Samsung Notebook. should I?

[Park@82]

Good buy / Bad buy?

Looking for a good/cheap entry level laptop with a dual core CPU...

Specs:
-Samsung R510-as02
-Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6400 (2M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
-2GB memory
-250GB HDD
-15.4" screen
-Microsoft Vista home premium (hoping to get an upgrade option for win7)
-1 Year warranty

Price: R5999
Buget: R6000

What do you think?

http://images2.icecat.biz/img/norm/high/1961363-1973.jpg
http://www.samsung.com/za/consumer/...ookpc&subtype=rseries&model_cd=NP-R510-AS02ZA

 

[zamicro]

Do you have a link to the place selling this? My sister is looking for something like this.

 

[Joe505]

Im also looking out for a new laptop. Can someone who has this laptop or knows about it share their opinion on it? And another thing,are the hp pavillion 6920s with similar specs better than this?

 

[medicnick83]

Samsung are pushing heavy in SA.
I know Rectron are pushing it heavily too... you can get good prices these days on laptops.
As a matter of fact, I've sold more laptops in the last month than desktop PC's.

 

[PC Direct]

Samungs are good hey!

We've sold many - our pricing is meant to be updated today...

 

[N1sh]

How much is the price difference for the model you gave the link to with the 4 gigs of ram and 320 gig HD?

 

[RustyPrincess]

Do you have a link to the place selling this? My sister is looking for something like this.

Something like this
http://www.digitalplanet.co.za/p-11...-hd-156inch-hd-widescreen-tft-lcd-screen.aspx

 

[Park@82]

Do you have a link to the place selling this? My sister is looking for something like this.

On promotion at Dion Wired
http://www.dionwired.co.za/data/default/content/RapidCat/20090827/
On page 4 (a similar one on page 1)
Only untill 6 September.

BTW I took the last one @ Centurion. I got there and they had it on display for R6999, I had to convince them that it was on promo...

 

[Park@82]

How much is the price difference for the model you gave the link to with the 4 gigs of ram and 320 gig HD?

not sure, I just searched for the model on samsung...

 

[zamicro]

On promotion at Dion Wired
http://www.dionwired.co.za/data/default/content/RapidCat/20090827/
On page 4 (a similar one on page 1)
Only untill 6 September.

BTW I took the last one @ Centurion. I got there and they had it on display for R6999, I had to convince them that it was on promo...

Thanks. The one on page 4 looks good enough for her. I am just not sure that you get a P6400 processor. Might be a new one though.

 

[Park@82]

Thanks. The one on page 4 looks good enough for her. I am just not sure that you get a P6400 processor. Might be a new one though.

Yeah it is defiantly the T6400 they made a mistake... Must say I am really impressed with this baby so far.
Build in blue-tooth
Gigabit Ethernet
802.11a/b/g/n wifi (not sure about the n yet but the online specs says so...)
HDMI
SD card slot
6 Cell battery
the list goes on...

 

[Nameite]

Its a good buy! Get it!

Samsungs have good reps in China for their laptops....which is very hard with all the critics there.

 

[Park@82]

Its a good buy! Get it!

Samsungs have good reps in China for their laptops....which is very hard with all the critics there.

I did thanks, but unfortunately I had to settle for a display model (was the last one).

 

[Joe505]

Any of u guys know what the difference is between the r509 and r519? Is it that the one has a 15.4'' screen and the other a 15.6''? Are both of them hd screens? Please help,thanks!

 

[Nameite]

I did thanks, but unfortunately I had to settle for a display model (was the last one).

Arent they suppose to be much cheaper since its a demo model?

Well as long as the warranty starts from the date of purchase its as good as new...

 

[Park@82]

Arent they suppose to be much cheaper since its a demo model?

yeah that's what I told them but they didn't want to budge...
The warranty is from date of purchase, they told me.

 

[Nameite]

That sucks...hopefully the battery was detached during it's long term display-hours