The Air goes a step further, offering 1440 x 900.
#MACBOOK AIR LOGIC PRO X SERIES#
Like most 13-inch notebooks, the Series 9 has a 1366 x 768 resolution display. When watching video while leaning back, we had to tile the Air's screen forward to avoid reflections.
However, the Series 9 has superior viewing angles because it uses a matte display the Air’s screen is glossy. When comparing the two, we found the picture on the Samsung to be more vibrant but that blacks were deeper on the Air. Samsung touts the brightness on its Series 9 at an impressive 400 nits. Users can change this to mimic a different mouse button or assign one of a long list of actions to it. The Series 9 offers a few extras: three-finger press will launch a specified program and three-finger click will mimic the middle button mouse click by default.
There is a Momentum setting for the Series 9 clickpad, but it only applies to one-finger mouse usage, not two-finger scroll.īoth laptops feature three-finger gestures. Scrolling is far smoother and easier on the Air. Another big difference we noted: the lack of scroll with inertia on the Series 9. However, the Air includes screen zoom functionality for magnifying the entire screen, not just a window. With two fingers users can scroll, pinch to zoom, and rotate on both of these ultraportables. The Air’s glass touchpad is a little smoother, and the Series 9 has more of a soft-touch finish, but both make for easy navigation and clicking. We had no problem executing one, two, three and four-finger gestures. However, we have to give credit to Samsung, as the clickpad on the Series 9 is one of the better Windows-side implementations we've seen.īoth touchpads are large: 3.9 x 2.7 inches (Series 9) vs 4.3 x 3.0 inches (Air).
#MACBOOK AIR LOGIC PRO X PC#
The only drawback: this doesn't only affect the top row, but any key with a secondary Fn action, such as the arrow keys.ĭespite our issues with the top row, Samsung's addition of backlighting puts the Series 9 ahead in a very close category.Īfter Apple introduced the glass Trackpad on the MacBook line we've seen several PC manufacturers attempt to create touchpads that rival it. However, we like that Samsung included an Fn Lock to switch the Function keys to secondary status. That means to adjust things like the screen and backlight brightness, volume, Wi-Fi, etc., you need to press the Fn key.
The Series 9, like most PCs, privileges the Function keys. Plus, you can make the Function keys the primary keys in OS X’s Keyboard preferences. The Air has direction keys on a row above the numbers so you can do things like activate Expose, control media playback, and adjust the brightness-just the way we like it. The surface of the Series 9's keys have a more obvious matte coating than the Air's, which provided a marginally better typing experience (especially for users with fingernails), but the difference was negligible.The Series 9 also gets props for bringing a keyboard backlight to the party, a feature which isn't available on the Air. After taking the Ten Thumbs Typing Test, our average scores were about the same. We experienced good travel and response on each. The island-style keyboards on the Series 9 and the MacBook Air have a similar look and feel.
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