Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook

[Wools]

I'm after a new Laptop and since going through hundreds of models, I think I've narrowed it down to a Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook for ?699.

I was going to buy a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air but trying to find a model that suited my needs was tricky. I wanted it to be 13 Inch, have a hard wearing and beautiful chasis, 256GB SSD or HDD + and be powerful enough for games like Age of Empires 3 and Counter Strike Go. The Mac line had a cut off before the Retina models jumped in price and SSD was getting silly above 256GB. Couple that with not getting on with the Mac OS from when I had a MacBook Pro back in 2011 and I decided to look elsewhere.

The Samsung looks lovely, has decent specs and last years model felt lovely to muck around with when I had a go on it in PC World last week. My question is does anyone here have one and can recommend it, advise against buying one or can suggest another Laptop?

My overall requirements are:

13 Inch Screen
Lightweight and sturdy chasis
256GB or higher Hard Drive or SSD
Performance that rivals i5, 4GB RAM, Intel HD 4000 Graphics

Many thanks for any help!

[EvilBoris]

I've been looking at the same thing myself recently, although my requirements were a Nvidia card on boarf

I've had
Asus Zenbook

Dell XPS 14z

[Wools]

Thanks for the recommendations Boris, I've had another look in PC World and have come across this Sony Vaio. (The ?699 Option)

Is that any better? I liked the more solid feel of the Sony over the Samsung but don't know if they're good or not. Looking at reviews now!