MacBook Air gets competitive: $ 1649 Samsung Series 9 debuts tomorrow, 11 ... -CNET

Samsung Series 9: call it the Windows air.

If we have a laptop that heads more than any other this year CES 2011 turned can remember, it may be the Samsung Series 9. Thin, curved, and very reminiscent of a Windows version of the MacBook Air, the series 9 Finally a Release date--is given and that date is tomorrow.

Now, here's the not-so-great news: the price is $ 1,649. We knew that the series 9 was that expensive back when we first discussed the notebook during CES, but we put out a little hope that the well designed 13-incher might get more aggressively priced. $ 1,699 makes Apple's MacBook Air seems like a bargain.

The specs are impressive: Windows 7 Home Premium, second generation Intel Core i5-2537M CPU, 128 GB SSD, 4 GB DDR3 RAM, 1, 366 x 768-pixel resolution display, and a weight of 2.89 pounds. The $ 1599 13-inch MacBook Air has double the SSD storage, a higher resolution display, and an almost identical weight, but half the RAM and an older CPU.

Meanwhile, an 11-inch Series 9 is on its way for April. Specs are, not surprisingly, akin to those on the 11-inch MacBook Air: a 64 GB SSD, Core i3-380UM CPU, 2 GB DDR3 RAM, 1366 x 768 resolution display and a price TBD.

It Is worth premium price? We'll let you know when we--that will hopefully soon be reviewed.

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