Iron Silver Samsung NP900X5L-K02US 15 Inches Laptop Review

** This review is for the 15-inch model that has several key differences from the 13-inch model.

Some of the differences that may not be obvious:
1. 15-inch does NOT include a backlit keyboard. 13-inch does include one.
2. 15-inch has a MicroSD card slot. 13-inch model has a standard SD card slot.
3. 15-inch has a USB-C port. 13-inch model has a micro-HDMI port instead.
4. 15-inch has a standard HDMI port. 13-inch has a mini-VGA port.
5. 15-inch has 4-cell Lithium-polymer battery. 13-inch has 2-cell Lithium-ion battery.
6. 15-inch has 2-Watt stereo speakers. 13-inch has 1.5-Watt stereo speakers.
7. 15-inch supports Intel WiDi. 13-inch does not.
8. 15-inch comes with a dongle that gives you Gigabit Ethernet LAN. It connects to a dedicated port on the left side of the laptop. I could not confirm if the 13-inch model includes this dongle or not.

I received the larger 15-inch model to review. After opening the Amazon package,... Read more

Summary: Great compact laptop for everyday use. I use it as a graphic work laptop.
+Great screen with thin bezel
+Good Performance
+Thin compact design
+Variety of ports
+Decent Battery
-M.2 SSD is SATA3, not PCIe NVMe
-No 512GB option
-No dedicated GPU
-8GB RAM
-RAM not expandable

Screen:
At 1920x1080, screen shows great colors. Photos look great. It isn’t touch screen or high resolution 4K screen. From my experience, I think screen size makes bigger impact than resolution for laptops when you need more work space. It is a great screen; however, texts have appeared blurry for unknown reasons. I experienced this from installation screens for Adobe softwares. I currently do not know what causes it but it is little distracting to see really nice 1080p screen suffer from blurs like I saw. Strangely, everything else is clear including photoshop, illustrator, web, and word processing. Another screen issue I found... Read more

First and foremost, this laptop is the lightest thing ever. Coming in at 1.9 lbs, it definitely feels like the paper and not the paperweight.
I was looking into a new laptop after 5 years not upgrading. When it comes to performance, it is fast enough for me with it's i5 Skylake processor and 8GB of RAM. If you are looking to do hardcore gaming or intense video editing I don't recommend this for you. You need to get a more demanding processor with much more allocated RAM for multitasking of that nature. I used this to stream videos directly from this laptop straight to my Samsung Smart TV flawlessly. I love that I can easily change from mirroring the laptop's screen to making the TV an additional monitor quickly.
The battery life has yet to be tested long enough to see what it can do, but just getting it, and fully charging it, it has lasted me good enough throughout the day. USB 3.0 read/write with a 3.0 compatible drive works quick and easy. I was able to move large... Read more