14 Oct 08 Samsung X360 Released in the US

When Samsung announced the X360, a lot of people were jealous. In the X360, you have a 2.8-pound laptop with a 13.3-inch display, 1.2 inches at its thickest. However, Samsung has never been too keen on entering the US market. But now, with Samsung’s entry into the US laptop market, there’s no reason to be jealous anymore.

Samsung is offering two fixed configurations of the X360: the $1,899 version has a 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U9300 processor and a 120GB hard drive, while the $2,499 version bumps it up to a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U9400 processor and a 128GB solid-state drive. Both models include integrated Intel X4500 graphics, 4GB of 1,066MHz RAM, and an LED-backlit WXGA display.

Like the MacBook Air, the X360 lacks a built-in optical drive. But unlike the Air, the X360 is stocked with connections. In addition to 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth, the X360 includes an Ethernet port plus an ExpressCard slot, three USB 2.0 ports, VGA- and HDMI-out, headphone and microphone jacks, a seven-in-one memory card reader, and a connector for a docking station.

Even with all that, it’s still amazingly thin and lightweight. If the X360’s six-cell battery provides the 10 hours of battery life that Samsung claims, it’ll be a winner for frequent-flyers who like to travel light.

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