Samsung M50 2130 Baako - Pentium M 770 2.13 GHz - 17" TFT

Advantages: Very Good Laptop for Audio/Video and commercial applications
Disadvantages: Too many preloaded Samsung software.

...Graphics card (this has ATI mobility graphic card with 64 MB RAM), It has a sleek wide screen LCD and for business applications like MS office and Emails, it has L2 cache of 2 MB. This satisfied my technical needs. Features of the laptop The R50 which i bought was a Intel centrino Processor (Intel Pentium M 740), 1.73 Ghz, 512 DDR SDRAM (max. 2 GB), 60 GB HDD, 5 in 1 card reader, 15.4 inch TFT LCD with max. 1280X800 resolution, wide screen, ATI Mobility Radeon with 64 MB RAM and other standard features like Stereo Sound card, Keyboard, Touchpad, Fax modem card, Ethernet adaptor, Wireless card, windows XP home edition, AV station, Easy box etc. It has four USB slots, Stereo speakers, DVDRW/CDRW player dual, which means that you can read and write the 7-8 GB DVD. Other interesting thing is that it has a Memory stick slot which means that I... Read review

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Advantages: CHEAPER THAN MOST LAPTOP'S
Disadvantages: BITS AND BOB'S

...wireless was also included which i also wanted as it ment there would be no wires or cables lieing around plus the added benefit of an infra red port was good as i could put mp3 and picture to and from my SAMSUNG infra red phone. SPECS OF THE CHOSEN LAPTOP ------------------------------------------------ Mobile Intel Pentium-M 735 (1.7GHz 2Mb cache) Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 512MB DDR RAM 40GB HDD DVD/CD-RW/DVD-RW 15.1" TFT XGA wireless LAN 3.5 hours battery life 2.8Kgs WHAT IT FELT LIKE AFTER PURCHASE --------------------------------------------------------- Ive been told this happens alot but when i received the laptop the specs were not the same as the one's show in the advert,this upset me alot as the place i purchased it from never sorted the problem out for me i had to phone up HI-GRADE them selfs to sort out... Read review

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Advantages: Sleek look, Good build Quality, Lots of software
Disadvantages: Pricey, Heavier than some others

...I use one of the laptops as my work computer, set up to run on Windows XP. I like it as it has good looks, it's robustly built, has a clear display on the Black TFT screen, with good quality life-like colours and good display clarity. With a Pentium M740 1.73Ghz processor, 512MB RAM and an 80GB HDD, multiple applications, playing games, DVDs and is easy for this machine. Running high CPU usage games like Doom or Halo for example, even set on the highest resolution did not have any adverse effects on performance, although it does tend to get quite hot when running high usage applications. The HDD comes pre-partitioned into two drives, with the C drive containing all installed software. There is a hidden partition on the drive, which has all the software that you would need in case of a recovery during a system crash (which i... Read review

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