SAMSUNG Q310-34P

The Samsung Q310-34P is a thin-and-light laptop offering competent performance. Prices start at $1299.

Design
Build quality is good. At just 4.8 pounds, this netbook is quite portable. The Q310-34P also comes with good looks. There is a touch of color on the deck.

Ports and slots
There are 3 USB ports, an 8X optical drive, ExpressCard/34 slot, VGA, HDMI, 7-in-1 memory card reader, Ethernet, headphone and microphone jacks. There is a very handy button at the base of the machine that gives a quick reading of the netbook’s battery life.

Keyboard and Touchpad
The keyboard comes with a silver nano antibacterial coating. It is easy to type on and shows no signs of flex. The touchpad is a bit smaller for a laptop of this size.

Display and Audio
The 1280x800 pixel display is brilliant. Colors are bright. Despite being glossy, it doesn’t create a lot of reflections. Wide viewing angles are also good.
Audio quality is good. Sounds are crisp and quite audible. There is an integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam. It offers solid images with minimum blurring.

Performance
The Q310-34P comes with a 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 processor and 3GB of RAM. Boot times are really fast. Performance is on a par with the performance offered by HP Pavillion dv3510nr. The 320GB HDD has enough room to store your photos, music and videos.

Battery Life
The six cell battery offers around 5 hours of up time. If you need more battery life, you can use the 9 cell battery which comes at the steep price of $229.

System Specifications
Processor: 2.26-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8400
HDD: 320GB SATA 5,400rpm
Optical Drive: DVD+RW
Display: 13.3 inch; native Resolution 1280x800
Graphics: Intel GMX4500
Operating System: MS Windows Vista Business

Pros
Attractive design
Great sounding speakers
Snappy performance
Good keyboard
Great battery life

Cons
Small touchpad
No discrete graphics card (you can’t play graphics rich games)
Stacked USB ports