Review of SAMSUNG RV-511-A01 Notebook

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The previous reviews covered most (if not all) of the positives about this computers. As for one reviewer's dislike of the keyboard, that's clearly a matter of taste as I find the keyboard OK, position-wise and the feel of the keys.

Anyhow, to take up the issue stated in this review title. The first thing I did after acquiring the RV-511 was to junk Windows 7 and install GNU-Linux Ubuntu 10.04. This is the most recent Long Term Support Ubuntu distro. It installed without ANY problems at all. And needed only the Broadcom driver to get wifi working faultlessly. I disabled the touchpad (it is very sensitive) and use a mouse instead. The screen is bright with good color rendition. The sound, well, mediocre comes to mind.

The RV-511 runs very quietly and cool. I've monitored the temperatures fairly frequently and they are well below the point where the fan needs to cut in.

For the few Windows apps that don't have any near (or as good as) Linux equivalents available from the repositories, I installed VirtualBox with Windows XP SP3 as the guest OS. I've had this on a desktop for over a year now and it is ultra stable, no problems at all.

I'm very pleased with this machine. It has been running now for 3 months It performs very well and, so far, no hassles. As far as looks are concerned, it's an attractive package, silver and black lid, silver case and a nice glossy black keyboard panel.

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I bought this laptop about 8 months ago and I absolutely love it. I am a teacher and move from school to school during the day so it travels everywhere with me. I have not had a single problem with it so far, despite the abuse it takes on a daily basis. I absolutely love the "quick restart" after closing the lid because when I am teaching it is nice that my computer is back on in 5 seconds. My old computer took a minute before I could get back on and access programs. The keyboard types very easily and it doesn't feel like a "laptop" keyboard to me. Having a side number keypad was absolutely essential for me as well, which this computer does. My only complaint is that the silver finish near the keyboard is a little scratched up, but again, I am not easy on it. As long as it is still working okay, it doesn't bother me. Despite the wear, I still have students saying how fancy the laptop looks even though this was relatively cheap compared to comparable laptops of equal build. I love the screen it is very bright and I usually keep the brightness near the lowest setting to help with battery life and I find the brightest settings are just too bright for my eyes. The computer is great at multitasking I am often running MS Word, PowerPoint, and internet at the same time, and sometimes have Adobe Photoshop going too, which is a huge program. I was hesitant when I bought it to break away from the more popular brands of computers (Dell, Compaq, HP, etc.) but I am so glad I did. I am so much happier with this computer than I was with my last few and would buy another one in a heartbeat! I highly recommend it if you are looking for a durable, quality computer.

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I loved this computer... until the battery out of no where fried on it only after a year in use... needless to say it's now just a heavy paper weight, and no it was never constantly charging or any other issues that would have normally caused it to die. I can't believe a battery for a laptop is 100$ total crap! i went out and bought an asus transformer tablet along with the keyboard instead. super happy with it. will never purchase another samsung computer!

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Great NB for the price, I've had a few problems with it over the years and just lucky I had a damn good warranty. The battery life kind of sucks too, it was great at 1st, but over a rather short time, about a year, it's gotten laughably bad. Besides that, it's surprisingly powerful and gets even better if you optimize it for performance. It's definitely great of the average person's use, don't look for anything beyond that.

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I bought this computer from BestBuy it has the Wimax imbedded in it for the internet that was why I bought it but Clear 4g internet is slow and drops connection also has limited connection .It took 3 days to hookup at the Geeksquad, I've had to take it in 3 times to be rebooted, lousing all my pictures and data programs. Finally it just quit working altogether.