Well, Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone. I guess you have to wait another year to get good deals on… wait, who am I kidding? There are still some great bargains on mobile devices and accessories. Here are just a few. Samsung Series 5 13″ ultraportable notebook w/AMD A6 for $480 – […]
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Samsung Series 5 NP535 not-an-ultrabook packs AMD Trinity CPU
Samsung recently introduced a line of Series 5 ultrabook thin and light computers with Intel Ivy Bridge processors and solid state disks. But what happens if you swap out the Intel CPU for an AMD part and use a hard drive instead of a solid state disk? Apparently you can knock about $100 off the starting price, […]
Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook up for pre-order for $900 and up
The Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook is a thin and light laptop with an Intel Core i5 processor, quick boot and quick resume technology. Samsung will offer three models, with prices ranging from $900 to $1100, and it looks like the first two are already available for pre-order. Amazon and J&R are both taking pre-orders for […]
Samsung Series 5 ultrabooks coming this month for $899 and up
Samsung has introduced two new ultrabooks. They’re both thin and light laptops priced at around $1000, give or take a hundred bucks or so. But the Samsung Series 5 Ultra will come in 13 inch and 14 inch models. Both will have matte displays which sets them apart from the sea of glossy laptops on […]
Samsung pushes “ultrabook” boundaries with 14 inch Series 5 Ultrabook
So far most laptops that have worn the “ultrabook” label have had 13.3 inch or smaller displays, solid state disks, and no optical disc drives. But Intel has been promising that we’d start to see additional form factors that are still ultrabooks including convertible tablet-style devices. Now Samsung is pushing the boundaries in a different […]
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook now available in black for $350
The Acer AC700 isn’t the only Chromebook getting a price drop. Samsung has introduced a new version of the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook which is available for $350. Samsung is continuing to offer the Chromebook in white or silver for $430 and up, but the new model comes in “piano black.” Like the other models, […]
Samsung Series 5 Chromebooks drop to $399 and $449 on Amazon
Though they’ve only been available for purchase since June, Samsung has already decided to drop the price of its Series 5 Chromebooks. The Wi-Fi only version is now $30 less at Amazon.com, priced at $399. The 3G version is now only $449 — down from its original $499. Acer’s Chromebook offerings remain cheaper at $349 […]
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook tops Amazon’s best selling list
The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook is the first notebook designed to run Chrome OS. It looks like a typical thin and light laptop with a 12.1 inch display, but it boots in just 10 seconds and basically runs a single app: a web browser. While for some folks that might be the laptop’s greatest strength, […]
How to perform a factory reset on the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook
When boxing up the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook I reviewed recently I ran into a minor speed bump: I couldn’t figure out how to wipe my user data from the computer. Sure, you can just sign out of your Google account and anyone who subsequently uses the laptop won’t be able to access your data […]
Samsung Series 5 Chromebook review
It’s been nearly two years since Google introduced its vision for a new kind of operating system centered around a web browser. In November of 2009, Google unveiled Chrome OS and promised that it would eventually herald a new type of netbook with larger displays and touchpads and super-fast 7-second boot times. It’s taken more […]