Samsung Series 3 NP300E4V-A01IN Laptop (Pentium Dual Core 3rd Gen/2 GB/320 GB/DOS)

Bought this machine last week back.The pricing on flipkart is also lower than what you will get at dealer shops.Initially I was little apprehensive about buying a samsung laptop but it has exceeded my expectations so far.nnFirst the prosn-Great looking(silver colour machine in the mould of sony vaio t13 and apple mac)n-Very good display(matte or anti glare whatever you call is simply superb)n-Decent sound quality(can listen to youtube vides,watch movies without headphones)n-Fast machine with 3rd gen processor(2117u is actually good)n-Average battery life(3-4 hours)n-Keyboard is island/chiclet style and is quite nicen-Very silent in its operation(all sleekbooks/ultrabooks have noisy fan problem which is very disconcerting while working)n-Light in weightn-Comes with driver cd for win7 and 8.Installed win ultimate which is much better thann win8.nnCons:n-No usb3.0nnAll in all its a great budget machine by samsung and I am really impressed by the anti reflective display,processor speed and good sound quality.

Well the delivery was impeccable. I got it within 48 Hours of order. nnThe laptop looks very good, the keyboard and palm-rest area has very good high quality finish, the top cover is glossy and the bottom of laptop is cheap (trade-mark of Samsung to use cheap feeling plastic on its devices)nnScreen - Good brightness, rotates upto 150deg approxnWebcam - Not too good - I expected better as the specs say 720p HD webcamnKeyboard - The keyboard feels good to typenSpeakers - Volume is just decent - I would have preferred morenBattery - 3.5 - 4.5 HoursnUSB - No 3.0 Ports (And only 3 ports, so people who use wireless mouse might find it difficult)nnI installed Windows 8 pro (Build 9200), and I didn't require to install even a single driver from the internet. Everything works like a charm **Some of the fn keys like Brightness control don't work - I am waiting for Samsung to put up support drivers on it's website (There is no support firmware as on date)nnOverall Windows Performance Index Score - 4.4 (because of no graphics card - sub score in all other categories 5.9)nnI would say It's a perfect buy at this price point. I was thinking of buying a Lenovo or a Fujitsu laptop with 2nd Gen PDC earlier, but I went with Samsung, as this model (Release date :23-FEB-2013) hones a 3rd gen PDC (Pentium 2117U) processor and because of Ivy Bridge it has substantially a lot more battery life. In heavy (OMG-I-Got-A-New-Gadget Phase) usage , the laptop is giving a battery life of upto 4.5 Hours easily. nnOverall a Highly recommended product for someone who doesn't require heavy computing! I wanted to gift it to my mom, Hence found it perfect!