I purchased the R60 plus in tesco, it comes with 2gb memory, 160 gb hard drive, and 3 years Samsung warranty.When I registered it with Samsung they told me this was exclusive to Tesco, it was available in colours White, Pink, Black. I purchased the Black, all this come with a Price Tag of £499.I dont think this deal could be beaten anywhere, I looked after Christmas Dec 31st, suprise suprise out of stock, they sold like hotcakes, didn`t I do well...........Laurence (Swansea)
Samsung R60 Plus
Samsung’s Aura range of laptops are a fantastically stylish-looking bunch. Unfortunately, those looks come at a price — even the cheapest model we’ve seen, the Samsung R70, will set you back just over £700. Indeed, if you’ve been looking for a laptop for under £400, then you might have abandoned all hope of finding a good-looking, well-specified portable from any of the big brands. Well, Samsung’s R60 Plus might be just what you are looking for.
First impressions were so good that at first we thought that Samsung had sent us the wrong laptop. Surely, we thought, there was no way that you could get such a good-looking and sturdy feeling laptop for just under £400. But happily, our cynicism was misplaced and we found the R60 Plus for sale at its suggested, and surprisingly low, retail price.
It doesn’t look like a budget laptop, though. The wide glossy black lid is similar to other laptops in the Aura range, and the transition to the matte black interior is similarly attractive. Build quality is surprisingly good, too. The R60 Plus is fairly slim and dainty for a 15.4” model, so there is a bit of flex in the base, but its no more pliant than many pricier options. Similarly, the screen is protected by the sturdy glossy lid. Press firmly on the lid and show-through is quickly visible on the display, but again, it’s more than strong enough to fend off the odd knock on its travels.
Best of all, it seems that someone at Samsung has been paying heed to the complaints levelled at previous laptops, and we were delighted to find two catches holding the lid closed. With the lid clasped shut there’s still just enough room for a paperclip or a coin to slip in and endanger the delicate glossy screen, but it still does a great job of keeping larger pointy objects at bay. Once we’d finished prodding and poking the Samsung’s good-looking frame, we had yet another pleasant surprise.
A poor keyboard can compromise an otherwise fine laptop, but the R60’s would be a sterling example whatever the price. The full-sized, amply-spaced keys have a delightfully positive action and we almost forgot we weren’t typing this review on our usual full-sized keyboard. Typing for long periods is a real pleasure and the Silver Nano coating on each key makes them silky smooth to the touch — it also fends off nasty bacteria. If we were to be really picky, then we’d have found it more comfortable if the keyboard was more tilted towards our
typing position, but its nothing that a laptop stand, or a magazine wedged under the laptop’s rear, couldn’t sort out. The Samsung’s display is a fine example, too. Measuring 15.4” across it provides a native resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, which makes for a perfectly spacious Windows Desktop. Its amply bright and the glossy finish gives a wonderfully high contrast image. Colours are surprisingly accurately reproduced and only the very slightest fuzziness counts against it. Indeed, its image quality is enough to embarrass many significantly more expensive laptops.
As you’d expect given the tight budget, the R60’s specification is the principal compromise. Memory is limited to a modest, but still acceptable 768Mb, and the penny-pinching means that the hard disk is also restricted to a low-capacity 80Gb model. Similarly, the Intel Pentium Dual Core processor ticks over at a slow-sounding 1.46GHz, but while its not one of the latest Core 2 Duo chips, its still light years ahead of the single core Intel Celeron processors usually found in laptops at this price point. And when you stop to consider that you’re getting a dual core processor, discrete graphics, great build quality and a superb 15.4" display, all bundled together in a great-looking package for just £399*, only Scrooge himself would find it hard to be filled with festive cheer.
[*The Laptops Direct site is currently down, and the next best price online is £433 from Amazon -- still a bargain!]
Originally published on www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk, now incorporated into Broadband Genie
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Laptop is available on ebuyer.com for under £400... so guess you didn't do quite so well!Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!
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The one from Tescos has the same spec as the one costing 490 on Ebuyer so it was only 10 less. The sub 400 has a slower processrer and smaller memory.
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Play.com are doing one for around £500 better cpu.Got mine from there!
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got mine in currys superb laptop its my first one and im so happy with the samsung r60 plus!!
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Got the r60 plus in currys ireland for 470 euro,was last of stock and reduced from almost 900 i think,looks great open or closed feels great too,not big into computers but am very impressed with this,only have it a week or so but there is nothing i cant fault so far anyway and reckon it will stay like that,in short....great laptop very happy!!!
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Help ! Donwload driver usb-port ???
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i got an samsung r60 plus for £400 ..Specs :Ram: 2gbHDD:140gbProc: Dual core 1.83 ghz graphics : ATI Radeon X1250 graphicsOnly thing it hasnt got is bluetooth i got mine from comet :D
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Hey, I got mine from PC World UK for about £400. Here are my specs:Ram: 2gb with a variable amount taken by graphicsHDD: 160GBProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83 GHzWindows Vista Home PremiumATI Raedon X 1250And with all the annoying little stickers at the side of it.I'm certainly impressed with it. I payed about £400 for my desktop computer back in December 2005 (or was it 06 :D ) and its drive space is 120gb, but spread over 2 drives, windows XP, 1gb memory
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i should have bluetooth on my R60 but dont seem to be able to activate it or find it to use it?any thoughts?
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I got a Samsung R60 Aura T2370 Tyler Notebook with an Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2370 1,73 GHz processor, 4 GB of RAM and a 250 GB HDD for ?579 (in Germany, about £456.85) last weekend. It really is a nice machine and I had no problems with is so far, although setting up a WLAN at home for it somehow casued my PC to stop being able to connect to the internet at all any more after 2 days (or rather about 30 hours) of WLAN connectivitiy. Still, I don't think that is the laptops's fault. It certainly seems to get much better reviews than HP and Toshiba and can even compete with the Aldi cheapos! The Tyler seems to be pretty new thought, and the 32 bit version of Windows it comes with isn't actually able to make use of the 4 GB of RAM. Pity really.
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you can buy a bluetooth adapter for like £10 from phone shops, O2, the link, carphone warehouse etc that fit into any usb socket, thats how i solved my bluetooth problems!
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And some are REALLY small and unobtrusive, e.g.: Bluetooth USB Micro Adapter [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000YA1XU2/ref=ase_thedesmondmorr0a[/url]
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thank you
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I have a r60 plus its wicked no faults but i want to connect it to my tv its a hd ready tv is it a vga cable?????
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i was just wandering if the graphics card is upgradable because to be honest it is a bit modest and i am a fan of my gaming and i want to put a nvidia graphics card in it
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I've just got this laptop about an hour ago because my unreliable Advent broke, compared to that this laptop is so much better, its faster, lightweight and much more stylish! Such a reasonable price for what you get!
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Hi,
I installed linux operation system on my laptop samsung R60 but its standby and hibernate mood are not working!? could anyone tell me how i can fix it up? -
I am also having problem installing linux on my R60 plus.I could not boot he cd on graphic mode.I need help.
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Where to buy the keyboard?
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High Quality Samsung R60 Laptop CPU Cooling Fan at
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