Intended for the average user seeking an affordable laptop for tasks such as web browsing, office work, document management and perhaps watching the occasional movie the Samsung R40 is quite a good choice. It is unsuitable for high-end power demanding tasks such as gaming or more demanding tasks but more than sufficient for the uses of the average user. The R40 is equipped with 1GB of RAM assuring a smooth work experience, an 80GB hard drive, Wireless connectivity and the standard connectivity options one would expect, lacking only in the inexistent Bluetooth support. Being highly affordable one would expect to get lesser build quality but we are pleased to say that the R40 has a sturdy stable build made mostly of plastic in silver and blo...
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Intended for the average user seeking an affordable laptop for tasks such as web browsing, office work, document management and perhaps watching the occasional movie the Samsung R40 is quite a good choice. It is unsuitable for high-end power demanding tasks such as gaming or more demanding tasks but more than sufficient for the uses of the average user. The R40 is equipped with 1GB of RAM assuring a smooth work experience, an 80GB hard drive, Wireless connectivity and the standard connectivity options one would expect, lacking only in the inexistent Bluetooth support. Being highly affordable one would expect to get lesser build quality but we are pleased to say that the R40 has a sturdy stable build made mostly of plastic in silver and block colors. The display is 15.4 inch wide with a maximum resolution of 1280x800 providing quite good quality, the colors are sharp and vivid and there are eight levels of brightness selectable according to the needs of the current work environment. As far as performance goes the R40 delivers what is to be expected, it works perfectly for the above mentioned tasks remaining stable and quick even while multitasking. Under normal working conditions the 6 cell included battery delivers quite average performance with about 3 hours of operation. Overall, the R40 albeit being in no way remarkable does what it is intended to do perfectly and one should remember not to expect remarkable results from a product intended for the budget user.
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Reviewed by: Tom Hen on 19/11/07
Very Affordable
Good Display
Solid Build Quality
Quiet Operation
In no way remarkable
No Bluetooth
Average Battery Life
Very Affordable
In no way remarkable
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