Samsung Chromebook Series 5

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Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Review: Taking A Second Look At Chrome OS
Source: PC Perspective Archive.org version
My time with the Series 5 has given me hope for the future of Google’s PC operating system. If you need a secondary computer for use on the go, and you don’t want or can’t afford an ultraportable, this laptop is a great alternative to a Windows netbook. If you simply want a Chromebook, the Samsung Series 5 is clearly the way to go–it's superior to the Acer in every way.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/01/2012

Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550 pictures and hands-on
Source: Pocket Lint Archive.org version
The Chromebook is a curious idea. Essentially, it's a normal laptop - albeit one too low-powered to really run Windows - that has a stripped-down version of Linux installed, along with a version of Google's Chrome browser. And that's it.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 06/01/2012

REVIEW: Samsung Chromebook Series 5
Source: BCW - Business Computing World Archive.org version
Google’s vision for the Chromebook is one that represents a vision of doing away with traditional software for personal use in favour of doing everything on the cloud. SaaS (software as a service) is definitely catching on more as the choices continue to grow, but for many users—especially home users with tight budgets and intermittent Wi-Fi quality—it can be more trouble than it’s worth.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/21/2011

Samsung Chromebook
Source: Gadgetspeak Archive.org version
The internal speaker is ok and gave a good enough sound in a quiet room for coffee shop use earbuds for all sorts of reasons. There is a mini VGA adapter in the box and this can allow you to hook it up to a separate panel but I found the 1280x800 crisp and sharp at the moment there is no Java or for that matter Silverlight.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/17/2011

60% Samsung Chromebook thin and light Chrome OS laptop computer
Source: Computer Active Archive.org version
The Samsung Chromebook might suit people who frequently need to use a computer while out and about and are confident they will have access to a decent wireless or mobile signal, but it feels unfinished and unpolished. For the vast majority of home PC users, the money will be better spent on a cheap Windows 7 laptop.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/13/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

60% Samsung Chromebook thin and light Chrome OS laptop computer
Source: Computer Active Archive.org version
A good-quality laptop but the stripped-down operating system was frustrating, and it's useless without a net connection
video review
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/13/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Review
Source: Slashgear Archive.org version
Chrome OS has promise, certainly. A simple platform for everyday users remains a tempting prospect; unfortunately, those we gave the Chromebook to in order to test the theory generally came back with questions about file support and other issues. In short, the problems had migrated from over-complexity in a regular notebook to under-complexity in the Samsung. We spend a lot of our time in the browser, yes, but not all of it, and ironically Chrome OS does a very good job of reminding us of that fact. If it was priced to suit its part-time companion functionality – perhaps a hundred or so less off the MRSP – then it would make far more sense. As it stands, though, we’d still opt for a regular notebook over Chrome OS.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/23/2011

Samsung Series 5 3G Chromebook Review
Source: Maximum PC Archive.org version
At its price, though, the Chromebook loses its luster; there are just too many things that it doesn’t do, and too few things you can’t get from running the Chrome browser on a regular machine. It’s a good secondary device for a vanishingly small segment of the market (which might include us) but would rank as a tertiary device for most.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/02/2011

60% Samsung Series 5 Chromebook review
Source: IT Reviews Archive.org version
Sadly the good build, usability, battery life and instant-on features don't do enough to make the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook a device we'd want to recommend. If your computing life revolves solely around the cloud, you might consider it - but only if you are certain you'll never want to do anything locally, and don't mind sacrificing that capability even at a price at which you could easily have both local and cloud-based computing.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

50% Samsung Series 5 ChromeBook Review
Source: Notebookreview.com Archive.org version
The Samsung Series 5 ChromeBook is a brilliant concept that might one day replace traditional laptops, but it's just not the best solution for most people at this time.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/27/2011
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 50% performance: 40% features: 50% mobility: 50% ergonomy: 60%

60% Samsung Series 5 Chromebook review
Source: V3.co.uk Archive.org version
So that puts it firmly in the category of a fun toy, but not a valuable business tool nor one we think you should spend £400 on.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/21/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

