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Review Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen Notebook

Typical Desktop Replacement

Samsung's R700 Aura T9300 Dillen, a 17 inch notebook, offers a lot of performance at a moderate price. This thin 17 inch multimedia notebook comes with powerful and modern components and weighs just 3.1 kg. Due to an overall high performance, the R700 is also fit for demanding applications and computer games.

Review Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen Notebook

Desktop PCs go out of fashion. Today's 17 inch notebooks can be easily used as home cinema and for computer games. So, they are capable of replacing run-of-the-mill desktop PCs. Therefore, 17 inch notebooks are sometimes called desktop replacement notebooks (DTR).

Reasonable 17" beginner notebooks, which cost between 600.- and 800.- Euro are also affordable. However, you should not expect high calculation and 3D performance of these. At about 1000.- Euro you already get multimedia notebooks with 17 inch LCDs which are ready for computer games. But, DTRs with built-in TV tuner and display which supports full HD resolution, and high-end gaming notebooks cost about 2000.- Euro.

The R700 Aura T9300 Dillen is available for about 1300.- Euro. Samsung designed this notebook, which is equipped with a most up-to-date CPU by Intel and a middle-class video card, a Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT, for multimedia applications and some relaxing games. The following article covers whether this design goal was met.

Case

The Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen has a glossy black lid, which is sensitive to dust and fingerprints . Fortunately, the accessories include a microfibre cloth. Unfortunately the glossy double clear-coat finish is also sensitive to fine scratches. Although the mighty lid looks solid, pressing against the back side results in clear changes on the powered display.

The design is simple, the matte inside a matter of taste. Compared to innovative designs, like of the Acer Aspire 6920G for example, the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen looks unremarkable and unimaginative. Also the glossy ornaments do not change this. Furthermore, the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen does not have any hot keys for multimedia control. The only advantage of this 39.5 cm x 28.0 cm x 4.2 cm big desktop replacement notebook is its weight. Weighing just 3.1 kg this 17 inch notebook is rather light.

The case of this big 17 inch notebook is very thin for a notebook of this category. Apparently, the stability of the base construction is rather low because of this design. If you pick this notebook up, it clearly distorts and audibly creaks. Many other comparable 17 inch notebooks are clearly ahead in this aspect. But, accuracy of fit and workmanship are good.

Peripheral Connectivity

The Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen has four USB-2.0 ports, headphones and microphone sockets. A FireWire port and a S-Video out are missing. But, the R700 Aura offers an HDMI interface (High Definition Multimedia Interface) for transmitting uncompressed digital streams (audio and video).

Modern PC expansion cards are supported by the ExpressCard/54 slot. Furthermore, it can also handle the wide-spread flash memory cards, whereas it supports the following formats: MultiMediaCard (MMC and MMC Plus), Memory Stick Standard and Pro (MS, MS Pro), Secure Digital (SD and SDHC) and xD-Picture Card (xD). The built-in 1.3 mega-pixel web cam with integrated microphone can be handy for messaging services and video chats. In regards to communication, the R700 Aura T9300 Dillen offers everything required. Modem, fast Gigabit-LAN, wireless LAN which supports draft-n standard (300 MBit/s) or fast Bluetooth v2.0 EDR are available.

Great: The accessories include besides manuals and a microfibre cloth also a system recovery DVD for Microsoft Vista Home Premium and a system and media software CD. Unfortunately this has become unusual these days. Furthermore, recovery of the R700 Aura is easy, because there is an additional hard disk image. You just need to launch the Samsung's Recovery Solution II and you'll already have the system up and running again after about 20 (!) minutes.

Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen front side: Indicator LEDs, transport hook
Front Side: Indicator LEDs, transport hook
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen back side: Kensington lock, battery, 2x USB-2.0, Gigabit-LAN, modem, VGA, power
Back Side: Kensington lock, battery, 2x USB-2.0, Gigabit-LAN, modem, VGA, power
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen left side: HDMI, Vent holes,  1x USB-2.0, microphone, headphones, ExpressCard/54, 7-in-1 card reader
Left Side: HDMI, Vent holes, 1x USB-2.0, microphone, headphones, ExpressCard/54, 7-in-1 card reader
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen right side: DVD drive, 1x USB-2.0
Right Side: DVD drive, 1x USB-2.0

Input Devices

The R700 Aura doesn't offer any hot keys for quick launch of system functions. Also multimedia buttons, which would ease controlling the media player or other music and video software, are not available. Frequently used system functions have to be launched by using a Fn key combination.

Samsung utilizes the big space of this 17 inch notebook. The R700 Aura T9300 Dillen has got a matte black keyboard with 101 keys and a numerical pad with four columns. Except of reversely located Fn and Ctrl keys, the keyboard has a standard layout. The effective key head of letters is 1.4 cm x 1.5 cm big, which is alright for a 17 inch notebook. But, typing is not very user-friendly, because the key travel is long and the feedback not very clear. Furthermore, the keyboard gives during typing.

The touch pad is 7.0 cm x 4.2 cm big and allows to precisely control the mouse pointer. The visibly highlighted vertical scroll area increases the user-friendliness even more. But, the touch pad buttons are very loud and clatter. Mechanically they appear to be too wobbly too. They should be definitely improved by Samsung.

Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen keyboard
Keyboard
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen touch pad
Touch pad

Display

Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen: colour diagram mains operation
Colour Diagram Mains Operation

The R700 Aura T9300 Dillen is equipped with a heavily reflecting SuperBright-LC display LTN170X2-L02, which is also made by Samsung. This WXGA+ LCD has a native resolution of 1440x900 pixels in a 16:10 aspect ratio. The measured average brightness of 172.2 cd/m² should be sufficient for desktop work. Nevertheless, the brightness is considering it is a 17 inch panel only average.

The illumination is 80.4 percent. So, the R700 Aura T9300 is average in this aspect too. The brightness fades in the right bottom corner, were it achieves only 160 cd/m². So, the maximum brightness difference is nearly 20%. This conform to our subjective impression that the bottom area is clearly too dark. The contrast ratio is 249:1 in mains operation, whereas the minimum representable brightness (black value) is 0.8 cd/m². So, also the contrast is only fair average.

169.2
cd/m²
179.3
cd/m²
167
cd/m²
173
cd/m²
198.9
cd/m²
170.9
cd/m²
165.2
cd/m²
166.1
cd/m²
160
cd/m²
Distribution of brightness
Maximum: 198.9 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 172.2 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 80 %
Contrast: 249:1 (Black: 0.8 cd/m²)

Directly compared to our 20 inch reference screen, a MVA-LCD Viewsonic VP2030b, the colours appear to be a little bit dull. Overall, the colours are not sufficiently brilliant for a reflecting screen and they appear to be rather cold too, because they also have a slightly blue tint. But, the contrast is subjectively good, if the viewing angle is ideal. Outside the ideal viewing angles, the dependence on the viewing angle is compared to similar glossy panels fair average.

Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen viewing angles
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen viewing angles
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen viewing angles
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen viewing angles
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen viewing angles
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen viewing angles
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen viewing angles
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen viewing angles

Performance

Computational power is the core strength of the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen. Even demanding picture and video editing are no problem for the Core 2 Duo T9300 (2,5 GHz) with 6 MByte L2-Cache. Intel's powerful Penryn-CPU and 3 GB RAM offer top performance for all applications - even with the demanding operation system Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium. There are two fast DDRII-667 RAM  modules inside, a 1-GB and a 2-GB module.

CPU-Z-Information about the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen
CPU-Z-Information about the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen
CPU-Z-Information about the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen
CPU-Z-Information about the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen
CPU-Z-Information about the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen

CPU-Z-Information about the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen Notebook.

