Sep 13, 2010

Samsung’s new RF, QX and NF notebooks

Samsung has started the day with their new notebook family announcement. To give it a short review I’d say five out of six new Samsung notebooks are perfectly faceted for studying needs which means they are not too big, not too small, not too posh and not too humble. The sixth one however is a netbook and doesn’t share key features its bigger brothers have: Intel Core i-series processors and NVIDIA Optimus graphics technology.
Samsung has done a great job keeping most of that goodness under a thousand dollars and only top models are barely exceeding this level. Continued with exact MSRPs and full specs.
Samsung RF710 specifications:
Processor: Intel Core i7-720QM @ 1.6GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M w/1GB dedicated memory
System memory: 4GB DDR3
Storage: 640GB HDD
Display: 17.3-inch LED, 1600 × 600
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi; Bluetooth 3.0
Battery: Li-Ion, up to 4.5hrs
Weight: 6.4lbs
Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
MSRP: $1,099
Samsung RF510-S02 specifications:
Processor: Intel Core i7-720QM @ 1.6GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M w/ 1GB dedicated memory
System memory: 4GB DDR3
Storage: 640GB HDD
Display: 15.6-inch LED, 1366 × 768
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi; Bluetooth 3.0
Battery: Li-Ion, up to 4.5hrs
Weight: 5.7lbs
Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
MSRP: $1,079
Samsung RF510-S01 specifications:
Processor: Intel Core i5-460M @ 2.5GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M w/ 1GB dedicated memory
System memory: 4GB DDR3
Storage: 500GB HDD
Display: 15.6-inch LED, 1366 × 768
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi; Bluetooth 3.0
Battery: Li-Ion, up to 4.5hrs
Weight: 5.7lbs
Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
MSRP: $939
Samsung QX410 specifications:
Processor: Intel Core i5-460M @ 2.53GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 310M w/ 512MB dedicated memory
System memory: 4GB DDR3
Storage: 640GB HDD
Display: 14-inch LED, 1366 × 768
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi; WiMax
Battery: Li-Ion, up to 7hrs
Weight: 5lbs
Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
MSRP: $929.99
Samsung NF210 specifications:
Processor: Intel Atom N455 @ 1.66GHz
Graphics: Intel GMA3150 integrated graphics
System memory: 1GB DDR3
Storage: 250GB HDD
Display: 10.1-inch LED, 1024 × 600
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
Battery: Li-Ion, up to 14hrs
Weight: 2.97lbs
Operating system: Windows 7 Starter
MSRP: $ 379.99
Source: (wateen.net)