Samsung X60

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Reviews for the Samsung X60

Samsung - X60 review
Source: IT Reviews Archive.org version
The natural successor to the X50 that Samsung launched last year, this X60 retains the 15.4-inch screen of its predecessor but is loaded with bang-up-to-date features. Powering the X60 is an Intel Core Duo T2500 CPU clocked at 2.0GHz, while backing this up on our review machine was an impressive 2GB of PC5300 DDR2 memory, which gave the X60 very useful performance, as proved by its SYSmark04SE score of 250. This is a well-performing laptop with a good feature set, but the battery life is a bit below what you might expect from a notebook in this class.
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Leistung gut, Ausstattung gut, Akkulaufzeit unterdurchschnittlich
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/07/2006
Rating: performance: 85% features: 85%

80% Samsung X60 laptop Review
Source: Pocket Lint Archive.org version
Samsung is something of a dark horse in the notebook world. As one of the largest component manufacturers in the world, it produces over 90% of the parts for its own machines, which means it can offer something a little more special than the average run of the mill machine. It’s hard not to be impressed with the Samsung X60. It’s a good machine at a great price and anyone looking to replace his or her desktop PC with a mainstream choice will like it. We managed to get over 3 hours from the battery, which means you can even get a decent mobile experience from it.
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8 von 10
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/28/2006
Rating: Total score: 80%

Samsung X60 Studentbook Review
Source: Notebookreview.com Archive.org version
I am happy with my purchase, despite the shortcomings I have mentioned above. Overall it turned out to be exactly the machine I had expected. It is definitely not a long-battery life ultraportable notebook, but a well blended mixture of a desktop-replacement multimedia PC with that of a portable notebook. They call it studentbook. Feature-wise, it is a student's dream. Everything you can think of. As far as price is concerned, although it's a very competitive price on the market, I still think this is a bit expensive for the average buyer.
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Verarbeitung positiv
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/02/2006
Rating: workmanship: 90%

80% Samsung X60 Centrino Duo Notebook
Source: Trusted Reviews Archive.org version
This particular X60 is pretty much fully loaded. Samsung has squeezed in an Intel Core Duo T2500 CPU running at 2GHz, and this is backed up by a generous 2GB of RAM. There’s a capacious 100GB hard disk, which should keep even the most space hungry user happy. But if you do want to free up some space on the hard drive, you can make use of the integrated dual layer DVD writer. The X60 is finished in Samsung’s regular matt silver with black detailing – it looks good, but not what I’d describe as drop dead gorgeous. Lifting the lid reveals a 15.4in widescreen display with a high contrast glossy coating. As always I’ll mention that opinions tend to be split on these coatings, but I quite like them and find the more vivid colours and brighter image a bonus. This particular screen is a fine example and doesn’t suffer from excessive reflections in environments with multiple ambient light sources.
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(von 10): 8, Preis/Leistung 8, Leistung 7, Ausstattung 9
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 07/11/2006
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 70% features: 90%

Foreign Reviews

Das x60 Studentbook – fast schon perfekt?
Source: Notebookforum.at DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 06/30/2006
Rating: display: 75% workmanship: 85%

85% Test Samsung X60
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 06/09/2006
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 94% display: 72% mobility: 78% workmanship: 92% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 76%

75% Test Samsung X60
Source: PC Go DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 06/09/2006
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 85%

81% Samsung X60
Source: Com! DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 06/02/2006
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 85% performance: 78% features: 76% ergonomy: 90%

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ATI Mobility Radeon X1600: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 is a middle class graphic card for notebooks of the X1000 series. Its performance can be compared with NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600.

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

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

Intel Core Duo: Double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used together by the double. The maximum capacity of 31 watts is only 4 watts more than with the Pentium M (predecessor). Both cores are lowered automatically and independently of each other by speed steps down to 1 GHz. In addition it now supports also SSE3 instructions. At least it is just as fast as a equivalent Pentium M. With applications, which were designed for multi-processors, the performance can be nearly twice as fast as with the Pentium M (e.g. CineBench around 86% fast)

T2500: » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.40":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

2.6 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

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.

80.2%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.

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