70% Samsung Series 5 Chromebook review
Source: Pocket Lint Archive.org version
The other catch that will determine whether this is for you is whether you can completely exist in the cloud. If you’re just bumming around the house that shouldn’t be a problem, but if you’re planning on using this on the train, the plane, or on the beach, you’ll have to make sure you’ve got a data package to take with you.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/18/2011
Rating: Total score: 70%

60% Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Review
Source: Stuff TV Archive.org version
Can Samsung’s Series 5 find its niche in a tablet-mad world? At half the price, the Chromebook would be an attractive second PC, something you could let the kids loose on, a useful addition to the table that houses your remote-control collection. But with its comparable levy on your wallet and lack of offline apps, it’s going to be a tough sell.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 07/18/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

60% Samsung Chromebook: The $499 Google thought experiment
Source: Reg Hardware Archive.org version
But for consumers, the Chromebook is a rather intriguing creation that's ultimately less useful than you'd like it to be. It needs more than a file manager. It needs five more years of interwebs evolution.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/16/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

50% Samsung Chromebook Series 5 review
Source: It Pro Archive.org version
As a thin client, Chrome OS is mostly a success; its ability to work solely within the cloud means it's very well locked down, but this also means it's entirely dependent on an internet connection. Without one, its usefulness is currently severely restricted. If these two points aren’t an issue, it is an excellent way to reduce your hardware acquisition and support costs over the equivalent Windows machine, but even so given the current limitations and restrictions in the design of Chrome OS we would think very, very carefully before committing to even a small-scale deployment.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/14/2011
Rating: Total score: 50%

60% Samsung Chromebook review
Source: Toptenreviews Archive.org version
We'll withhold final judgement until we've had a proper play in our lab but, based on our brief impressions, we would happily put up with the discomfort of 3D glasses for the benefits they bring over this specific incarnation of Toshiba's glasses-free 3D. However, if you want to get in on the lenticular action or just really hate wearing 3D glasses, the Qosmio F750 should be available at the end of August for around £1,300.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/09/2011
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 60% performance: 50% features: 40% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 80%

60% Samsung Series 5 Chromebook review
Source: T3 Archive.org version
Samsung’s Series 5 Chromebook is a strong first offering for the Chrome OS and for many internet-heavy users will satisfyingly fulfil all of their needs, taken out of its web comfort zone, however, and the Chromebook fails to impress.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 07/08/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

60% Samsung Series 5 Chromebook
Source: Digital Versus Archive.org version
The Samsung Series 5 is an intriguing concept. It's an attractive notebook with a decent keyboard and it's certainly an appealing product, especially if you're a regular user of Google's systems and tools AND you can guarantee that you're always connected to the web. However, the strengths of this product are also its main weaknesses, not to mention the limited 3G data plan.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/06/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Review
Source: Hot Hardware Archive.org version
It's tough to review the Series 5 as a standard laptop. Hardware wise, the design and build quality is excellent. The keyboard and trackpad put those found in similarly priced machines to shame. The 12.1" matte display is far easier on the eyes than most of those low-quality glossy panels that have become almost ubiquitous on the market.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/05/2011

50% Samsung Series 5 Chromebook review
Source: CNet Archive.org version
The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook is the first laptop to use Google's Chrome OS operating system. The Samsung Series 5 Chromebook is a well-built, adequately powered laptop that's small enough to carry anywhere. Its browser-based Chrome OS and total dependence on a Web connection definitely won't appeal to everyone, though.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/28/2011
Rating: Total score: 50%

67% Samsung Chromebook Series 5 review
Source: PC Pro Archive.org version
Right now, though, the applications simply aren’t there to support the Chromebook – and nor, arguably, is the network coverage. In a year or two the Chromebook could make a very attractive personal computing platform, but for now we’d recommend you hold off.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/28/2011
Rating: Total score: 67% price: 67% performance: 50% features: 67% ergonomy: 67%

