Samsung X360 to MacBook Air: "Hey fatty! Why so sad? Have some ham!"

Samsung’s newest laptop, the svelte X360, is a beautiful upmanship of the MacBook Air. Although it looks slightly bulkier, the X360 looks to beat the Air in every way that counts. It’s thinner, although it paradoxically looks fatter thanks to the Air’s clever beveling. And at 1.27 kilos, it’s lighter than the Air’s black matter dense 1.36 kilos.

But when you get a laptop down that small, those extra millimeters and grams are merely for spreadsheet comparisons. Where Samsung has really nailed the X360 is with its features: a 13.3 inch screen, an Intel Centrino 2 processor, a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, 802.11a/b/g/n wireless connectivity and a 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD). But it doesn’t end there: the chassis also contains 3 USB ports, a built-in HDMI connection, an Express Card slot and VGA output. That makes the Air even more feature-paltry than it appeared before.

Spine-extracting fatality? Samsung claims the X360’s battery can last 6-10 hours on a charge.

If they can release this for a competitive price, it looks like a better thintop than the Air all around… except for the buzz killer of Windows Vista. The Air will always have the OS X edge. Now just work on the name Samsung: the X360 is not only less memorable a name than the Air, but Microsoft (XBOX 360) and Lenovo (X300) are probably going to want to have words with you.

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