SAMSUNG Q45 REVIEW

Samsung Q45 – A perfect combo from the old chassis

Once upon a time really transportable notebooks were great things of lavishness, but that state of affairs seems a far-away memory these days. Where once people marveled at the £2,000 and wafer slim Sony VAIO VGN-X505VP, we now encompass an enormous range of both classy and reasonably priced portable laptops to choose from.

Design
Of course, the Samsung Q45 isn't a new-fangled representation by any means and it was even tried out back in June last year; on the other hand, a few things have distorted since then. It can now be established in a new-fangled and cheaper £570 arrangement, while there's an enormous deal of additional competition out there from the likes of the Dell XPS M1330 and the Toshiba Satellite U300. Both are somewhat bigger 13.3in laptops, but with mutually weighing in at 2kg or beneath, they offer dedicated opposition.

Performance
Directing procedures is an Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 tickled at 1.66GHz, with 2MB L2 Cache and a 667MHz Front Side Bus. Sustained by 2GB of 667MHz DRR2 and Intel GMA X3100 incorporated graphics this Q45 is no velocity demon but it is extremely frugal, running just over 4 hours in the Mobile Mark 2007 efficiency test and practically 5 in the lower power Reader test. With wireless facilitated you can almost certainly be expecting between 3 and 4 hours and nonetheless our customary DVD playback test didn't total, you should be capable to look at a film of around 2 hours with a few power to standby.

As for unrefined performance, to employ a cricketing analogy - hey it's just about cricketing summer - it's more Paul Collingwood than Andrew Flintoff, by no means explosive but always dependable and not one to twirl up drunk and floundering in shallow water.
In this courage of rock-hard reliability this Q45 has the whole lot you actually require, without gifting anything exceptional. A 250GB 5400rpm SATA HDD is sufficient, while Intel 802.11b/g wireless, 10/100 Ethernet and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR spells you'll never be wanting for network or wireless access. Similarly, connectivity is restricted but missing nothing indispensable, with D-SUB (VGA) for a peripheral monitor, audio inputs and outputs, a memory card reader and FireWire. There's in addition a 1.3 Mega pixel webcam; forever a welcome addition.

Overall
Regardless of the somewhat ageing framework the Samsung Q45 is still an excellent transportable notebook at the price, particularly for the student. Battery presentation is very imposing and though you won't be throwing games or concentrated processing tasks at it, it'll embark upon most characteristic computing activities contentedly. Thus, if you desire portability at the accurate cost and an Asus EEE PC 900 doesn't offer the presentation you require, this is still appeal solemn deliberation.

Pros
+ Civilized performer with negligible of hardware’s
+ Imposing battery life

Cons
- Bit pricey for the combination

Value For Money

Our Rating