In the PCMark05 benchmark this notebook achieves 6109 points: This is a very good for the R700 Aura Dillen. The same is true for Maxon's Cinebench R10. Here the fast core components achieve a CB-CPU value of 5165 in 'Rendering Multiple CPUs'. Furthermore, we did never feel that the performance is too low during picture and video editing.

Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen: GPU-Z
GPU-Z
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen: Cinebench R10
Cinebench R10
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen: Vista performance index
Vista Performance Index

Despite a middle-class video chip, a GeForce 8600 GT by nVidia the video performance is still very good. The fast 256 MB GDDR3 video memory contributes to the powerful graphic processing in the synthetic 3D benchmarks by Futuremark. It seems that up to a resolution of 1280x768 256 MB are sufficient as texture memory. In the 3DMark06 this notebook achieves 4344 points - which is a really high value for a GeForce 8600M GT. In the 'shading' test of Cinebench R10 OpenGL benchmark the R700 Aura achieves also very good 3070 points.

Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen: Disk Management Console
Disk Management Console
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen: HD Tune
HD Tune
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen: DVD Info
DVD Info

Data can be stored on the built-in 250 GB SATA hard disk by Hitachi. The Travelstar 5K250, model HTS542525K9A300, comes with 8MB Cache, which is typical for this category, and works at 5400 rpm. The average transfer rate of 44.0 MB/s, which we measured with HDtune, is good. The optical drive, a TS-L632H by TSST (Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology) is said to be capable of burning DVD-RAMs at up to 5x.

Cinebench R10
 SettingsValue
 Shading 32Bit3070 Points
 Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit5165 Points
 Rendering Single 32Bit2731 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index
 SettingsValue
 CPU5.4 Points
 RAM5 Points
 GPU5.9 Points
 GPU Games5.4 Points
 HDD5.2 Points
PCMark 05 Standard
6109 points
Help
250 GB - 5400 rpm
Transfer Rate Minimum: 27.1 MB/s
Transfer Rate Maximum: 58.3 MB/s
Transfer Rate Average: 44 MB/s
Access Time: 17.2 ms
Burst Rate: 116.9 MB/s
CPU Usage: 2.5 %

Gaming Performance

Also 17 inch multimedia notebooks are still frequently equipped with a GeForce 8600M GT, a middle-class video card. This video card is fit for 3D applications and can also handle older computer games with native resolution of 1440x900 pixels and highest level of details without problems. However, new demanding 3D games require reducing the resolution.

In order to run Crysis or World in Conflict (WiC) smoothly, you have to reduce both, resolution and quality level. But, Ubisofts action adventure Assassins's Creed can be run in full resolution without problems. However, you need to do it without shadows and other graphical effects to run this impressive Middle Ages' adventure.

In the clearing, the combination of GeForce 8600M GT and fast T9300 has a rather good gaming performance. We used the ForceWare 156.76 (driver 7.15.11.5676) for the GeForce 8600M GT throughout our tests. As already mentioned above 4434 points were achieved with this configuration in Futuremark's 3DMark06 benchmark. Older games, like 'Doom3' ran smoothly with 100.6 fps at 1024x768 pixels and ultra details. In 'F.E.A.R' the average frame rate is also 73 fps at a resolution of 1024x768 and at high quality level. In Crysis and WiC the GeForce 8600M GT achieves only playable frame rates at low quality level.

