Samsung R610

A multicore notebook for $1,000! Well-rounded amenities

It looks, feels, and performs like a budget notebook

Despite our criticisms, we’re reticent to say the R610 is a bad buy. There are obvious signs of scrimping and performance is not its strong suit, but we can’t imagine getting much more of a machine for the price. A power-user notebook this is not, but...

Full-sized, comfortable keyboard Great software suite

Difficult-to-see, low-resolution screen

The backup software suite gets the job done, with the now-standard recovery utilities allowing you to easily create backup images with a minimum of stress. I won't ding Samsung for it, but seeing a driver-level backup option in a future version would...

Full-sized, comfortable keyboard ; Great software suite

Difficult-to-see, low-resolution screen

The R610 is a nice looking laptop, but with a low-resolution subpar display it's a hard sell.

The Samsung R610 is, by far, one of the lightest and most portable 16-inch notebooks we’ve tested. It’s also one of the most attractive. However, when we look at the reasons for buying a 16-inch notebook over something more portable—multimedia...

value for money, usability, screen, performance, connectivity

86% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Excellent value for money at $700. No bloat-ware. Nice keyboard. Good feel. Sensible port layout

Shiny everything

First experience with samsung laptop. I am very impressed with them how they came up with this amazing laptop at such price. In past, I had Dell, Fujitsu, Sony laptops but were never fully content with any of them. Always had problem, loud fan noise,...

Speaker is not that great. But not a big deal. My previous laptop Sony made just had extraordinary speakers. In fact, too good speaker for laptop. But my personal opinion is that better speakers tend to increase the weight which undermines portability....