CES 2017: Hands-On With The Samsung Notebook 9

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• 6358

  06 January, 2017 - 10:47 am

  <p>Thanks for dashing my hopes, Samsung.</p>
  <p>A laptop that bends? No thanks.<br />A laptop that is missing the numpad keys? Screw you.<br />A laptop that has higher resolution than Full HD? Screw you.</p>
  <p>Ugh. Why is there no manufacturer who understands that people still want 15-inch laptops with quad core at a low weight (preferably 1.5 kg-)? It’s possible, just no one understands that we want it. The numpad is absolutely necessary and there is NO reason it should be missing from a 15-inch model. There’s plenty space for it. Screens bigger than Full HD just eats battery and makes us enable display scaling, making everything look terrible for no reason.</p>

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• 5783

  06 January, 2017 - 10:58 am

  <blockquote><em><a href="#34276">In reply to </a><a href="../../users/Athena">Athena</a><a href="#34276">:</a></em></blockquote>
  <p>completely agree. And no touchscreen. I won’t buy a laptop without touch.</p>
  <p>How does one actually get real work done on a laptop without number keys? I assume other keys double up. I’m guessing that’s a nightmare working in something like Excel.</p>

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• 214

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  06 January, 2017 - 1:15 pm

  <blockquote><em><a href="#34279">In reply to </a><a href="../../users/yaddamaster">yaddamaster</a><a href="#34279">:</a></em></blockquote>
  <p>Totally mastered a 10 key adding machine back in the pre-pc days – I was a production manager and had to manually add up&nbsp;a seemingly infinite number of columns on huge spreadsheets of parts&nbsp;for schedules and such. But that was then – I’ve <em>never </em>needed or wanted&nbsp;a&nbsp;numeric keypad on any computer I’ve ever used – particularly a notebook. To me even having it on my PC keyboard wastes <em>desktop </em>space – of which I never seem to have enough.</p>
  <p>However, I agree with you on touchscreens – for me it makes this Samsung a non-starter.&nbsp;But last November my lead developer insisted we get him an XPS 13 with the full HD <em>non-touch</em> screen – he detests touch screens. Why? Beats the h _ _ _&nbsp;outta me…</p>
  <p>Point being; there is no right or wrong when it comes to personal taste. Or to use cases.</p>

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• 10124

  19 January, 2017 - 6:00 am

  <blockquote><em><a href="#34279">In reply to </a><a href="../../users/yaddamaster">yaddamaster</a><a href="#34279">:</a></em></blockquote>
  <p>Not everybody wants a numpad or a touch screen.&nbsp;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>

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• 10124

  19 January, 2017 - 5:59 am

  <blockquote><em><a href="#34276">In reply to </a><a href="../../users/Athena">Athena</a><a href="#34276">:</a></em></blockquote>
  <p>I wonder why you do not need a laptop that can do 180 or 360?&nbsp;</p>
  <p>Even macbooks don’t have numpad. People buy them like crazy.</p>
  <p>This notebook has a 1080p (full HD) screen and not a 4K one.&nbsp;</p>
  <p>I do not see any reason for not buying this notebook.</p>

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• 8057

  07 January, 2017 - 2:58 pm

  <p>Ouch. Cheap netbook-like flex detected.</p>

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• 10124

  19 January, 2017 - 6:02 am

  <blockquote><em><a href="#34446">In reply to </a><a href="../../users/drfisheye">drfisheye</a><a href="#34446">:</a></em></blockquote>
  <p>If you are worried about flex then stick to bulky thinkpads. Most of these light and thin laptops have flex in the keyboard.&nbsp;</p>

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• 10124

  19 January, 2017 - 6:03 am

  <p>Any information regarding its availability?</p>

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