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Samsung rebrands Windows devices under Ativ name

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 28 Apr 2013 1:13

Samsung rebrands Windows devices under Ativ name

Samsung has announced this week that under a new branding scheme, all of the company's Windows PCs will use the Ativ name seen currently on their Windows Phone and convertible offerings.
The first devices will be the Ativ Book 5 Ultrabook and the Ativ Book 6 laptop.

Additionally, previous products have also been renamed. The Series 7 All-In-One is now the Ativ One 7, and the Series 9 is now the Ativ Book 9.

The Ativ Book 5 has a 14-inch 1366 x 768 touchscreen, is powered by a 1.8-GHz Intel Core i5-3337U processor with integrated Intel HD 40000 graphics, and runs on 4GB RAM with 500GB internal storage. The ultrabook starts at $900 in the basic configuration.



Book 6 notebooks have a 15.6-inch 1080p touchscreen, an Intel Core i7 CPU, a Radeon HD 8770M GPU, 8GB RAM and a 1TB hard drive for $1200.

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