Samsung has just upped its game by introducing the X360 notebook which is one of the lightest notebooks in the 13.3-inch range. Indirectly, it's a direct competition to Mac and Sony's lightweight notebooks.

The X360 is sleek and stylish and can get you drooling. It's really thin and light and even lighter when you take out the six-cell battery. An interesting feature on the battery is an indicator that approximately indicates the amount of power left in the battery – all with just the push of a button. On the right side of this notebook, there are two USB ports, one SD/XD/MS expansion slot, a VGA port and even an HDMI port. The left side has the third USB port, a LAN port and ports for a headphone and a microphone. The keyboard has spacing between the keys which gives a good solid feel while typing. It's somewhat similar to the Sony's laptops and Apple's Macbooks. The Function key gives access to additional features such as an easy speed up mode that boosts the performance from 1.2 GHz to 1.6 GHz.

The Samsung X360 is not really meant to be a great when it comes down to running benchmarks to see it's performance, as it has an Intel U9300 processor @ 1.2 GHz, so we weren't expecting great results, but we did run them anyway. Out of these we were impressed with the Drive Index and Hard Drive scores that were off the charts, again expected as the X360 has a 128-GB SSD. To double check, we ran some real world 1-GB file transfers and were able to transfer the file in under half a minute.

When it comes to battery life, this impresses. It lasted an entire 3 hrs and 39 mins with full brightness and volume under our stress test. So, looking at the facts, the only thing that does impress us is the battery life and the weight. Although the design is also pretty good, this laptop is aimed only for those people who like to sit in coffee shops and show off their sleek laptops. As some would put it – beauty without brains. The price of the X360 is Rs 1,15,014 which is high but one must remember the SSD component to this PC. In terms of performance, it doesn't match the other notebooks in this price range.