Anyone had dealings with Samsung laptops?

[Scuba_Steve]

Just wondering are these any good? or are they just relying on their name in the TV & cellphone lines to push more money makers?

Anyone had experience with or know about the Samsung range, Pro's, Con's etc???

[NinjaNanna]

posting using the new one I bought about a fortnight ago from JBHiFi. seems to be a good unit for $636 but then I'm a light user.

be aware though that it doesn't come with office so that'll set you back a few extra pennies depending on the version you need.

[Geeen]

If they're anything like their TV's..........:facepalm:

[banditrider]

Using one of their netbooks now. Now issues to date. Never had a problem with their TV's either...they make more TV's than anyone else apparently (and they come with all sorts of brand names on them).

[pete376403]

Every laptop comprises of parts made (in the main) in China by the lowest bidder, which then assembled by another Chinese low bidder, and designed to get through the warranty period without failing.

If I was going to buy one I'd go for the best warranty support before anything else.

[Winston001]

I'm told they are quite good and certainly better than the name Samsung might imply. The downside is dealing with warranty issues which can be slow. Parts aren't readily available.

You'll get 100 different opinions but FWIW Asus, Toshiba, and HP business laptops are reliable. Bear in mind that any budget pc no matter who made it has to have cheap parts.

[SMOKEU]

posting using the new one I bought about a fortnight ago from JBHiFi. seems to be a good unit for $636 but then I'm a light user.

be aware though that it doesn't come with office so that'll set you back a few extra pennies depending on the version you need.

OpenOffice and LibreOffice are excellent open source alternatives to MS Office.



Bear in mind that any budget pc no matter who made it has to have cheap parts.

I keep on having high end components failing. I spent over $3k building a desktop last year, and the motherboard failed within 2 months. Just yesterday the computer decided not to POST, so something has shat itself again. I thought I was buying high quality.

[pete376403]

I keep on having high end components failing. I spent over $3k building a desktop last year, and the motherboard failed within 2 months. Just yesterday the computer decided not to POST, so something has shat itself again. I thought I was buying high quality.

Dirty power? (do you use a UPS or mains filter?) Do you use anti-static cords, mats, etc when you assemble the machine?

[SMOKEU]

Dirty power? (do you use a UPS or mains filter?) Do you use anti-static cords, mats, etc when you assemble the machine?

I've got a surge protector and I take anti static precautions. I've got a very good PSU as well (Corsair TX950).

[george formby]

I'm told they are quite good and certainly better than the name Samsung might imply. The downside is dealing with warranty issues which can be slow. Parts aren't readily available.

You'll get 100 different opinions but FWIW Asus, Toshiba, and HP business laptops are reliable. Bear in mind that any budget pc no matter who made it has to have cheap parts.

I just got my mitts on a new HP pro book. Stonking. It's not the latest greatest but I'm very impressed, aluminum body, splash proof key pad, fast, windows 7 pro installed, LED screen etc. All for just over a grand delivered. I plugged 2 external hard drives in, 500gb total & it ate them. :shit:

[george formby]

I just got my mitts on a new HP pro book. Stonking. It's not the latest greatest but I'm very impressed, aluminum body, splash proof key pad, fast, windows 7 pro installed, LED screen etc. All for just over a grand delivered. I plugged 2 external hard drives in, 500gb total & it ate them. :shit:

Just after I posted my tame techie popped by. He rates Samsung lappies as ok to good, he is also sending me a link to some at wholesale prices. Will post when available.

[george formby]

Just after I posted my tame techie popped by. He rates Samsung lappies as ok to good, he is also sending me a link to some at wholesale prices. Will post when available.
Ta Da

SUPER DUPER SAMSUNG DEALS!



Samsung RV511

Pentium Dual Core P6200 2.13GHz **2GB** 500GB 15.6" DVDRW Win7 Home Premium - RV511-A07NZ

$549.00

+ Receive a FREE Kingston 8Gb Flash Drive!

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Samsung NP200

Intel i3-2350M 2.3GHz 4GB 500GB DVDRW 15.6" Webcam BT3.0 802.11bg/n

Win7 Pro 64Bit- NP200A5B-A01AU

$769.00

+ Receive a FREE Kingston 8Gb Flash Drive!



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Samsung NP300 – PRICE DROP!!!!!

Samsung NP300 Intel i3-2350M 2.3GHz 4GB 500GB DVDRW 802.11bg/n BT3.0 15.6" Webcam Win7 Home Premium 64bit P300E5A-A08AU

$689.00

+ Receive a FREE Kingston 8Gb Flash Drive!

[avgas]

Samsung Lappies are good.
Only problem I have had with them was modding them - they do dumb stuff like mount hard-drives under motherboards etc.

But if your buying something out of the box and intending to use it that way that are fantastic.

[Scuba_Steve]

Sweet cheers guys, mate asked for laptop recommendations so just needed to know if Samsung was one to chuck in the pile to choose from.
His only real requirements were cheap, reliable & "looked pretty" as everything else he wanted you'd be hard pressed to find a laptop that doesn't do it (video playback, interweb, music etc)

[scracha]

Sweet cheers guys, mate asked for laptop recommendations so just needed to know if Samsung was one to chuck in the pile to choose from.
His only real requirements were cheap, reliable & "looked pretty" as everything else he wanted you'd be hard pressed to find a laptop that doesn't do it (video playback, interweb, music etc)

A few years ago I'd have said no but nowadays, the Samsung stuff is very, very good. I'd put it on a par with Toshiba these days. Out of the one's youv'e listed, the NP200 is a good choice. VERY well put together, reasonable weight, spill-proof keyboard and a nice matt screen that's got good visibility even outdoors. I often upgrade them to 8GB, put in an SSD drive and put the original drive in a USB 3.0 enclosure (for backup). Samsung warranties are very reasonable so I recommend that model with a 4 year warranty.

The Samsung 9 series is a real MacBook beater (faster, lighter, thinner). Beautiful machine but bloody expensive.

HP have lost the plot. Their consumer stuff (Compaq/presario/pavillion/dv-whatever) is appalling. Their "business" stuff like the probook, elitebook is well made but their after-sales is shite. Had a customer wait 7 days for HP's "Next business day onsite" service. Disgusting. I had to loan them a notebook at my cost to appease them. Other examples include asshole service agents repairing laptops leaving scratches and non-flush keyboards. HP just don't seem to care these days unless you're a huge corporate customer spending millions.


Think you'll find pricelist above excludes GST and courier. If it doesn't, I'll be buying them from George's mate.

[AllanB]

Good thread thanks. I'm in the market for a average sub $1k laptop and there is so much out there ......

[Scuba_Steve]

WAY too much, a single brand or even a single bloody model can have way too many variations. They're worse then fucking cars

[scracha]

Good thread thanks. I'm in the market for a average sub $1k laptop and there is so much out there ......

Once you factor in the features you want, the size of screen, the weight, perhaps the colour, size of keyboard (numeric keypad?), touchscreen, hard disk size, disk type (solid state?), optical drive (DVDr/w, blu ray or none at all), robustness factor, metal/plastic/unibody case, then the choice becomes a lot narrower. Factor in good build quality, decent New Zealand based technical and/or warranty support and the choice becomes very thin indeed.

Toshiba, Samsung or Apple (not applicable under 1K lol) would be my first 3 choices depending on requirements.
Lenovo, Panasonic or Asus would be the only other brands I'd consider.

Wouldn't bother with AMD stuff either...especially in a notebook.