60% Samsung Chromebook review
Source: Techradar Archive.org version
With a few choice upgrades and a lower price, Chromebooks could be a hit. But at the moment, on the evidence of the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook, they still have a way to go.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/25/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

60% Samsung Series 5 Chromebook Review
Source: Digital Trends Archive.org version
Is the world ready for a computer that relies entirely on the Internet for every function? We approached the first Chromebook full of optimism, but the answer is a definitive “no.” Samsung’s Series 5 comes with the price tag, weight and occasional unreliability of a true PC, but none of the power or flexibility.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/21/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook review
Source: Liliputing Archive.org version
At best, the Series 5 makes an interesting companion to your primary computer. It could be the machine that you take with you to the coffee shop when you don’t want to lug a full sized notebook. It might even be feasible to use a Chromebook like the Series 5 as your only laptop if your primary machine is a desktop computer. But for $430 and up, I’d expect a user experience that’s undeniably better than what you get from a $300 netbook and unfortunately that’s not something this laptop offers.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/16/2011

50% Samsung Chromebook Series 5
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
Given the time an average user spends on the Web, it would seem to make sense to have an operating system that's rooted there. The Samsung Chromebook Series 5 is certainly a fascinating approach to computing, one that may actually be widely adopted further down the line—way, way down the line. Had it followed the $199 pricing model that Google had originally planned, the lightning fast boot times, never having to worry about losing files to a hard drive crash, and long battery life would have been slam dunk selling points. Unfortunately, Samsung is selling a netbook with an incomplete OS with a higher price tag than netbooks that run on Windows 7, making the Series 5 very difficult to recommend. You're better off with the HP Pavilion dm1z.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/16/2011
Rating: Total score: 50%

50% Samsung Chromebook Series 5
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
Given the time an average user spends on the Web, it would seem to make sense to have an operating system that's rooted there. The Samsung Chromebook Series 5 is certainly a fascinating approach to computing, one that may actually be widely adopted further down the line—way, way down the line. Had it followed the $199 pricing model that Google had originally planned, the lightning fast boot times, never having to worry about losing files to a hard drive crash, and long battery life would have been slam dunk selling points. Unfortunately, Samsung is selling a netbook with an incomplete OS with a higher price tag than netbooks that run on Windows 7, making the Series 5 very difficult to recommend. You're better off with the HP Pavilion dm1z.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/16/2011
Rating: Total score: 50%

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook review
Source: Liliputing Archive.org version
At best, the Series 5 makes an interesting companion to your primary computer. It could be the machine that you take with you to the coffee shop when you don’t want to lug a full sized notebook. It might even be feasible to use a Chromebook like the Series 5 as your only laptop if your primary machine is a desktop computer. But for $430 and up, I’d expect a user experience that’s undeniably better than what you get from a $300 netbook and unfortunately that’s not something this laptop offers.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/15/2011

60% Samsung Series 5 Chromebook
Source: Wired Magazine Archive.org version
Which gets at the heart of the device’s utility, and Google’s vision for us: simple, stripped-down browsing driving the majority of our computing experiences. For that purpose, but for that purpose alone, the Chromebook is a worthy vessel.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/14/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

50% Samsung Chromebook Series 5 (Wi-Fi, white)
Source: CNet Archive.org version
We keep seeing people comment that the Samsung Series 5 or any other Chromebook will be a good choice for nontechie people. Maybe eventually, but today there are just too many holes in the experience. Plus, trying to explain to nontechies that everything they do is now online and asking them to trust that it'll be there whenever they log in might not be that easy.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/11/2011
Rating: Total score: 50% performance: 40% mobility: 80%

80% Samsung Chromebook Series 5 review
Source: Engadget Archive.org version
Assigning a rating and verdict to the Series 5 is no easy task -- after all, it's difficult to divorce our impressions of the first consumer Chromebook from our broader thoughts about the category. We'll start with the obvious: Chromebooks are not for everyone. If you're thinking of buying one, you're likely part of a self-selecting group of folks who are confident they don't need local storage -- at least not in a mobile machine like this, which could well be a secondary computer.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/10/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%

