Samsung Series 9 Success / Ultrabooks

[thewump]

Hey guys.

I'm planning on buying an X3C in a few days and I was wondering if anyone of you is experiencing wireless problems such as packet drops and regular disconnections.

Thanks in advance.

I've had no wireless issues like that. I also don't have an issue after suspend, but boot from hibernate is so fast that I do that instead of suspend.

(X4C)

K

[Aksoy]

Well, disconnections and some problems occurring after suspension or hibernation are in a way acceptable since these kinds of problems are pretty common in computers running Linux (unfortunately). Especially the hybrid systems are real pain in the back when it comes to suspension and hibernation. But one or two users who own X3C have mentioned that they have come across disconnections and packet drops while they were using the computer. This is a real problem for me since it would become an issue if the connection dropped while downloading some files and so on. You can see my and Mr arune's posts in this forum where he explains the occurrences of these issues. As I also mentioned in that forum, there are users owning the same piece of hardware without having any complaints about the wireless performance so I'm confused. Also I was wondering if the version you own (I believe is X4D and X4C) could be the reason why you don't have such issues but I believe even though I'm not sure they have the same wireless cards. I could however get another computer such as Asus Zenbook but the Samsung is incredibly nice and I believe there are more problems with Asus Zenbook in terms of Linux compatibility and since I'm a Linux-only user, this becomes a real problem for me.

[thewump]

Well, disconnections and some problems occurring after suspension or hibernation are in a way acceptable since these kinds of problems are pretty common in computers running Linux (unfortunately). Especially the hybrid systems are real pain in the back when it comes to suspension and hibernation. But one or two users who own X3C have mentioned that they have come across disconnections and packet drops while they were using the computer. This is a real problem for me since it would become an issue if the connection dropped while downloading some files and so on. You can see my and Mr arune's posts in this forum where he explains the occurrences of these issues. As I also mentioned in that forum, there are users owning the same piece of hardware without having any complaints about the wireless performance so I'm confused. Also I was wondering if the version you own (I believe is X4D) could be the reason why you don't have such issues but I believe even though I'm not sure they have the same wireless cards. I could however get another computer such as Asus Zenbook but the Samsung is incredibly nice and I believe there are more problems with Asus Zenbook in terms of Linux compatibility and since I'm a Linux-only user, this becomes a real problem for me.

From what I can tell the Zenbook has a MUCH higher likelihood of painful issues. This is the first laptop I've ever had without wireless issues.. but then it's the first machine I've had that doesn't have a broadcomm device.

K

[Aksoy]

Well, I guess this computer seems to be the best option for me right now. I'm gonna have to take the risk and buy one of these. Hope I won't have that problem with it.

Thank you all for your replies.

[erinspice]

I love my Samsung and would recommend it to anyone. With the SSD, my boot time is approximately 2 seconds.