Customer reviews from Samsung US
Samsung - ATIV Book 8 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Bare Metal
Average customer rating
4.4
(39 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 39 reviews
5 Stars
22
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
1
1 Star
0
89%of customers recommend this product.
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32 out of
36)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - ATIV Book 8 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Bare Metal
Customer Rating
5
Great Laptop!
on February 19, 2014
Posted by: DarkCyclone
from Tucson
Expertise:Expert
I've had this laptop for about 3ish months. I really like how fast it is and Windows 8 isn't so bad. Windows 8.1 wouldn't be so bad if the video card manufacturers and MS would get together and fix the video card issue. Otherwise I'm very happy. Took me a little bit of time to adjust to the touchscreen but it has been very useful. I'm a grad student in a technical field so I have various programming and other software on here which the system has handled with ease. The best laptop I have owned to date.
Originally I was looking for a smaller, lighter laptop. But I was really happy with Samsung as far as my cell phone and tablet went so I decided to give the laptop a shot too. The only caveat, for me, is the weight. Really starts to get heavy as the day progresses.
Pros: Bright display, Durable
Cons: heavy
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
5
Awesome
on November 18, 2013
Posted by: gefrank
Slapped 8GB more ram and the Samsung Evo 840 SSD 250 GB in it blazes.
Pros: Inexpensive, 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
5
Great laptop
on June 17, 2014
Posted by: Ragshak
from New Zealand
This was my first high-ish end computer I've owned, and it is a treat. It has great specs with an incredible battery life which is perfect for my primary usage (university work), only catch was the slow hard drive which was promptly replaced with a SSD to increase speed and increase its battery life further. While doing that I switched the internet card for another one which supported AC card as well and the laptop is now truly flying.
I found that I had to mess around with drivers online for me to utilise the inbuilt graphics card though, it doesn't seem to be activated by default for some reason.
I found that I had to mess around with drivers online for me to utilise the inbuilt graphics card though, it doesn't seem to be activated by default for some reason.
Pros: Realistic color, upgradable
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
great
on October 31, 2013
Posted by: yans1428
I love it. very fast great features very reliable as well
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
4
Design
4
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
BEST PURCHASE OF THE YEAR!
on November 27, 2013
Posted by: quackdoodle
from Chicago, IL
Expertise:Expert
I haven't bought anything this year that I like more than my new laptop. The only thing I didn't think about was how much I wouldn't use the touchscreen. Yes, it comes in handy once in a while but unless you want to be staring at fingerprints all the time it's just not worth it to use. Other than that though, IT'S AWESOME!
Pros: Built-in speakers, Inexpensive, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Great laptop, Great Price
on October 14, 2013
Posted by: nsaint
from Boston
Expertise:Expert
I added an SSD and 8GB more memory...what a beast!
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Inexpensive, Realistic color
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
4
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
amazing laptop
on July 25, 2014
Posted by: capang9555
from Seattle, WA
Expertise:Expert
I've had this laptop since Xmas 2013 it's been a amazing computer. Never had a Samsung computer before this one. Definitely a loyalist to Samsung now. The computer is amazing. It is thin. Light weight for what it's packing. The battery life can't be beat (get anywhere from 5-6 hours under normal use to 7-8 hours of light use) processor is very powerful and up to the task of gaming, 3d rendering, Photoshop, anything you can throw at it! Graphics card is also fairly powerful. Most games can run at high. Some including crysis can run at medium settings without any lag! Screen is bright. Only complaint is that it is very glossy and reflective. Body of it is durable. I normally keep it on a cooling pad. But without it the laptop still manages to stay cool even under full load! Only issues I've had with it have been driver related to amd. So nothing to do with Samsung. Only other complaint is that the hard drive is kinda slow 5400rpm. But it's a large drive so that makes up for it. Speakers are fantastic lots of bass for laptop speakers!
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Durable, Lightweight, good for moderate gaming, battery life
Cons: reflective screen, slow hard drive
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
Trouble free Samsung Ultrabook
on May 19, 2014
Posted by: debscord
from Cleveland, OH
Expertise:Expert
This is the best laptop I have had. User friendly, fast seamless troubleshooting. Reliable, intelligent in the reports and messages for maintenance.
I work as a translator and graphic arts, so I use a lot of heavy software, no problem with memory and software management.
Reliable and elegant, excellent combination in a product.
Pros: Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US