Pixel density in laptop screens wasn't a big issue until Apple made it one with its Retina displays. The Series 9's LED screen is still impressive without the Retina-level marketing. Lights in the back panel make it bright, and the colours displayed on the screen are vibrant. The screen doesn't use glass and is instead matte, which means there is much less glare to deal with under bright lights and outdoors.

The keyboard is very responsive, even if the keys are a little shallow. The trackpad on the other hand feels a bit sluggish, the movement of the cursor is always just a nanosecond too slow.

The Series 9 is snappy. Its 1.7GHz Intel Core i5 processor combined with the 128GB solid state hard drive means it goes from being turned off to displaying your desktop in around 8 seconds. The laptop has 4GB of DDR 3 RAM, with a maximum of 8GB.

I've run image editing software and video editing software on the Series 9 and it's handled both with moderate success, but it all gets a bit bogged down when you start tasking the system by adding web browsing with Flash and Skype in the background too.

I definitely wouldn't recommend using the Series 9 as a gaming laptop, at least not without a dedicated cooling unit. After an hour or so of moderate use the Series 9 heats up significantly. The fans on the underside are very quiet and understated, but the catch seems to be they are very ineffective at cooling the computer after long periods of use. I've found myself having to put the Series 9 aside on several occasions to let it cool down before using it again.