50% Samsung Chromebook Series 5 Review
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
We like that the stability issues (namely with Flash support) in the Cr-48 have been fixed, but the Chrome OS still feels like a work in progress. The Series 5 is great for watching video, playing casual games, and doing light tasks such as creating spreadsheets and documents, but it really can't handle much more heavy lifting. A fast boot time and bookmarks masquerading as apps can't make up for the fact that we can't use Google Docs offline, we have to hunt around for our local files, or that the Series 5 can only deal with one peripheral at a time. Consumers looking for an ultraportable system under $500 would do better with the AMD-powered ASUS Eee PC 1215B ($439), or its Nvidia Ion brother, the 1215N ($469), which offer much better performance and a full Windows operating system for around the same price.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/10/2011
Rating: Total score: 50%

50% Samsung Chromebook Series 5 laptop review
Source: Tech Advisor Archive.org version
Ultimately, the whole Chromebook experiment feels like it's just a couple years ahead of its time. There may come a day, sometime in the not-too-distant future, when web applications have the power and sophistication necessary to really replace most of what you do on a computer. Together with even more powerful, affordable, and energy-efficient processors, cheaper flash memory, and a handful of major revisions to the Chrome OS, a computer built to run a web browser and little else might make sense. Until then, there are plenty of Windows-based laptops in the £350-£400 range that may not have the sleek look of a Series 5 Chromebook, and may not boot up as quickly, but offer such vastly superior functionality that I can't imagine recommending a Chromebook instead. For now, laptops based on Chrome OS feel like a novelty for tech enthusiasts. Even Android 3.0 tablets feel more powerful, flexible, and useful.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 06/10/2011
Rating: Total score: 50%

50% Samsung Series 5 Chromebook
Source: PC World Archive.org version
Ultimately, this whole experiment feels like it's just a couple years ahead of its time. Sometime in the not-too-distant future, a day may come when Web applications have the power and sophistication necessary to replace most of what you do on a computer. Together with even more powerful, affordable, and energy-efficient processors, cheaper flash memory, and a handful of major revisions to the Chrome OS, a computer built to run a Web browser and little else might make sense. Until then, you can find plenty of Windows-based laptops in the $430-to-$500 range that may not have the sleek look of a Series 5 Chromebook, and may not boot up as quickly, but offer such vastly superior functionality that I can't imagine recommending a Chromebook instead. For now, laptops based on Chrome OS feel like a novelty for tech enthusiasts. Even Android 3.0 tablets feel more powerful, flexible, and useful.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/09/2011
Rating: Total score: 50%

72% Samsung Chromebook Series 5
Source: Computer Shopper Archive.org version
Leave it to Google to create an entire new class of mobile-computing products—and no, we’re not talking Android phones or tablets. We mean Chromebooks. The Chrome OS–based Series 5 has a super-quick boot time and long battery life, but only those willing to live exclusively in the cloud should even consider it.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 72%

60% Samsung Series 5
Source: Digital Versus Archive.org version
The Samsung Series 5 is an intriguing concept. It's an attractive notebook with a decent keyboard and it's certainly an appealing product, especially if you're a regular user of Google's systems and tools AND you can guarantee that you're always connected to the web. However, the strengths of this product are also its main weaknesses and Google's stingy 100 MB storage offer isn't particularly impressive.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/20/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

Foreign Reviews

80% Samsung Serie 5 Ultrabook
Source: Connect - 5/12
Single Review, , Short, Date: 04/01/2012
Rating: Total score: 80% features: 100% ergonomy: 80%

80% Samsung Chromebook 500C21
Source: Channelpartner.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/08/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%

68% Subnotebook mit Google-OS: Samsung Chromebook im Test
Source: ZDNet DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/09/2011
Rating: Total score: 68% price: 60% performance: 50% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 80%

40% Samsung Chromebook
Source: Com! - 9/11
Single Review, , Short, Date: 08/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 40%

