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Samsung X360 - The Black Panther - Construction and Design continued

Wednesday, 03 June 2009 13:17 the_dare_devil

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Article Index
Samsung X360 - The Black Panther
Konfiguration
Package contents
Construction and Design
Construction and Design continued
Benchmark
Benchmark continued
Conclusion
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The right side

At the right side we have the aforementioned HDMI port. From the right of this a VGA port and at the left 2 x USB along with the media card slot.

The left side

At the far left we have the RJ45 port. Heading right, we encounter a vent, then 1 x USB, the expansionary slot and lastly the 2 x 3.5 mm audio jacks.

Inputs/outputs

Hinges

The hinges are, like much the rest of the notebook, cast in magnesium. As such they are quite strong and seem very durable.

Diodes

As mentioned earlier a small group of status diodes are located at the front. These indicate Power, HD-LED and AC.

Right above the keyboard at the left side are a further three diodes. These indicate the status of capslock, numlock and scrolllock.

Buttons

The power button is located just above the keyboard at the right side. It is easily accessible and has a comfortable blue diode.

Keyboard

The keyboard is very exquisite. It reacts as it should and the keys are nice and soft. It s reminiscent of Sony in terms of design, and even feels like it to a certain extent. Absolutely a top of the line keyboard, almost in the same category as the legendary IBM Thinkpad keyboards.

Touchpad

The touchpad works as it should. It is a bit too slippery for my taste, making the cursor run wild. In addition it is rather small, especially when you consider the right side is used for scrolling. All in all, a (below) average touchpad.

Noise & Heat

The machine does not make much noise, and nor does it get too hot. The cooling system seems to have been optimized rather well, though that in itself is not a hard task since the notebook is built on components with very low power consumption.

Display

The display is of the LED-type and the picture is just incredible. The only other machine I have seen with a picture of this quality is the MacBook Air. I would say the X360 and MacBook Air are dead even here. The X360 seems brighter, but the coating is so shiny that glare is a bigger problem here than on the MacBook Air. All in all though, the display can only be described as very impressive.

Webcam

The machine has a built-in webcam as well, a standard 1.3 megapixel kind. In other words, it is completely normal. It works like it should but it is by no means unique.