Customer reviews from Samsung US
Samsung - Series 7 Laptop / Intel Core i7 Processor / 15.6" Display / 6GB Memory / 750GB Hard Drive - Silver
Average customer rating
4.4
(57 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 57 reviews
5 Stars
35
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
2
1 Star
2
92%of customers recommend this product.
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44 out of
48)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - Series 7 Laptop / Intel Core i7 Processor / 15.6" Display / 6GB Memory / 750GB Hard Drive - Silver
Customer Rating
4
on February 20, 2012
Posted by: Leonmd1
Expertise:Expert
Beautiful design, excellent performance, excellent screen display, overall good quality laptop, nevertheless poor response on mouse pad.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
Cons: mouse pad
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
3
Needs corrections
on October 2, 2012
Posted by: Vertigo00
Expertise:Intermediate
I own this model since december 2011.
The touchpad is located too far to the left, causing frequent inadvertent touching during typing if the hands are to rest on the computer rather than hang in the air.
There is a recovery disc, but it contains no reasonable drivers either for the graphics card, no wireless driver or and no usb driver. For someone used to a proper recovery disc this may come as an unpleasant usurprise when nothing works after doing a restore except for the CD. Another problem with recover is that the fast keys like turning off the laptop with Fn+F4 or turning up or down the volume with Fn+F8/F7 or turning up or down the brightness are also GONE ! Does anyone know where to fix this, because I don't.
The good side is its a fast computer, and the monitor seems to be subtle and less straining to the eyes.
It does not have a socket for a microphone, and the microphone which is in the computer seems to produce loud noise when the processor fan is on, which makes voice communication very difficult sometimes.
There is no button to eject the DVD/CD. You can only do it through the ready system... imagine if your battery was dead, and need to get it out.
The Speakers... nothing special, rather weak. The keyboard layout is not really my best choice. Neither are the keys design and material. Some keys had some trouble with coming back up a couple of times (I won it for 10 months now)
Inadvertent touching of the Touchpad causing a disruption in typing has occured around 10-15 times while writing this text.
I really wanted to have a laptop with a monitor like that, but there are all these mentioned issues with this one.
Pros: Bright display, Lightweight, fast
Cons: microphone, touchpad, subtle monitor, weak speakers, keyboard, not a proper restore disk
Features
3
Performance
5
Design
3
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
awesome
on October 25, 2012
Posted by: drparrott
this was the best computer ever until it fell off the truck
Pros: Inexpensive
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
on December 27, 2011
Posted by: samsungfan94
The greatest laptop ever. Possibly even better than a Mac.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
2
Looks great, but....
on December 3, 2011
Posted by: UTVol11
from Tennessee
Expertise:Expert
Just purchased this laptop a couple weeks ago, and I'm impressed with the design and build quality of the laptop. The i7 processor is fast, and the 750GB hard drive gives you plenty of room to store your files.
But...the included Radeon HD 6490M graphics card leaves a lot to be desired. For one, it's *switchable* graphics, so that means that the included software dictates what programs use the discrete graphics card or not. For any programs that rely on OpenGL (Adobe software and some video games, for example), the 6490M graphics card **will not** be used to run the software. Some other companies have provided BIOS updates to allow the user to select the discrete graphics card to run all programs, but Samsung has not provided this fix.The result of this is that the graphics capabilities of this laptop aren't fully utilized.
So beware of this notebook, especially if you do a lot of editing with OpenGL programs...most likely it will not be fixed, and you'll be stuck with a laptop that's equivalent to many lower-priced, underpowered laptops.
Pros: Lightweight, great design and build
Cons: beware of the graphics card
Features
3
Performance
2
Design
5
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
I'm impressed
on February 26, 2012
Posted by: IMLycan
I rarely see more than 20% of the processor used. I would like to know if the video card is upgradeable though still? Samsung is definitely top of the line as far as I'm concerned.
Pros: Bright display, Realistic color, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
3
returned it
on November 17, 2011
Posted by: corwin2k
from sarasota, fl
Expertise:Expert
I really liked this laptop on paper, but i was disappointed with the screen and performance. The desing is nice to look at, but the sharp edges made using the touch pad painful. Performance seamed less than what the specs suggested and the non automatic switching between graphic cards was created problems for my software.
Pros: Lightweight
Cons: Not high def, Did not meet expectations, poor color reproduction, viewing angles limiting
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
4
Performance
3
Design
4
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
3
it works
on January 29, 2012
Posted by: jimmyjohn007
once you figure out how to disable the ridiculous touchpad features .... you know you can get things done ok.
Pros: Bright display, Inexpensive, Realistic color
Cons: no blu ray, lip cuts wrists, cant adjust brightness, poor dvd/cd software
Features
3
Performance
3
Design
4
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US