3DMark 2001SE Standard
28050 points
3DMark 03 Standard
13515 points
3DMark 05 Standard
8078 points
3DMark 06 1280x800 Score
4434 points
Help
Doom 3
 ResolutionSettingsValue
 1024x768Ultra, 0xAA, 0xAF100.6 fps
 800x600High, 0xAA, 0xAF142.5 fps
 640x480Medium, 0xAA, 0xAF143.7 fps
 640x480Low, 0xAA, 0xAF167.3 fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
 ResolutionSettingsValue
 1280x800High, 0xAA, 0xAF9.05 fps
 1280x800Medium, 0xAA, 0xAF11.75 fps
 1280x800Low, 0xAA, 0xAF35.67 fps
 800x600High, 0xAA, 0xAF10.15 fps
 800x600Med, 0xAA, 0xAF16.36 fps
 800x600Low, 0xAA, 0xAF46.82 fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark
 ResolutionSettingsValue
 1280x800High7.47 fps
 1280x800Medium, 0xAA, 0xAF13.18 fps
 1280x800Low, 0xAA, 0xAF27.76 fps
 800x600High11.23 fps
 800x600Med, 0xAA, 0xAF18.52 fps
 800x600Low, 0xAA, 0xAF37.75 fps
World in Conflict - Benchmark
 ResolutionSettingsValue
 1280x800High, 2xAA, 2xAF10 fps
 800x600High, 2xAA, 2xAF14 fps
 1280x800Medium, 0xAA, 0xAF16 fps
 800x600Medium, 0xAA, 0xAF20 fps

System Noise

During continuous use for a while, the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen proves to be a very quiet notebook. Despite powerful core components, the noise level is only 33.2 dB(A) in idle mode, whereas the environment temperature was 23 degrees Celsius. Thereby the operating noise is a low frequency noise. Also under average load, e.g., simple picture editing, the R700 Aura does not get louder than 34.2 dB(A). Even under full load the noise level increases only moderately to up to 37.8 dB(A). It takes a while until the noise level reaches 40.4 dB(A), which is clearly audible, if you convert pictures or videos.

Noise Level

Idle
31.9 / 33.2 / 33.2 dB(A)
HDD
32.8 dB(A)
DVD
37.1 / 47.2 dB(A)
Load
34.2 / 40.4 dB(A)
  red to green bar
 
 
30 dB
silent
40 dB(A)
audible
50 dB(A)
loud
 
min: dark, med: mid, max: light    (15 cm distance)

Temperature

Another advantage of the R700 Aura are its low temperature emissions. The temperature increase of this powerful 17 inch notebook is also lower than of many other notebooks of this category if you use it for a while - very good. We measured an average temperature of 31.4°C at the top side, whereas the maximum was 35.0°C. As expected the maximum temperature is higher at the bottom side, where we measured 39.1°C. But, the average temperature of 30.2°C on the bottom side is very low.

Max. Load
 35 °C
95 F
34.1 °C
93 F
29.2 °C
85 F
 
 34.5 °C
94 F
32.5 °C
91 F
28 °C
82 F
 
 29.9 °C
86 F
30.9 °C
88 F
28.7 °C
84 F
 
Maximum: 35 °C = 95 F
Average: 31.4 °C = 89 F
27.2 °C
81 F
30.4 °C
87 F
39.1 °C
102 F
27.3 °C
81 F
32 °C
90 F
30.4 °C
87 F
30.1 °C
86 F
27.3 °C
81 F
27.8 °C
82 F
Maximum: 39.1 °C = 102 F
Average: 30.2 °C = 86 F
Room Temperature 22 °C = 72 F
(+) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 31.4 °C / 89 F, compared to the average of 33.8 °C / 93 F for the devices in the class Gaming.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 35 °C / 95 F, compared to the average of 40.4 °C / 105 F, ranging from 21.2 to 68.8 °C for the class Gaming.
(+) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 39.1 °C / 102 F, compared to the average of 43.2 °C / 110 F
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 30.9 °C / 87.6 F and are therefore cool to the touch.
(±) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 28.9 °C / 84 F (-2 °C / -3.6 F).

Speakers

Customers usually expect that the sound of 17 inch notebooks is good. However, these are also only equipped with really good speakers if it is a high-priced notebook. The R700 Aura costs only about 1300 Euro. So, you should not expect an outstanding sound. This notebook has two tiny speakers, which are located left and right at the bottom side of the front edge. The sound is fair average without strong basses and passable middle tones considering these are notebook speakers.

However, sound output via the analogue headphones socket is brilliant. We tested it with our reference earphones, Bose In-Ear headphones and could really enjoy the music. It is recommended to turn down the volume and turn off all sound modifiers before you try.

