Samsung P200: a hefty 12.1-inch notebook with magic dust

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When I first saw mention of the Samsung P200, I figured it was meant to compete in the small and light category. You know, to take on the Lenovo X300 or MacBook Air. It sounded good on paper: a 12.1-inch widescreen display and a 6-cell battery for starters. Then I started digging a little deeper and became slightly disappointed. A weight of 1.89 kg, which works out to around 4.2 pounds… the battery life is estimated at 3.1 hours… no mention of an integrated optical drive (which makes me wonder why this notebook weighs over four pounds).So it’s definitely not in the same class as the recent “ultra-portables”, but on the flipside, it sounds like a capable business machine: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 graphics, 2 USB ports, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, WiFi and Express Card slot. I hope that’s not the ExpressCard slot on the front; I wouldn’t want a 3G modem poking at my left wrist. If you’re not entranced enough by the P200, Samsung teases us with the most interesting feature: magic pixie dust called “Silver Nano Technology. By sprinkling incredibly small, nano-sized silver ion powder on the keyboard the P200 system will remain completely “bacteria free””If I could just get some of that silver ion powder as an accessory, maybe I could shake this flu.

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