 12 years old between them and the only problem is that the NP900X3B's battery needed to be replaced within the first year. Two years ago I was waiting for the UK version of the NP930X5J to arrive when Samsung suddenly decided to stop selling notebooks in Europe. As noted above, I have discovered that my old fingers don't want to adjust to the US keyboard layout so an import from the US is not an option for me.

You might also want to look at the 14" size. The Thinkpad X1 Carbon or the Dell Latitude E7470 come to mind.

John