Samsung Series 7 (15-inch)
The good: The Samsung Series 7 laptop offers a slim screen bezel, a smooth and attractive steel framework, and a lot of digesting power and features, along with an extremely impressive battery life and a crisp backlit keyboard. Dedicated AMD graphics also come incorporated.
The poor: While the big multi touch click on pad is actually the same size as a MacBook Pro’s, it isn’t as receptive. This particular pricey laptop computer also lacks Blu-ray and a 1080p screen.
The bottom line: Samsung’s Series 7 Chronos 700Z5A-S03 is the nearest Windows equal to a MacBook Professional in terms of specifications, energy, and design and even almost matches on life of the battery, but it is $500 less expensive than a good entry-level Apple 15-incher.
First came the Series 9, then the Series 3; Samsung, an increasingly remarkable manufacturer of laptops, offers selected to make 2011 the year to debut a variety of notebooks delineated through series numbers. The Series 7 collection falls between the high-end Ultrabook-style Series 9 and budget-targeted Series 3, and includes each a 15-inch laptop computer and a Windows slate. The $1,299, 15-inch Series 7 Chronos NP700Z5A-S03 resembles, in conditions of price and specs, a Windows edition of the 15-inch MacBook Pro.