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Samsung R530 15.6-Inch Laptop (Red)

(9 Customer Reviews)

Price: $649.00
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Technical Details

• 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
• 4GB DDR3 Memory; 320GB Hard Drive
• High-quality sound with two 1.5W stereo speakers and SRS HD sound effects
• 15.6" LED-backlit 16:9 Widescreen LCD Display; Intel GMA 4500MHD
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

 

Product Details

Product Weight: 5.51 pounds

Shipping Weight: 7.60 pounds

Model: R530-RED

Manufacturer: Samsung IT

Sales Rank: 462

 

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Customer Reviews

alot of bang for the buck,
by George S. Mcknight, 2010-07-11

Very well built Samsung Laptop. Lots of bells and whistles for the price. I only purchase Lenovo (IBM) PC's. for the quality, and service. HP, gateway, and Dell, all seem low quality and bad service, no Horrible service, yea thats sounds more to the truth. IBM (Lenovo) and Samsung just seem better quality and much better Customer Service.

 

so far so good,
by S. Abney, 2010-07-06

Okay,, the resolution for the laptop screen isn't optimal. 1,366 x 768 isn't that great considering it has a Blu Ray player on board.
Here is the thing. For me its perfect because i'm using the laptop to hookup to the 55 in LCD in 1080p. Yes the laptops HDMI and Intel Video will pump out to 1080p.
The CPU is great. I have done benchmark tests and they were all good. I ran this laptop through the ringer the first 2 hours I had it. 64bit Windows 7, 4gig of memeory, quad core processing, HDMI out, and Blu Ray player....all for 600 bux and that was with tax.

Its doing what I need it too.
Installed Boxee,, hooked up my external Raid and boom,,, off to the movies I was and even TV shows. Grabbed the Droid and used it as my remote for the PC... perfect!


Take in mind when buying such items. Make sure its going to give you what YOU need. If the 1366x768 isn't going to cut it for you because you are only going to use the Laptops screen. Look else where. That is the only fault that I can see this laptop has, but within the price range I was looking at..... this was the one that fit the bill. The gateways,, well,, I won't do Gateway,, horror story,,,,
HP's,,, well same price range but still more expensive by 200 bux to get the same specs I got in this Samsung.
Dell,,, well,, I don't do Dell either...horror story.

I'd say if you want something with power, and don't care about the on board screens resolution,, its a good price point.

 

I'd buy it all over again,
by Laury, 2010-07-04

I saw this laptop at Best Buy for $849, read favorable reviews on Cnet and really wanted it, but didn't want to spend that much. I thought this one was exactly the same. The touchpad is slightly different... I actually like it better. But there is a Firewire card in the Best Buy one and not in this one. Since I plan to edit video I was slightly disappointed. Other than that I can't detect any differences at all. Since buying this one Best Buy has put theirs on clearance, but it's still more than $100 more than this one.

I'm impressed with the speed of this laptop. Everything loads virtually instantly. Video runs smoothly. The display is clear and easy to view in different lighting. It's light and portable. So far the battery has held up... hasn't died on me during any of my excursions, but haven't really challenged it much. Mostly I use it at home, plugged in.

I think this laptop was a very good buy for the money.

 

Very Poor for Multimedia,
by J. Ward, 2010-06-10

I just got this thing and I have to tell you I am very disappointed in it. The graphics are absolutely horrible. My 6 year old Sony Vaio with a 10" display had better quality picture than the Samsung. Watching online videos from Hulu and [...] are visibly poorer quality than any computer I've ever used. Images from my 22MP camera even look grainy on the screen as do images on webpages. I've checked my display settings and they're all at optimum.

Also, Samsung boasts its large speakers but their performance is even worse than the display's. Absolutely no bass response whatsoever. Volume is VERY weak even at full blast, which is distorted. Plugging in headphones isn't much better as far as volume, although bass did respond better. I had to buy an external amplifier to boost the signal to the headphones to get any decent volume. Again, my old Sony outperformed the Samsung in this area as well.

For over $600 I think you could do a LOT better if you have any intentions of watching videos, listening to music, or looking at pictures (and who doesn't do any of those?)

I'm also very disappointed with Amazon on the pricing on this thing. I put it in my cart on a Sunday night and didn't check out until Monday morning. By then the price jumped by $50 and they wouldn't honor the original price so I canceled the order before submitting it. Then before the week was up it had dropped again by $35 taking it back almost to where it started. Imagine how upset I would have been if I had bought it at the inflated price just to have it drop again 3 days later!

I can't speak for anything else on the computer as I've had it less than 24 hours. I have already had one full-on crash while installing external devices but that could just be a Windows thing. I also have a Samsung TV and Blu-ray player and I'm really happy with those but I have to admit I'm giving serious thought to sending this laptop back to Amazon.


You've been warned.

 

Think twice before buying this or any Samsung Laptop/Notebook,
by P. Ortiz-Villajos, 2010-06-09

I bought this Laptop for my wife 3 months ago. She absolutely loved it until a misterious "internal crack" appeared on the screen last week which made it unusable.
I opened a repair request with Samsung and sent the unit to the repair location specified by Samsung. I thorughly inspected the unit to see if it had any signs of damage to the case or the screen. Everything looked perfect. No damage of any kind.
After 2 days, I received a call from the repair shop telling me about the internal crack. They stated that this happens "very frequently" with Samsung Laptops and Notebooks. Even the slightest pressure on the outside cover can damage the screen. All the exercise this laptop gets is when we open and close its lid in order to use it. We don't take it on trips or even move it from its location at my wife's desk. She even kept the plastic protector that came on the outside of the laptop lid so as to avoid any scratches, etc. She could not be more gentle with this unit yet it appears that it will break with the slightest touch. This is inexcusable for a mobile computing device.
Samsung has rejected any responsibility for the poor quality of their product design so now I will have to spend over $300 to repair a $700 3-month old Laptop. This is very dissapointing and, given Samsung's indiference, it will be the last Samsung product I buy.
UPDATE - A letter to the office of the president yielded no positive results. Their response: "it's not our problem". I'm going back to SONY products...