|
Intel's integrated graphics have improved a lot in the last couple of processor generations, but they're still not quite a match for discrete graphics. So if you want a true notebook all-rounder, you will need a model with AMD or Nvidia graphics on board...
![Good](/static/images/reviews-good.png)
Fast Nvidia discrete graphics, Capable dual, core Intel processor, Good battery life, Capacious 1TB hard disk, Optical drive...
![Bad](/static/images/reviews-bad.png)
15.6in LCD only has 1,366 x 768 pixels...
![Bottom line](/static/images/reviews-bottomline.png)
The Samsung Series 5 NP550P5C may not be the kind of laptop you would lust after, and it won't slip unobtrusively into your bag, either. But it is a very capable all-rounder. It has decent processing abilities, great graphics, and surprisingly good batte...
|
|
|
If you’re looking for a solid desktop replacement but aren’t ready to use Windows 8, the Samsung Series 5 550P5C-S03 could be for you. It has the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium pre-installed and is one seriously fast laptop. With 6GB of RAM a...
![Bottom line](/static/images/reviews-bottomline.png)
Its screen could be better, but this powerful laptop is the perfect swan song for Windows 7...
|
|
T3.com
Updated: 2014-05-23 03:31:33
|
Whether you want it for graphic design, photography, programming or just enjoying high definition movies, there will always be a place for the gut-wrenchingly powerful 17-inch laptop. The Samsung Series 550P has enough power to deliver on these demands an...
![Good](/static/images/reviews-good.png)
Core i7 power, Builtin Bluray drive, Excellent JBL speakers...
![Bad](/static/images/reviews-bad.png)
Average battery life, No 1080p screen, Heavy chassis...
|
|
|
What do you do on your laptop? Surf the web, write documents, watch a bit of video? Yeah, we thought so. Despite having machines that are capable of incredible things, laptops that have enough computing power to achieve almost anything you can imagine...
![Good](/static/images/reviews-good.png)
Simple enough for anyone to use, stable, secure, some good web apps are available, Google's services are very well integrated and useful...
![Bad](/static/images/reviews-bad.png)
Not that fast, horribly over-priced, too limited for most users, to heavy, limited file support...
![Bottom line](/static/images/reviews-bottomline.png)
A sturdy, well-made laptop that offers a lot of people everything they need in a operating system. It is, however, too big and too heavy to be a great travel laptop. Plus, file support is just too limited...
|
|
|
Never change a running system. Samsung only slightly changed the multimedia notebooks of the series 5. Case and connectivity remained the same than the Samsung 550P5C-T02 predecessor's from a year ago. The same is true for the 8 GB RAM, the communicati...
![Good](/static/images/reviews-good.png)
solid and elegant case, 2.1 sound system from JBL, high resolution of the display...
![Bad](/static/images/reviews-bad.png)
low display brightness, CPU throttling...
![Bottom line](/static/images/reviews-bottomline.png)
Upgraded, but not better While the specs of the multimedia notebook would suggest a faster device, we observed several weaknesses in our review. In comparison to the Samsung Series 5 550P5C-T02 predecessor many things remained the same There was no reason...
|
|
|
Shao-Hung Liu (translated by Liala Stiegitz), 07/25/2012 The manufacturer Samsung has lately been particularly associated with the Galaxy S smartphones series. However, Samsung is not an unknown manufacturer in the notebook field and, with the Samsun...
![Good](/static/images/reviews-good.png)
Matte, bright screen, Agreeable keyboard, Easy to clean surfaces, JBL's 2.1 sound system...
![Bad](/static/images/reviews-bad.png)
High operating temperature, Unbalanced interface distribution, Poor image contrast...
![Bottom line](/static/images/reviews-bottomline.png)
Samsung Series 5 550P5C-T02Samsung Series 5 550P5C-T02This laptop with middling price and hardware is up-to-date when it comes to hardware at least. The combination of Intel's Core i5-3210M CPU with a default clock of 2.5GHz and Nvidia's GeForce GT 630M (...
|
|
|
Chrome OS is an operating system designed to run one app: the web browser. As such, there is virtually nothing you can do on a laptop running Chrome OS that you can’t also do on a Windows, Mac, or Linux laptop with the Google Chrome web browser instal...
![Bottom line](/static/images/reviews-bottomline.png)
The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook 550 isn’t for everyone. For $450 or more you can buy a decent Windows laptop, install the Chrome web browser, and do almost everything that you can do with a Chromebook.But you can do many of those things better with a C...
|
|