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Built around Intel's new Centrino 2 technology, the X360 will be available with a variety of 45nm Penryn II Core 2 Duo ultra-low voltage processors running on an 800 MHz front side bus, equipped with one GB of memory standard (upgradable to 4 GB), and use Intel's Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 graphics core, which dynamically annexes system memory and is claimed to offer substantially better performance than the GMA X3100 technology used in the current MacBook Air.

The X360 has a 13.3", 1280 x 800 LED-backlit glossy widescreen display and a passel of I/O ports including 3 USB ports, a built-in HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) connection that allows 100% transmission of visual and audio digital signals, an Express Card 34 slot and VGA video output. For fast and easy transfer of documents, images, video or music it has a 7 in 1 memory card reader, and 10/100/1000 Ethernet, plus Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and 802.11n wireless connectivity technology. There is also an integrated 1.3 megapixel digital motion camera, Headphone-out and Mic in ports plus an integrated mic, and if that's not enough it's dockable with support for Samsung's P-Dock docking station – which simplifies cabling and provides a 'single click' connection and easy access to a wide variety of ports easy access to a wide variety of ports, including Serial, 5 x USB, LAN, HDMI, SIO, e-SATA and DVI (Digital Video Interface, for extra connectivity. As with the MacBook Air, there's no built-in optical drive.

If you're at all familiar with the MacBook Air's spec. profile, then after reading even this far it should be obvious that the Samsung X360 boasts a number of qualitative strengths in contrast to the Air's manifold practical shortcomings, but in case you're a bit hazy on that, here's a recap...