Opponents of MacBook Air from Samsung cost 1,650 USD

Samsung Series 9, 13.3-inch screen size like Apple's laptop but slimmer and lighter, started selling today. In addition, the Korean electronics company also introduced an 11.1-inch laptop version.

The Series 9 has a glossy aluminum housing, weighing 1.31 kg and a thinness of 16.3 mm (while the MacBook Air is 1.32 kg and 17 mm). Products are equipped with Sandy Bridge Core i5-2537M 1.4 GHz chip, HD brightness of 400 nit LED, 4 GB RAM and 128 GB SSD drive. The product lacks an optical drive but integrates USB 3.0, HDMI, LAN ports, Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity and Wi-Fi.

The Series 9 has a 6.5-hour battery life, Windows 7 Home Premium operating system and costs US $ 1,650 while the Windows 7 Professional version is US $ 1,700.

Samsung Series 9 has started to be sold in the US.

Similarly MacBook Air has 11.6-inch version, Samsung is also preparing to introduce the 11.1-inch Series also only weighs about 1 kg in mid-April with Core i3-380UM chip, 2 GB RAM, SSD 64 GB and expected price of 1,150 USD.

The Series 9 was praised for its sleek, luxurious design and worthy of being a competitor to the MacBook Air, but it was also commented that the price was too high to make consumers less complain about the price of Apple products (MacBook Air 13.3 inches is $ 1,300 and the 11.6-inch model is $ 1,000.