Samsung was one of the options I had when I was looking to buy a laptop which has both performance and features. Price was the best for the features provided and I bought this one recently. So, here is my experience - I experienced the difference in the speed while using 3rd Gen i5 and Core 2 Duo. But no difference when I compare it with a 4th Gen i5 processor. The Windows 8 initial setup took less time, just the upgrades took a toll when all of them failed and the changes had to be reverted, then the updates installed again. I had to do this before I could upgrade it to 8.1. Out of box version is only Windows 8. I partitioned the single 900 GB drive into three, one for the OS and system files, one for Media and other for my work and education. The graphics works perfect with the support of graphics card while playing medium to high resolution games, no flaws there. Pros: 1. Good specifications for less price. 2. Good battery life, gives more than 5 hours of backup. 3. 1TB HDD makes sure you have space for the next few years. 4. Track pad gestures works well with Windows 8. flaws fixed after it was upgraded to 8.1 Cons: 1. No USB 3.0 port. Three USB ports are present but they only support the speeds of USB 2.0 2. Windows 8 has flaws, so an update is necessary and the size is more than 1.7GB so need patience there. 3. Function specific keys are not present, pressing two keys to adjust volume/brightness is not convenient. 4. No backlit keyboard, using USB light instead. Overall feedback is to buy this laptop, definitely worth the price and time.

first lets talk about build quality, its really good, light, dual tone, figure print resistance, feels very well, doesn't feel cheap any ways with palsticky builds, after all its Samsung, this guys are fascinated with plastic, see galaxy s3. second one about the hardware, u cant find this configuration laptop with this price tag, so god bless Samsung, processors works out of the box, never feel any lag with heavy graphics intensive apps,games,its boots fast,works fast,overall performance is fully satisfying, imp one is that Samsung is the only one firms who have capability to produce entire unit, so board, ram, hdd, displays are made by Samsung so nothing to worry about components unlike other manufacturer 3rd one display, its really very nice, don't expect retina performance cause its not apple, but its good display, crisp clear, viewing angles are good, playing hd very well, even in 50% brightness it perform very well,grt for gfx designer & gamers. 4th one about OS & disk management, it ship with win 7 HB,there is no need to explain about win 7, i hope so, total hard disk is dedicated to OS drive, so u have to partition it, no big deal, u can use inbuilt disk management but with restrictions, or u can use third party apps like mini tool partition wizard like i did, its very easy just matter of click, made 4 partition using entire hdd space. 5th one about graphics, its kinda hybrid technology like amd, comes up with integrated intel hd, & dedicated nvidia 620m far better than 610m, u can switch between integrated or dedicated card as per ur need by phyx model in control panel, its amzing, 620M is osum, will blow ur mind while palying games, imp one its not get hot at all, i m palying games for 4-5 hr, never feel any noticable difference in temp, so intel+nvidia+samsung= gamers dreams. 6th one about preinstalled apps, it comes up with inbuild apps like easy setting,easy migartion, easy share, recovery solutions, software launcher this apps are life saving, play with it, sp easy setting, its one stop solution for all ur daily user needs,, so there is no driver disk with it, it all installes, but nothing to worry u can make ur own driver disk by samsung racovery solution, its kids play, 1st thing u have to do before using is make ur driver backup disk in case something goes wrong. samsung really now days taking care care of software side, thats grt 7th one abt battery backup, really good, i got alsmost 3 hrs of backup with 80% charge ( i restricted charging level to 80% for better battery life & 70% brightness ) played gfx intesive games, hd movies , working on heavvy softs during that, so i think 100% will give around 4 hrs backup, n thats sufficient, so nothing to criticise abt battery backup 8th abt cons, there is no cons abt this laptop when considering price point on view, its awsome machine, this the 3rd samsung laptop i purchased, i totally belives in samsung build , imp one is that service, there nothing to worry abt service, samsung is everywhere. Final verdict, Dont hesitate.....Go for it........Its full worthy

The beauty of this laptop lies in its specs and relatively less cost price. This laptop is feature rich and Samsung has given it every kind of customization as possible. This is what made my buy this laptop and I am hugely impressed with what I am being offered. The battery is an issue in most of the laptop but I face no such hassle when it comes to using it. This is very important as I have seen that the batteries of many laptops go down after a couple of months. Rest of the specs like 1 TB space, Core i5 and RAM are also very good Collected through an in-person interaction with the customer.

When it comes to laptops, Samsung has already won the battle by creating lappies which are low cost and extremely good with their performance. I was very much interested in this laptop because of its specs, design and features. This is why I went for it and I would like to say that I was not wrong. The laptop is lightning fast. It does not lag and it is also very good when it comes to its battery backup. So it offers extreme and balanced offer overall. Collected through an in-person interaction with the customer.