Samsung Series 3 NP300V5A-S0CIN Laptop (Core i7 2nd Gen/6 GB/1 TB/Windows 7/1 GB)

Well, I work for the company which is the largest PC manufacturer of the world. However, I bought this lappy for personal use 'cause this is the cheapest in its class. A laptop with the same configuration costs close to 65k at the place where I work. I purchased it from an Authorized dealer in Bangalore. If you are one of those sapiens who believes that beauty is not in the face; it is rather a light in the heart(i7 4x2 cores, 6 gb, 1tb, 520MX), then you ought to go with this product as it is all bout performance (let me say performance ONLY) Ok. I've always been an AMD lover, but AMD A8/A6 is the best I could get on laptop so I decided to go with i7. Performance wise this is a hulk. I could run the following application without a glitch. - 13 Mozilla Firefox tabs with youtube on at least three tabs. - Anti virus scan in the background - Adobe photoshop - this is pain even on 2nd generation i3s - IE with email apps - YM - MSN messenger - Gtalk (all signed in and chatting) - Three huge excel files - iTunes - Video coding using the graphics card (just to test the load it can handle) - This while installing updates in the background - Paused was the Crysis 2 game (not a big gamer, just have some old cds) The processor handled it all with ease. 50% CPU usage. This lappy has fan at the extreme LHS, so lesser heating issues. The only low bout this laptop is the graphics card which isn't great for extreme gamers. Windows Rating: Processor 6.5/7.9 Memory 7.2/7.9 Graphics 5.8/7.9 Gaming Graphics 6.5/7.9 Primary hard disk (disk transfer rate) - 5.9 It has turbo boost upto 3.1 ghz. I've tested every inch of hardware above it's stipulated threshold and the the lappy succeeded. I'd suggest, have external woofers, change the advanced boot setting to 8 cores and you're in. Love the laptop. You wouldn't be disappointed with the purchase. Caution - It doesn't 'look' great at all, looks more like 20k compaq/acer laptop albeit with a durable body. Take my word - it's difficult to beat this one on performance. Last but not the least - Nothing beats Mac OS X. lol

Pros: 1)From experience, Samsung products have quality. They are eager to become global electronic leader - so they do not compromise on quality. When consulted with laptop mechanics, they said that they very rarely see a samsung laptop come for repairs... 2)i7 processor is the mother of all processors... Even though the clock speed of i7 is usually seen as lesser than i5, you really need not be concerned. Unlike i5 where there are only 2 cores,i7 has(4)quad cores. So that means the speed and capacity of the processor will quadruple and you have in your hand a super computer. 3)I think an i7 lap will run well with 3 to 4 GB Ram... here you have 6 GB... 8 GB sounds great but 6 is quite good enough. 4)Unlike Asus, Sony, Dell and Lenovo laptops, Samsung has put an HD webcam... not a VGA 0.3 5)Hard disk is a huge 1 TB... 6)Bluetooth is V3 7)Speaker is good... Dell speakers are notoriously bad compared to samsung... Cons: 1) Graphic card should have been 2 GB instead of 1 GB. But have no worries, almost all games play quite well. 2) no 3.0 USB port... what a shame...!!! I hope Samsung will do something about it FAST! USB 3.0 drives still work with usb 2.0 but will not have the same speed. 3)No keypad back light... but I guess very few other laps have it as well... 4)1 TB hdd with RPM of only 5400... 7400rpm is already in market... so why use 5400 especially when the hdd is 1 TB? Summary: ======== This is an awesome piece of machinery. If you are really looking to keep this laptop for long term purposes... I mean at least for the next 4-6 years. Buy it with eyes closed!!! Its better than Lenovo, Asus and Sony erricson because it excels them in built quality and spec for this rate.