Samsung may be better known for its mobile phones but it's had a wide range of notebooks for the best part of 5 years now and with the latest design refresh, the company has opted for a high-gloss finish that looks impressive and certainly feels cool to the touch.
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Advantages: Powerful, great spec for price Disadvantages: Easily scratched
Samsung may be better known for its mobile phones but it's had a wide range of notebooks for the best part of 5 years now and with the latest design refresh, the company has opted for a high-gloss finish that looks impressive and certainly feels cool to the touch.
The design is called the "Aura" design and the R70 follows in this trend but as with other machines we found the lacquered lid can easily be scratched.
...you're best to invest in a slipcase to carry it around in, along with your backpack. That's the bad news out of the way, as the R70 delivers on almost every other front.
Weighing in at 2.7kg, this is a machine you may well want to carry around with you at least on semi-regular occasions. We managed to get a little over three hours on average from the battery, which is more than acceptable given the fact it comes with a 15.4-inch super-TFT ... more
Samsung may be better known for its mobile phones but it's had a wide range of notebooks for the best part of 5 years now and with the latest design refresh, the company has opted for a high-gloss finish that looks impressive and certainly feels cool to the touch.
The design is called the "Aura" design and the R70 follows in this trend but as with other machines we found the lacquered lid can easily be scratched.
So, if you're thinking of opting for this machine, you're best to invest in a slipcase to carry it around in, along with your backpack. That's the bad news out of the way, as the R70 delivers on almost every other front.
Weighing in at 2.7kg, this is a machine you may well want to carry around with you at least on semi-regular occasions. We managed to get a little over three hours on average from the battery, which is more than acceptable given the fact it comes with a 15.4-inch super-TFT screen.
At this price we were impressed to find graphics have also been catered for. Fitted with the Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS GPPU, you'll find you can play the latest games with a degree of comfort as this is a powerful mainstream card.
When it comes to choosing a notebook, it's not only the screen you need to be wary of, as the keyboard needs to meet your needs and comfort level. Luckily, usability is particularly strong on the R70.
The keyboard is large with full-size keys that have a consistently comfortable typing action. A button above the keyboard launches Samsung's AV Station Now media centre software, for easy access to your music, photos and videos.
Perhaps the most compelling reason to opt for this notebook is the specification you get for the asking price. Powered by an Intel 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo T7100 Core 2 Duo processor and with 1024MB of memory, performance is impressive.
This is a dual-core processor so you'll be able to run any current software with comparative ease. We found the R70 was more than powerful for the tasks we set it, which included burning a DVD of data while surfing the internet at the same time.
With a 120GB hard drive rounding out the specification, along with a dual-layer DVD rewriter. You'll also find such features as a 6-in-1 media card reader and 802.11a/g/n Wi-Fi, making this more than capable of handling all your digital media as well as being connected to a wireless LAN network in your house.
Advantages: Great quality screen, strong graphics card, good processor Disadvantages: Shiney lid can easily get scratched, only 1GB ram, No WIFI-N
...its a "feature" of all samsung laptops which had me cursing them for a few weeks but after that I found i'd gotten used to it.
Performance is great, I bought mine with a memory upgrade as 1GB ram isn't really enough for what I wanted it for, once that was installed Vista flew along. One big bonus for me is the nvidia 8 series graphics card which runs pretty much all the Dx9 games I own in medium to high quality. I have infact tried the crysis demo ...
coops1979 18.06.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Samsung Aura R70
Advantages: Gloss LCD, Keyboard, Touchpad, CPU Speed, GPU Power Disadvantages: LCD Resoltion,no S-Video,no PCI-E slot
...64bit, and the drivers from samsung update centre for the shortcut keys on the machine is only for 32bit operating systems,so don't expect your sc-keys to function with 64bit! But the biggest dissapointment of all was to notice that even though the machine allows for a 2nd mini internal pci-e card, the actual connector was not soldered into place,so just make sure of that before purchasing the machine. It also has only 3 usb ports, which translates ... ...the connectors and devices, this samsung did a fine job of. The drivers and software from samsung gets constantly updated,which is great. So if you're keen on purchasing this machine, you definitly get my thumbs up.
Update 29/08/2008 : "A HUGE word of caution, do not open the lid at it's centre...the plastic will start to warp outwards leaving the lcd area exposed!"...
It appears that the lid has "clipped" back into place now,and the screen is ...
Nute 19.08.2008 (29.08.2008)
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...for me is usually on samsung optimised but when i want to play a game or do something processor intensive, i usually switch over to High performance.
I find the Wifi has VERY Good range and quality, i can use it across the road at my friends house with 2 out of 5 signal blocks, only one of my past laptops could do this.
Lastly, i find the intergrated speakers in this laptop absolutly rubbish! they are really 'Tinny' and seem to have no bass what-so-ever! ... ...make a difference. I think it is also stupid how they have placed the FN key in place of where i think the CTRL Key should be as i usually slip up and press FN instead of CTRL.
Finally i think they could have placed the microphone in a better place as when i am on msn and on microphone all they can hear is me typing which in the end is no point!
Overall i think this is an amazing laptop and can recommend it to anybody! It seems to play nearly all ...
Hazmatazz 29.03.2008
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Advantages: Aesthetics, Graphics capabilities, HDMI output, Customizing options both hardware and operating features Disadvantages: Keyboard does not light up, more battery life would be nice, no bluetooth
The samsung R70 came preinstalled with Vista 32bit, was wangled out of my father for my 21st birthday, after owning it for nearly a year now, i must say i am very satisified with its performance, looks and reliability.
Some important points worthy of note...
Keyboard should light up as in dark conditions it becomes hard to see.
looks pretty cool - black all over especially the lid which has a lovely sleek black shiny finish.
Nice responsive keyboard, ... ...am sure is a specific problem.
Excellent screen 15.4 widescreen, but prone like many laptops to glare from sunlight.
No bluetooth, but excellent wireless performance.
Battery performance, 1+1/2 hours under heavy usage to 3+ hours under light usage with the screen brightness turned way down.
Good graphics performance especailly with older games and those that do not require maximul effort, such as assains creed.
I utilize the hdmi output to my ...
PepeLaPue 13.06.2008
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Advantages: hdmi-multi dvd-vista-good graphics-core2 duo cpu- Disadvantages: vista bugs-crap plastic around screen edge-
firstly the bad ;
the outer plastic on the side of the screen is shite!!
mine has broke and is holding together with pvc tape!
my esc key keeps coming off !!so go easy on the keyboard!!
also vista still has bugs like ive had to re-install vista 6 times now due to windows explorer failing!! but apart form that vista is great while its working lol !!
now the good;
this is a great pc for games,office,cd;dvd's,and anything else
ive played a few ... ...quality pretty well even if its not the lattest best graphics card!
the multi-lightscribe dual layer is also good apart from mine does not like burning dual layer dvd's ahhh another one for the bin !!
the hdmi socket delivers great quality picture on a connected pdp or lcd screen at 1080i this is still a great laptop ...
nickhow100 08.04.2008
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