Battery Runtime

Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen: Battery Eater Reader's
Battery Eater Reader's
Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen: Battery Eater Classic
Battery Eater Classic

Despite powerful core components and high overall performance, the Samsung R700 Aura does not demand a lot of energy. In mains operation we measure 23.0 Watt (energy saving mode) and 34.9 Watt (highest performance) in idle mode. Only if we use the 3D test screen saver we measure 40.5 Watt in idle mode. The energy demand is 48.3 Watt with average load (Cinebench R10, one CPU core). This is absolutely alright for a Penryn notebook. Although the measured maximum energy demand is 91.4 Watt (Prime95 and ATI tool), this notebook needs only about 74 to 75 Watt when playing computer games.

Also battery mode is alright. The Samsung R700 comes with a 6 cells battery with 52.72 Wh (5200 mAh) by default. The battery has a LED charge level indicator. In the Battery Eater Reader's test this 17 inch notebook achieves at least 3 hours and 18 minutes runtime. In the Battery Eater Classic test the runtime falls to 1 hour and 7 minutes. If you demand a longer runtime, you should use the 9 cells high-capacity battery with 80 Wh (AA-PL2NC9B/E / EAN: 8808979869930). Samsung's recommended retail price for this battery is 209.00 Euro.

Power Consumption
Off / Standbydarklight 0 / 0 Watt
Idledarkmidlight 23 / 27.2 / 34.9 Watt
Load midlight 48.3 / 91.4 Watt
 color bar
Key: min: dark, med: mid, max: light        
Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.
Battery Runtime
Idle (without WLAN, min brightness)
3h 18min
Load (maximum brightness)
1h 07min

Verdict

The Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen is a reasonable 17 inch multimedia notebook with low noise and temperature emissions and high performance. It is fit for the future, because it is equipped with a HDMI out, which allows uncompressed transmission of video and audio data. To summarize, the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen is a solid notebook, a good desktop replacement notebook.

However, case, peripheral connectivity, and input devices are only average. It looses points, because the case creaks, the input devices are wobbly, and TV-out and FireWire port are missing. But, the weight of just 3.1 kg is oustanding.

In this category the competition is active. The Asus G2SV, the Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Xi2550 and the Toshiba Satellite P300 all do not cost too much. If you spend some more money, the Asus G2SV provides a clearly better application and gaming performance. The Xi2550 is equipped with Blu-ray drive, eSATA, and better display. Toshiba's Satellite P300 scores points by better speakers, higher memory capacity, and lively design.

Despite the competitors are also attractive, we especially liked the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen, because of its low emissions. If you require a low weight and low noise emissions and also high performance, you should take a closer look at the Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen.

Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen

Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen Notebook

We'd like to thank the company Notebook-Shop, who kindly provided us with the test machine for this review. The device can also be configured and ordered from their website.

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Specifications

Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen
Graphics adapter
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT - 256 MB VRAM, Core: 475 MHz, Memory: 700 MHz, GDDR3, 7.15.11.5676 - Nvidia ForceWare 156.76
Memory
3 GB 
, Samsung M4 70T5663QZ3-CE6, PC2-5300, (CL-RCD-RP-RAS) 5-5-5-15, 1x 1024 MB, 1x 2048 MB, second RAM slot occupied
Display
17.00 inch 16:10, 1440 x 900 pixel, Samsung LTN170X2-L02, glossy: yes
Mainboard
Intel PM965
Storage
250 GB - 5400 rpm, 250 GB 
, 5400 rpm, Hitachi Travelstar 5K250, HTS542525K9A300, SATA, 8 MB Cache
Soundcard
Realtek ALC262 HD Audio
Connections
1 Express Card 54mm, 4 USB 2.0, 1 VGA, 1 HDMI, 1 Modem, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: headphones, microphone, Card Reader: 7-in-1 (MMC, MMC Plus, MS, MS Pro, SD, SDHC, XD), 1.3 MP web cam
Networking
Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (10/100/1000MBit/s), Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/), Bluetooth Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR
Optical drive
TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632H ATA
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 42 x 395 x 280 ( = 1.65 x 15.55 x 11.02 in)
Battery
58 Wh Lithium-Ion, 11.1 Volt, 5200 mAh
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit
Additional features
Battery: 314 gramme, charge level indicator, Cyberlink DVD Solution, Easy Battery Manager, Easy Display Manager, Easy Network Manager, Easy SpeedUp Manager, Play AVStation, McAfee Virus Scan, Samsung MagicDoctor, Samsung Recovery Solution II, Samsung Update Plus, 24 Months Warranty
Weight
3.1 kg ( = 109.35 oz / 6.83 pounds), Power Supply: 404 g ( = 14.25 oz / 0.89 pounds)
Price
1299 Euro

