I'm looking to get a laptop for when I go to university for around £500, and was wondering if anybody had any good suggestions. At the moment I'm thinking of the Samsung R522.
15" is a bit big really for lugging around. I recently bought a laptop (second hand), but I was very very tempted by the new 13" Samsung Q320: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/162000 Lowest I've seen it is £605, its a bit hit and miss on stock levels though (and prices as a result). Review here: http://www.trustedreviews.com/laptops/review/2009/05/19/Samsung-Q320---13-4in-Laptop/p1
I can vouch for the Samsung NC10, that has also been reviewed here on Bit-tech. As I am a student it's great just being able to take the laptop with me on lectures (it's the size of a book really. A small one ) and the battery is also, depending on the settings, bragworthy.
Samsung Cheesecake! NC10 is brilliant for mobility, Q320 is balanced, R522 for general and R560/R710 for performance/entertainment, your spoilt for choice
The problem is, 4gb of ram and windows sees just over 3gb as they use 32bit vista. POINTLESS! I would seriously go and have a look at www.novatech.co.uk Some of their laptops run similar spec to the sammy but with a dedicated 9650gt for instance and a 64bit OS should you wish to opt for it. They have superb build quality, run very nicely out of the box and after sales service is top notch! Andy
