Review of Samsung ATIV Book 9 2014 Edition

Generally, Samsung ATIV Book 9 2014 Edition has a rare big-screen ultrabook and a premium price. 


Advantages of  Samsung ATIV Book 9 2014 Edition:
1.It is an attractive aluminum-clad 15.6-inch laptop made for mobility with a body that's less than 4.5 pounds, barely more than 0.5 inch thick, and all-day battery life. Its backlit keyboard and large touchpad are generally excellent as is its 1080p-resolution LCD.

2. Samsung's Ativ Book 9 (2014 Edition) certainly looks and feels the part of a premium ultrabook.

3.And that's really the story here with the Book 9 2014 Edition: It's a perfect laptop if you're after more screen space without entirely giving up the thin-and-light body of smaller ultrabooks.  

4.A big-screen ultrabook with a long, long Samsung battery life, the Samsung Ativ Book 9 2014 Edition delivers a high-end laptop experience

Disadvantages of  Samsung ATIV Book 9 2014 Edition: :
Given its more than $1,550 price, you may be disappointed by its lack of discrete graphics and smallish 128GB solid-state drive for storage.

The Samsung  Ativ Book 9 doesn't blend in with the sea of silver Windows ultrabooks that are available, but the gray-black aluminum doesn't scream, "Look at me!", either. The laptop alone weighs only 4.4 pounds (2 kg) and measures 14.7 inches wide by 9.8 inches deep by 0.6 inch thick (37.3 by 24.9 by 1.5 cm).
The gentle curves at the back have just enough room for its full-size HDMI and three USB ports (one USB 2.0 and two USB 3.0) as well as a headphone/mic jack, security slot, and small inputs for Ethernet and VGA out that require dongles to use (the former is included, the latter will set you back $40). An SD card slot is behind a spring-loaded door on just under the curve on the right side. 

 The backlit keyboard of Samsung ATIV Book 9 is nice, too. The larger body gave Samsung laptop room for a spacious keyboard with no awkwardly sized keys and each has a curved key cap, which Samsung says cushions finger tips. Typing does feel soft without being mushy and there's a fair amount of travel despite the shallow body.


The touchpad is large and generally responsive, though occasionally it seemed to pause while scrolling or dragging a finger across it. The surface does have a bit too much drag for my liking, which could have contributed to this. However, I didn't experience any cursor jumping and it ignored dragged palms.