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    unibody Series 5 ultrabook in 13" w/o GPU or optical and 14" with GPU % optical

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by REMF, Dec 13, 2011.

  1. REMF

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    REMF, Dec 13, 2011
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    ................ can this really be of no interest?
     
    REMF, Dec 15, 2011
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    Well, last time Samsung announced a product (the 7 series and the 14" version in particular) it took them many months to get it out to market. So I am not gonna be interested in any Sammy until it is shipping.

    The 14" Chronos was supposed to be available on Oct 2nd. I had been waiting since then. It only started shipping a few days ago (purportedly; I have not really heard of anyone having gotten it as of yet).

    I'll take any Samsung release announcement with a grain of salt from now on.
     
    aptalca, Dec 15, 2011
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  4. REMF

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    it makes me cry that no-one can get their head around the idea of a slim-line laptop with a GPU but without an optical drive.

    the 13" was looking so promising, and then samsung blew-it just like the rest.
     
    REMF, Dec 15, 2011
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    Intel has defined what the Ultrabook is and gives financial incentives to follow those, hence why no 3rd party GPU.
     
    jnjroach, Dec 15, 2011
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    Yeah it's really dumb. I remember when the netbook specs were defined by Microsoft. If they didn't follow, they couldn't put XP on them. And at the time, there was no way Vista would run on an atom so they had to comply with the stupid restrictions. End result was a bunch of netbooks with all the same specs.
     
    aptalca, Dec 15, 2011
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    don't call it an ultrabook then.
     
    REMF, Dec 16, 2011
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    Did you miss the 'financial incentives' part?
     
    Sadiki, Dec 16, 2011
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    That is all fine and good to call it something else, but then you lose out on all of Intel's marketing effort. Other issues the OEMs need to deal with is battery life and heat, GPUs tend to be harsh on both.

    I believe we will see some really cool Ultrabooks (with surprises) next fall in conjunction with Windows 8...
     
    jnjroach, Dec 16, 2011
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