Customer reviews from Samsung US
Samsung - 15.6" Ultrabook - 8 GB Memory - 750 GB Hard Drive
Average customer rating
4.2
(22 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 22 reviews
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
2
1 Star
1
89%of customers recommend this product.
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16 out of
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Customer Reviews for Samsung - 15.6" Ultrabook - 8 GB Memory - 750 GB Hard Drive
Customer Rating
5
Had Been Looking For Years!
on December 8, 2011
Posted by: ShadMan29
I came from Samsung Vio VGN-FZ140E. Needless to say I was in need of an upgrade. I had it narrowed down between a few and then the Series 7 came out. Done deal! Love it! Start up is amazing, backlight key is terriftic. The only thing I'm not crazy about is the mouse pad. It needs to be a few inches away from the keys and is super sensitive. I'm sure there is a way to change that. However, for the money I would totally recommend this Laptop!
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Durable, Lightweight
Cons: mouse pad
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
4
Samsung Series 7 15.6"
on February 16, 2012
Posted by: Aki05
from Woodinville, Wa
Expertise:Intermediate
Overall, this is a laptop with the right idea, Light weight, longer battery light compare to MAC Pro. Fast booting up but a few of the features were poorly executed and they can potentially take away all the luster of this laptop.
con is the mouse touchpad. This laptop's mouse touchpad is not in the center of the laptop. The actual material of this mouse touchpad is not smooth like many other touchpads. It is prone to more friction and becomes harder to use as time goes by. I like to effortlessly glide my finger across a mouse touchpad. However, this touchpad causes unintended taps/double-taps and palm clicks. There is no option for palm-detection. Furthermore, the entire touchpad presses down like a button, yet it also functions for touch so the cursor jumps/moves if you're trying to click on a particular area because it will recognize your finger moving slightly when pressing down. FAIL.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Inexpensive, Lightweight, long battery light
Cons: Not high def, touch pad on left hand/ no responding sometimes., plastic back
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
3
Performance
4
Design
4
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
cooling fan issue
on February 22, 2012
Posted by: RMSamsungaddict
Expertise:Expert
The overall experience is great.
Light, fast and with back-lit keyboard, that's what I wanted from my notebook. And battery life is amazing. I did a 4 hours (repeated the process several times) in a Norton Ghost backup and when I noticed I was running on the notebook battery I froze. It was still having 40% juice.
Light, fast and with back-lit keyboard, that's what I wanted from my notebook. And battery life is amazing. I did a 4 hours (repeated the process several times) in a Norton Ghost backup and when I noticed I was running on the notebook battery I froze. It was still having 40% juice.
One thing happened though, a fan from inside went wrong and started vibrating. I set the fans to run as low as possible, but the noise started to bother. I called service and they said I have to send notebook to them to replace the fan. I ended getting a spare fan myself and replaced it.
When opening the notebook, which BTW voids warranty, so assume this if you open yours, I also upgraded to Samsung SSD 830 512GB drive. Now I have my dream notebook and everyone who sees it has something to say about it's sleek appearance.
When opening the notebook, which BTW voids warranty, so assume this if you open yours, I also upgraded to Samsung SSD 830 512GB drive. Now I have my dream notebook and everyone who sees it has something to say about it's sleek appearance.
Pros: Durable, Lightweight, fast, long standing battery
Cons: noisy fan issue, wish for an even more powerful vga card
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
4
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Awesome computer!
on June 23, 2012
Posted by: Insight4
from Cyber Space
Expertise:Expert
I am pleased with my purchase. Excellent features, great performance.
Pros: Bright display, Realistic color
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
1
Switchable Graphics Issues Break an Otherwise Great Computer
on December 31, 2011
Posted by: chronos
Expertise:Intermediate
Initially I was very impressed with this laptop, the specifications seemed great for the price and it had great battery life. The matte screen looks great and with an i7, 8GB of memory, and a decent dedicated graphics card it seemed like it could handle almost everything I would want to use it for.
However, within the first few days of owning this laptop I have found several unexpected performance issues. Several programs which this computer should be more than capable of handling perform worse than on my three and a half year old laptop whih I planned on replacing with the Samsung Series 7 Chronos. I have found that the automated switching between the discrete graphics card and the integrated graphics card is less than ideal. Several programs I use which should take advantage of the dedicated AMD graphics card do not. Upon doing some research on the internet I found that it is a known problem that any program utilizing openGL will get stuck using the Intel HD integrated graphics. There aren't many programs that use openGL but some that do that I had planned on using include Photoshop, a few video games, and Solid Works. This occurs even when setting that program to high performance in the switchable graphics options. This is unfortunate because I purchased a laptop with a dedicated graphics card only to get the performance of integrated graphics. Some other laptop manufactures have had the same problem with this combination of Intel processor and AMD graphics. These other manufacturers have released a BIOS update that corrects the issue. I hope that Samsung will do the same.
I'm planning on returning this product if this issue is not fixed and I would not recommend that anyone who plans on using programs that utilize openGL purchase this until it is fixed.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
Cons: Did not meet expectations
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
2
Performance
1
Design
3
Value
2
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
2
Sharp Wrist Rest Ruins This Laptop
on January 16, 2012
Posted by: wicker
from South Hero, VT
Expertise:Expert
Unfortunately the super-sharp wrist rest edge ruins what is otherwise a very nice laptop. Samsung didn't bevel or round off the lip of the wrist rest, & the square edge is sharp enough to leave white scrape marks. It is a serious usability design flaw that Samsung overlooked.
Otherwise the Series 7 Chronos is a nice thin laptop with a sleek metal case. The boot time & speed loading programs is outstanding. The only other flaws are the ELAN touchpad which is jumpy even with the latest drivers, & the wifi range is terrible. These two are flaws I can live with, but the sharp wrist rest is particularly awful.
Pros: Bright display, Inexpensive, Durable, Lightweight
Cons: Did not meet expectations, sharp wrist rest
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
2
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!
on February 14, 2012
Posted by: JJohnsonairflow
This laptop is amazing. I think that this is the best laptop on the market....
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Inexpensive, Durable, 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
5
I love it
on February 29, 2012
Posted by: funkyfresh
Expertise:Intermediate
It's amazing, I'm very happy I bought it. It does everything I need/want.. all at the same time! The graphics card is nice, it is a very portable laptop, the sound is good, the battery lasts forever, backlit keyboard is great, its really fast, and the boot time is awesome. All around fantastic laptop.
Pros: Bright display, Durable, Lightweight, fast, 8 gigs of ram!, graphics card, i7
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US