Feedback before buying the Samsung 300U

kate747

http://www.dabs.ie/products/samsung-300u-pentium-dual-core-p967-1-2ghz-4gb-320gb-windows-7-home-premium-11-6--laptop-7RDP.html?refs=50429&src=3

Does anybody have this laptop? Is it any good?

Jaafa

kate747 wrote: »

http://www.dabs.ie/products/samsung-300u-pentium-dual-core-p967-1-2ghz-4gb-320gb-windows-7-home-premium-11-6--laptop-7RDP.html?refs=50429&src=3

Does anybody have this laptop? Is it any good?

Bit of a rip tbh. What do you need it for?

tempstuff

I am going to get Samsung 300U (around £380) or Lenovo s205 (around £350) which both seem to have similar specs. I think the price in Dabs is quite high. Have you tried other shops? I will come back here and write what I think about "the winner". Cheers.

danger_mouse_tm

I'm a big fan of that size screen. The dimensions of it are great. I find a lot of people reckon that a smaller laptop should be a smaller price. I reckon when you look at the like of the 8, 9 10 inch atom netbooks I can see where they're coming from, however, it's difficult to push real processing power into thin and light notebooks without hitting close to four figure sums. You're into SSD drives and the like. However, in saying that, although you could go a lot bigger in power for the same money and get a 15.6 screen (or even bigger), do you want to be lugging something like that around? I have probably the most powerful laptop money can buy. However, to bring it anywhere, it's like hooking up the caravan. At the end of the day, my best buddy is my hp mini 311c. A donkey now in today's market place but a clean install of windows and a dual boot to mint and it's just dandy for my line of work. Only my failing eyesight is stopping me from going smaller again into overpriced swanky sony Pcn series. I think what you have there is a class piece of kit. If you're taxing your car and watching movies, it's just fine. You might get a bit of lag when playing 3d games, but would you be bothered? You will sell a smaller screen like that in two years time a lot quicker than a standard size machine.

tempstuff

So I got it but slightly different model, 350U. I wouldn't want to say I love it or something like that. Everyone has their own likes and dislikes. Lappy, so far, works quite fast and its quiet. The UK version has the Intel Core I3 CPU, 4GB RAM, 640GB HDD. The screen is clear and bright. Very nice sound, comfy keyboard, its light, and thin. The 1.3MP camera produces great picture. Although there is no DVD drive it comes with recovery DVD. Would I recommend it? Yes but I would suggest to go and see a few netbooks/laptops in any available showrooms. Good luck.

danger_mouse_tm

Thanks for the update on it. i hope you are happy with it. Get a good quality bag for it, keep your box and manuals, you should get a great price for it in two years time.

kms108

it seems like different counties have different version, over in hong kong we have the i3 2357 1.3ghz version and amd e350.

I had the i3 version it was on a promotion sale and was fairly cheap, but thats not all, the laptop is also cheaply made, because it has a metal lid, it gets dinted varly easily, and the battery squeeks alot when you carry the laptop.

the 350u (12.5) version has internal battery and is thinner and better built.