Samsung NP355V5C-A07UK

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performance, design, reliability

50% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

price, usability

reliability

100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nice build ; Capable of decent gaming ; Really good keyboard ; Large hard drive ; Loads of RAM

Underperforming CPU ; Disappointing screen ; No Blu-ray ; Below average battery life ; Bloatware

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A very good laptop made by a company which I have heard recommended by a laptop repair shop. Includes a recovery disc. Breezes through a stress test - can run test and work normally noticing no difference. Appereance

Outdated graphics card driver - results in burnintest 2d graphics fail until updated. Samsung should supply latest driver as standard. Not a reason to suggest this is a bad product, just something to watch out for and something Samsung should really do...

Excellent laptop for the money.

Bought for son who is permanently attached to it!! As well as his school work he wanted this model as it was recommended for game playing and he has not been disappointed.

Not advised of any

Everything worked really well right from the start. The Sony Vaio which this machine replaced had been cluttered with an enormous amount of "free" software which kept popping up everywhere - this machine is much more uncluttered. I bought this for my...

None so far.

I love it, great value and just what I wanted, the spec was great value for money. I am not a gamer so cannot comment on that but for everything else great.

- Great Value for Money. - CPU/GPU can be upgraded with a quicker A8/A10 unit in the future.

Pre-loaded with Norton and some Samsung bloat.

Slim and light. Speed and clear screen.

Battery life could be better but OK

* A laptop that would have cost 3-4 times as much 2-3 years ago. * Plays a lot of games you wouldn't expect it to play. * Performs way better than the old tower system I still have in my back bedroom.

15" widescreen screen seems very small after the 17" one on my old laptop.