#samsung found the courage to put a full-size HDMI port on its 13-inch ultrabook
January 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
The 2017 edition of the Samsung Notebook 9 comes with the claim of being the world’s lightest 13-inch laptop, and at only 1.8 pounds / 820 grams of weight, it probably merits the title. I tried it out here at CES 2017, and what’s interesting about it to me is how little Samsung has compromised in terms of connectivity with this new laptop, endowing it with full-size HDMI and two USB-A ports along with the new hotness that is the thinner and smaller USB-C.
Just look at the side profile of the new Notebook 9: display excepted, the chassis of this laptop is barely any thicker than the ports it provides. There’s a certain sense of efficiency extremism about this look that appeals to me — much in the same fashion that the stripped-down…
