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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Samsung Ultrabook NP530U3B Review (Girl's Lingo, Guys!)

So, I wanted to review my new Ultrabook. 
I don't know if anyone recalls but I had an Asus, and it died on me right around Christmas time. We wanted to wait to get a new laptop because we were in a Wedding Planning mode and we were researching which one we would like to get and what would be better for us, for me, etc. 
We were looking at many different options. Well, we sort of gave up looking for a while because I wanted something that will last and something that was versatile, and something that was not so heavy, I had a lot of things on my mind I wanted 

First::: Graphics
Second::: Storage. 
Third: Speed
Fourth: Weight
Fifth: Quality
and Last: Price/Affordibility

Well, Lets not put it all in exact order. These are just what I wanted. 
Like I said, not in this order. Husband is an egghead, which helped me a lot, and he has some of his own specs too.
So let's look at what I got! (Thank you Husband!) 
Samsung Ultra Book NP530U3B

Graphics, Screen:: 

Amazing. What can I say? I will be able to play ESO when it comes out (Get ready, I want to start my own little guild. I have some followers for that!) 
And I wanted to upload my pictures, blog and do things that well, in layman's terms, I want it to look pretty! This delivers. Intel HD 4000 Graphics. (pretty high tech for a little mini laptop)
The 13.3 inch screen is Ultra Thin. About think of an iPod Touch First Generation... And go a tad bit thinner. some people say bigger is better. Well, I too like big. But think, the bigger the heavier, too. This I can tote in my Coach or Gucci bags and I am off. The graphics resolution for the screen is fabulous, and flawless in my humble opinion. Indeed I am happy with it.

Multi-Media
The HD audio is good. It can get pretty loud, and I have been playing music, which sounds good. I love my music. The speakers are above the keyboard, and I like that position because there are laptops where the speakers are where the USB jacks are and I am not sure I like them there. Speakers are 2x2 Watts, so 4 watts, not bad for a little 13.3 inch Ultrabook.
Webcam is 1.3 megapixels but,HD. I have tried it on Skype and it was actually a good vision. The Husband was in one room with the ultrabook and I was on my iPhone, clear vision, good microphone, everything worked and picture was great.   Microphone is a Mic "Noise Suppression Sound Alive" and it works really nicely.


Storage:
 
I am happy with the 500 Gigs of storage. If I need more I can pop in an External hard drive to store more things, but 500 is ample for me, with the (Express Cache 24GB) I have no idea what Express Cache means. It is just sounding really cool to me. 
 (Husband don't laugh. I am trying to sound cool now)

Speed and Weight

Everything is fast on this little Notebook. Fast internet. Fast to pull up my Docs, uploading is fast, downloading is fast. Downloading iTunes (64 bit with Windows, don't download the 34 bit, you will not be able to open the set up) it took me 2 minutes to download and set up. Really. That is really fast, ladies. 
 The weight on mine because I have HDD is 3.35 pounds (that is 1.519 kg for all my non-American readers) And really, that is light. 

Battery life 

This was an issue I forgot to list in my above list. My Asus eventually gave out on my and before it did eventually the battery died on me. We later found out that is was a huge complaint for that particular model and make, and so we were a little frustrated with it from time to time. This has a battery life of 5 hours when you are running just the laptop and playing music from time to time. Three and a half hours if you have other things attached that sucks battery life. I had a cooler under it to see how long it would later with it and 3 and a half hours with the cooler. I have my iPhone plugged into it right now for charging and it charges a littler slower but, I have 75% battery remaining and it seems to be about a and .5 hour battery life. Not bad either. 

There are jacks on the left: HDMI, USB 3.0 External Hard Drive, Ethernet, the DC outlet, ear phones and a phone jack or for your camera. The right has two 2.0 External hard drive USB, and a card slot. The bigger Ultrabooks vary and have DVD drives. This one does not. No matter, I can use a jump drive to watch movies or an external hard drive. For traveling I can use my 500 Gig storage. and this is not meant to just sit on a desk either. 

This is a sleek, high tech, great quality and affordable laptop. Did I mention the keyboard is really a nice one ans really smooth finish to it. I will be getting a protector for it, as I tend to use it a lot but that is my preference. There is also options to turn off the palm reader. So, while you are typing and the cursor acts a little crazy, it might be due to the pad. So you can make it less sensitive. I like that. 
I will be converting it to English also, which is easy to do. That part is also a no big whoop. 

Extras:: I bought a coolant that is USB powered, so I can use it in the bed or on my lap. My (new pink)wireless mouse is a Microsoft and works really well with the new Ultrabook.  
 The conclusion is that you are getting your money's worth, you are getting a really great laptop. Well, guys, there you have it. My two cents. 



 

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