86% Samsung Chromebook 500C21 (Wifi)
Source: Notebookinfo DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/06/2011
Rating: Total score: 86% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 95%

80% Samsung Chromebook Serie 5 im Test
Source: PC Welt DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/04/2011
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 75% features: 73% display: 94% mobility: 72% ergonomy: 94% emissions: 93%

85% Test Samsung Series 5 Chromebook
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 85% display: 70% mobility: 93% workmanship: 87% ergonomy: 88% emissions: 92%

Datenschutz und Umsteigerprobleme - Das Chromebook in der Praxis
Source: Tom's Hardware DE→EN Archive.org version
long battery runtime, too high price
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/18/2011

Samsung Chromebook im Test: Tabbed Computing
Source: Onlinekosten.de DE→EN Archive.org version
satisfactory
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/12/2011

Samsungs Chromebook im Test: Mit dem Kopf in der Cloud
Source: Tom's Hardware DE→EN Archive.org version
workmanship, battery runtime, input devices and display good, performance sufficient
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/04/2011

Matter Chrom
Source: PC Magazin - 9/11
display and battery runtime good
Single Review, , Short, Date: 08/01/2011

Test: Samsung Chromebook Series 5
Source: Katze aus dem Sack DE→EN Archive.org version
satisfying
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/13/2011

Tschüss, Festplatte!
Source: c't - 15/11
flat, light and fast
Single Review, , Medium, Date: 07/01/2011

Samsungs Chromebook: interessant, aber unvollständig
Source: ZDNet DE→EN Archive.org version
battery runtime good
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/10/2011

70% Recensione Samsung Chromebook 500C21
Source: Techno Zoom IT→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/28/2011
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 70% mobility: 80% workmanship: 70%

Recensione chromebook Samsung serie 5
Source: Notebook Italia IT→EN Archive.org version
good design, comfortable user interface, Chrome OS limited useful
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/26/2011

60% Samsung Chromebook Series 5
Source: PCM NL→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/29/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

Samsung Series 5 Chromebook
Source: Computer Totaal NL→EN Archive.org version
Positive: display, construction, performance; negative: expensive
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/27/2011

60% Chromebook Samsung : un bon portable à réserver aux geeks
Source: 01Net FR→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/28/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150: Integrated (shared memory) graphics card in the intel Atom N4xx CPUs. Minimally faster than an old GMA 950 and therefore not suited for 3D games or HD videos (only MPEG2 acceleration).

These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).

N570: Dual core Atom processor with a slightly higher clock rate than the Atom N550 and therefore still slower than the CULV processors.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

12.10":

This range of display format is largely the upper limit for tablets and the lower limit for subnotebooks.

The advantage of subnotebooks is that the entire laptop can be small in size and therefore easily portable. The tiny display has the added advantage of requiring little power, which further improves battery life and thus mobility. The disadvantage is that reading texts is exhausting for the eyes. High resolutions, which one is used to from a standard laptop, are almost not usable.

The same applies to tablets in this size range.

Samsung: Samsung Group is the largest South Korean conglomerate and was founded in 1938. Samsung Group employed 489,000 people in 2014 and is one of the world's largest companies in terms of revenue and market strength. The name Samsung means "Three Stars" in Korean and represents the three sons of the company's founder. The company was founded in 1938 as a grocery store. With its subsidiary Samsung Electronics, founded in 1969, Samsung took up the production of electrotechnical items, focusing on consumer electronics and household appliances at an early stage. Other branches in which the large corporation is active include mechanical engineering, automobiles (Hyundai), insurance, wholesale, real estate and leisure. Samsung manufactures a wide range of electronic products, including smartphones, televisions, home appliances and semiconductors. The company's Galaxy line of smartphones is one of the most popular in the world. Samsung is also a major player in the semiconductor industry, making memory chips and processors for many other electronics manufacturers.

62.51%: Such a poor rating is rare. There are only a few notebooks that were rated even worse. The rating websites do not give a purchase recommendation here.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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