 

Super! The base equipment includes recovery media. And also the HDD-recovery works fast and without problems. In addition a micro-fibre cloth is available.
Super! The base equipment includes recovery media. And also the HDD-recovery works fast and without problems. In addition a micro-fibre cloth is available.
Display and also other surfaces are high-gloss. A lot of work for those you do not like cleaning.
Display and also other surfaces are high-gloss. A lot of work for those you do not like cleaning.
Except of a HDMI port the Samsung R700 does not have a big number and variety of interfaces.
Except of a HDMI port the Samsung R700 does not have a big number and variety of interfaces.
The picture quality of the web cam is not very good, but will suffice video chats.
The picture quality of the web cam is not very good, but will suffice video chats.
Considering it is a  17 inch notebook, it is a special weakness that the maintenance openings are small...
Considering it is a 17 inch notebook, it is a special weakness that the maintenance openings are small...
... and that there is no way to access the fan for cleaning.
... and that there is no way to access the fan for cleaning.
Both RAM slots are occupied, one by a 1 GB module, the other by a 2 GB module.
Both RAM slots are occupied, one by a 1 GB module, the other by a 2 GB module.
Although there is no plastic cushion between HDD and case, you can hardly hear the HDD.
Although there is no plastic cushion between HDD and case, you can hardly hear the HDD.
Default battery: 6 cells battery with 57. 72 Wh and ...
Default battery: 6 cells battery with 57. 72 Wh and ...
The microphone is in the glossy moulding below the keyboard.
The microphone is in the glossy moulding below the keyboard.
...and also the other parts of the inside do not harmonize well with each other.
...and also the other parts of the inside do not harmonize well with each other.
The beautiful glossy lid requires much cleaning ...
The beautiful glossy lid requires much cleaning ...
... and could be more resistant to force.
... and could be more resistant to force.
The design of the inside is simple...
The design of the inside is simple...
... and the case should not creak that much.
... and the case should not creak that much.
We didn't like the feel of this keyboard, which is as big as a desktop PC keyboard.
We didn't like the feel of this keyboard, which is as big as a desktop PC keyboard.
There aren't any hot keys. You have to use Fn key combinations instead.
There aren't any hot keys. You have to use Fn key combinations instead.
The blue indicator LEDs, ...
The blue indicator LEDs, ...
...the wobbly touch pad buttons ...
...the wobbly touch pad buttons ...
... LED charge level indicator.
... LED charge level indicator.

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Pros

+High total performance
+Big RAM capacity
+Draft-n WLAN (300 MBit/s)
+Good workmanship
+1.3 MP web cam
+Fast hard disk
+24 month warranty
 

Cons

-Rattly input devices
-Creaking case
-Few interfaces

Rating

Samsung R700 Aura T9300 Dillen - 06/19/2008
Ronald Tiefenthäler

Chassis
82%
Keyboard
82%
Pointing Device
82%
Connectivity
84%
Weight
73%
Battery
70%
Display
81%
Games Performance
88%
Application Performance
91%
Temperature
88%
Noise
89%
Add Points
90%
Average
83%
85%
Gaming - Weighted Average
Ronald Tiefenthäler, 2008-07-13 (Update: 2013-06- 6)