Samsung's Notebook 9 Pen is a super-light Galaxy Note/laptop mashup
Samsung announced a handful of laptops before CES even started, but only one of the was really new: the Notebook 9 Pen. It isn't Samsung's first attempt at blending a laptop and a Galaxy Note , but after a little hands-on time, it's shaping up to be one of the most pleasant. As you might expect from Samsung, the Notebook 9 Pen is pretty understated in terms of design. Some may prefer the adjective "boring," and I can't really argue with that — its a nondescript silver machine with rounded edges and very little in the way of personality. As far as Samsung was concerned though, building an incredibly light machine was more important than impactful design. Thanks to the use of a magnesium alloy called Metal-12, the Notebook 9 Pen weighs in at a paltry 2.2 pounds — that's a little more than half of what the MacBook Pro I'm lugging around Las Vegas and my back is already wishing I brought a different machine. Of course, the devices name really says it ...