Samsung Series 9 900X5L

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 7 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

4
Average:

2
Bad:

0

8.0

User Score

Based on 150 reviews
as rated by users

Pros:

Outstanding battery life
Solid overall performance
Very attractive price

Cons:

No touch screen
No backlit keyboard

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Last revision on December 23, 2018

Reviewers Liked

Outstanding battery life
Solid overall performance
Very attractive price
Comfortable keyboard

Reviewers Didn't Like

No touch screen
No backlit keyboard
The design is bland
No full-sized SD slot
1080p resolution will be disappointing to some

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Expert reviews and ratings

A 15-inch laptop with many of the benefits of an ultraportable, the Samsung Notebook 9 is a chameleonic computer capable of being almost anything you...

By PC Mag on September 15, 2016

More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the...

By The Verge on May 13, 2016

Despite not decisively beating the competition in any one area, the Samsung Notebook 9 comes close across the board, making it a safe, if not exactly exciting choice for a slim 15-inch...

By CNET Australia on May 04, 2016

Despite not decisively beating the competition in any one area, the Samsung Notebook 9 comes close across the board, making it a safe, if not exactly exciting choice for a slim 15-inch...

By CNET UK on May 03, 2016

Despite not decisively beating the competition in any one area, the Samsung Notebook 9 comes close across the board, making it a safe, if not exactly exciting choice for a slim 15-inch...

By cnet on May 03, 2016

Power and portability both come at a price, and how you balance it matters. The $1,700 Dell XPS 15 and the $1,500 Asus Zenbook UX501 both beat out the Samsung Notebook 9 15-inch in benchmarks, but were considerably more expensive (as-tested) than the...

By Digital Trends on April 22, 2016

Samsung's 15-inch Notebook 9 isn't flashy -- it doesn't have a detachable design or a 4K screen -- but it gets all the important stuff right, making it one of the best laptops we've tested recently. Highlights include decent battery life, fast...

By Engadget on April 20, 2016

Yet if I had to buy a laptop tomorrow — and I'm in the market for a new laptop — I would seriously consider the Notebook 9, despite the frustratingly feeble battery. I'm willing to suffer the indignity of dragging a power cable around more often than...

By Gizmodo on June 23, 2016

If Windows 10 is going to win legions of people over as more than the operating system that you have on your work computer, it needs gear like Samsungs new Notebook 9. Its not the most-powerful Windows laptop, or the prettiest. Its just a valiant...

By Gizmodo on June 17, 2016

After opening up the Notebook 9 , a new Windows 10 laptop from Samsung, we instantly feel empowered to be productive. The keyboard is perfect -- it's big and the keys don't feel flimsy -- and the touchpad works great right off the bat (unlike many...

By CRN on May 27, 2016

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