Samsung's Notebook 9 laptops take 'thin-and-light' to a beautiful extreme

Before Intel coined the term "ultrabook" to describe thin, light, and yet powerful mobile PCs, the category was generally defined by the spliced adjective of "thin-and-light." That came to mind today as I encountered Samsung's Notebook 9 laptops for the first time. Much like LG's Gram lineup, these new Windows laptops from Samsung are all about shaving off the last millimeter of thickness and last possible milligram of weight. The 13.3-inch variant weighs just 0.84kg / 1.85lbs while the 15-inch Notebook 9 rises to 1.29kg / 2.84lbs. If those numbers aren't doing a good enough job of conveying exactly how light these machines are, just take a piece of thick cardboard, fold it in half and you'll have a pretty realistic home model.

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