Customer reviews from Samsung US
Samsung - 15.6" Notebook - 8 GB Memory - 500 GB Hard Drive - Silver
Average customer rating
4.5
(50 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 50 reviews
5 Stars
33
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
3
1 Star
1
93%of customers recommend this product.
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41 out of
44)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - 15.6" Notebook - 8 GB Memory - 500 GB Hard Drive - Silver
Customer Rating
5
on December 16, 2011
Posted by: pahding
Great computer. Big step up from my economy compaq.
Pros: Bright display
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Best buy for the cost
on December 8, 2011
Posted by: MikeSamsung
from Fort Worth, TX
Expertise:Expert
I have been looking for a replacement laptop for my Sony VAIO that had developed a short in the screen backlight leaving me with an unreadable screen. I wanted a replacement that had a backlit keyboard, better performance (went from dual core to I7), larger hard drive (went from 300 to 750GB), WiFi, USB 3.0 and Bluetooth 3.0. This system had it all and at a cost about 30% less than the competition. The only possible options missing are full HD (1920 x 1080) and a BlueRay drive. I do programming for Windows and Web-based applications and some game playing with WOW. I watch some NetFlix but am not that much into the BlueRay thing and the installed graphics are more than sufficient for my needs. All in all, an awesome system that I plan on using for at least 3 years.
Pros: Lightweight, awesome all-around features
Cons: Not high def
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
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
Great laptop!
on November 21, 2011
Posted by: gautam27
from Greenwich, CT
Expertise:Expert
This laptop packs an amazing amount of performance in an elegant chasis that is more compact than any other notebook on the market. Feature for feature, the Samsung Chronos notebook outperforms the latest Fall 2011 versions of other models available on the market! The vivid 1600X900 display, the superfast ExpressCache to speed up start times, the relatively light weight for a performance laptop - all make it hard for the competition to catch up. The only real drawback I can see is the Broadcom wireless n adapter is single band and so is limited in range and speed.
The icing on the cake is the long battery life - I can work continuously for 6-8 hours without running out of juice!
Pros: Bright display, Durable, Lightweight, long battery life
Cons: poor choice of broadcom wireless card, signal strength deteriorates rapidly after 10 feet, only single band 2.4 GHz wireless n so the 5.8 GHz band is not available
Cons: poor choice of broadcom wireless card, signal strength deteriorates rapidly after 10 feet, only single band 2.4 GHz wireless n so the 5.8 GHz band is not available
Pros: Bright display, Lightweight, long battery life
Cons: Not high def, did not come with a vga dongle in the usa model
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
4
Good Laptop
on December 13, 2011
Posted by: minsammie
Expertise:Intermediate
Overall, very pleased. Lots of bang for the buck. Display is fine. I like the aluminum case. Bottom is plastic. Spacebar doesn't work very well when pressed on the far right. Lip between plastic bottom and aluminum palm rest is pretty sharp - takes some getting used to. Mouse pad needs to be tweaked to be useful. Graphics card is glitchy. Old drivers - tough to update. Can't run Opengl programs on this computer which include lots of adobe software. Can't overclock 6750m.
Other than that this computer is awesome. Its light and has a great battery. Fan is really quiet. Build is pretty good and the bloatware isn't to bad.
Pros: Bright display, Lightweight
Cons: Not high def, can't use opengl
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
4
Design
3
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Great product
on November 27, 2011
Posted by: techprime
from washington dc
Expertise:Expert
This is a great product with very advanced features. I like the design of this laptop. Very sleek and powerful laptop.
Pros: Durable, Lightweight
Cons: Not high def
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
4
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
2
So many small issues, I got fed up
on December 1, 2011
Posted by: kleekleeklee
Expertise:Expert
I really wanted to like this computer. Its sleek, premium feel and great specifications on paper made this computer exciting to purchase at the store. Unfortunately, it was wrought with so many small annoyances and a fatal flaw - its poorly designed spacebar, that I returned it after only two days of use.
- When typing, I noticed that 1/3 of my spaces were being skipped. On both the far right side and the far left side of the spacebar, standard depresses were not registering. I went back to the retailer, who opened up a new computer and the issue was the same on the new unit as well. This is a DESIGN FLAW.
- The computer came preformatted with a 50GB main partition and a secondary D: drive with the rest of the capacity. I immediately redid the partitioning from the Samsung restore utility to made it one partition.
- When playing YouTube videos, I was constantly getting BSOD and video artifacts.
- After waking from sleep using the quick wake function, software would run so slow that it required a restart, negating the whole SSD-like feature included.
- The computer came preformatted with a 50GB main partition and a secondary D: drive with the rest of the capacity. I immediately redid the partitioning from the Samsung restore utility to made it one partition.
- When playing YouTube videos, I was constantly getting BSOD and video artifacts.
- After waking from sleep using the quick wake function, software would run so slow that it required a restart, negating the whole SSD-like feature included.
Overall, a very disappointing waste of time.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Durable
Cons: Did not meet expectations, keyboard spacebar, video card
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
3
Performance
3
Design
1
Value
2
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