The five most beautiful laptops

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

The five most beautiful laptops

Craig Simms

5 of 6 Credit: Samsung

Samsung Series 9 (NP900X3A)

Samsung's Series 9 is a gorgeously thin piece of equipment, which would be great for any traveller looking for something light, thin and portable. If the MacBook Air is out of the question due to OS X, this may be your next port of call — just be prepared to pay a bit more.

AU$2499
Rating: 8.0/10

The Good: Impressively light • Backlit keyboard • Large touch pad • Good battery life • SSD is reasonably fast • Bundled software is unobtrusive.

The Bad: Multi-touch touch pad still dismays • Terrible speakers • Doesn't support 5GHz 802.11n • Gigabit Ethernet limited to USB 2.0 speeds • Micro HDMI to HDMI converter not included • microSD port isn't as useful as SD • Pricey.

Nov 24, 2011