Samsung Series 7 Laptops - 15.0" and 15.6" Models (NP700Z4 & NP700Z5)

What's the matter? We knew from the beginning the 14" would have the 6490M. We still need to find out what the 15" will be available with however.

 

eh 6490m is to be expected considering its really a 13" chassis. thats actually a decent card seeing how most 13" have intel IGPU. really the only thin and light 13" I can think of with a better GPU is the old sony SZ and current Sony SA.

 

So did this laptop come out today? Still no youtube reviews on it? Wow!

 

There is another model on this German website

Samsung 700Z5A

Core i7-2675QM 4x 2.20GHz • 8192MB • 750GB • DVD+/-RW DL • AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1024MB • 3x USB (1x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0)/Gb LAN/WLAN 802.11bgn/Bluetooth 3.0 • HDMI • Webcam (1.3 Megapixel) • 4in1 Card Reader • 15.6" WXGA++ non-glare LED TFT (1600x900) • Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) • Li-Ionen-Akku (8 Zellen) • 2.29kg • 24 Monate Herstellergarantie
Samsung 700Z5A, Core i7-2675QM, 8192MB, 750GB (NP-700Z5A-S03DE) | Geizhals.at EU

 

Review of the high end 15.6" in norwegian from a few weeks ago.

Test: Samsung Series 7 - Halv pris - like bra - Data - klikk.no

Testresultater: SAMSUNG 7-serie 15.6-tommer

3DMark Vantage: E20752

PCMark Vantage: 7598

PCMark Vantage – Gaming: 5743

PCMark Vantage – HDD: 3756

x264 Benchmark HD (pass 1): 56,26 fps

x264 Benchmark HD (pass 2): 22,44 fps

Futuremark Peacekeeper: 2825

WinRAR Benchmark: 2.427 KB/s

Windows Experience Index Ikke kjørt

BatteryEater – Classic: 1h 15m (80 % charged)

BatteryEater – Reader: 8h 40m (80 % charged)

They say build quality is great, screen is good - except viewing angle

 

Hum is there any way you can put the figures for the MPB 2011 with the same gpu to compare?

and 1h15 in classic battery mode???? ???

 

Does anyone know if the 15.6 series 7 has sata iii?

 

Any more Reviews on the Laptop? Please someone with the laptop make a VIDEO REVIEW of the unit???? That would help me decide if the High End is worth it. The Reason I believe that this laptop interests me so much is because I haven't seen any pc laptops with these:

6750 GPU Quad Core
Extremely attractive aluminum design
9 Hour Battery
Matte Screen

....All in a package less than 1 inch thick. I use my Sony Vaio with a 4650 card right now and I got it instead of the Macbook Pro (huge Mistake). My only problems with it have been Terrible Battery life, plastic design, gets way too hot, and a tad slower. If I can play MW2 at full setting on this card with a 1600x900 resolution, I can't wait to see what this samsung can do.

(sure this was already posted, but here is the 14 inch from bestbuy Samsung - Laptop / Intel® Core™ i5 Processor / 14" Display / 6GB Memory - Silver - NP700Z3A-S01US

Weird thing is that it says its only .9 inches thin! Thats crazy, unless they are just rounding LOL

 

it also says no optical drive i thought they had one ? so if you had to choose between the samsung listed on best buy above or the sony vaio vpcsc31fm/s that they listed today also which one would it be and why. im looking at getting one or the other and cant decide, any other ones i should be looking at?

 

For some reason they could only charge the battery to 80% capacity.

The test I linked says the 15.6" is 24 mm(they measured it themselves), and that's about .9" if I'm not mistaken

 

I Think thats incredible. You have any more Reviews? Def getting the better version. Even if this laptop ( the highend) was $1,500 I would still get it. Its a great deal. And Samsung has super high reviewer ratings.

 

Charging to 80% capacity is the feature that makes it last for more charges. Batteries degrade much faster when fully charged.

 

Good Find! Looks like they like everything but the viewing angles & the touchpad! Sounds good to me!

 

wow so almost 9 hours on a 80% battery? thats decent

 

I'm running OS from SSD and I keep my staff on a regular 5400RPM Hard Disk. If it has mSata connector, than I can keep the DVD burner.

 

I returned the Best Buy series 7. It did say 300nit on the box. Im thinking it's the same screen. Im keeping the XPS 17. The best buy unit isn't worth the price IMHO. I also have a Inspiron 17r with i7-2630qm that out performs the BB 7 except in gaming (no graphics). Not sure why Samsung doesnt have a switchable FN key. I feel the 17R has a better screen than the BB 7, lot more color and seems sharper, but im comparing glossy to matte. The 7 was brighter but colors seemed washed out. The vid card in the bb 7 isnt much better than the intel graphics. My advise is to hold off on the BB 7, just isnt worth the money. I hope the regular 7's have a different screen but i doubt it.

 

Thanks for your thoughts. It is a little disheartening that it did mention 300-nit on the box of your BestBuy unit. That likely means that we'll have the same screen from other retailers as Samsung was mainly pushing the brightness aspect of the screen rather than color reproduction or viewing angles.

Oh well, I still need more reviews to convince me to look elsewhere. I have an XPS m1530 and no laptop since then has really brought out the wow in me (besides Apple, but their pricing also gets me the undesired 'Oww!').

 

I am almost considering getting the series 7 tablet instead, it looks SWEET! also, it's still faster than my current laptop in every way.

 

hey guys was at my best buy in doral today and they had one in the back and let me use it for a few minutes. Overall the laptop is nice feels pretty smooth and sturdy. The palm rests "feel" aluminum or some kind of metal mesh.

The main issue is the screen, for one I'm not a big fan of matte and most important it is really really dim at max brightness. I mean really dim. That was the killer for me. If it have a better screen and some kind of thin glass and brighter I would buy it no problems but the screen from the best buy are not good. I would say do not buy unless you don't really care for bright ness.

 

I have one I bought from a BB near Baltimore and it does indeed say 300nit on the box. However, I'm not sure why everyone thinks the screen is so dim. I'm not sure what you're comparing it to. I think it looks fantastic. The contrast is nice. Its brighter than my m17x 3's 1600x900 17" screen.

One thing I did notice is that the brightness keys did not work for me until Windows was fully booted. Any chance you were not actually change the brightness from the default?

N

 

I was with the computer for a very brief amount of time. I remember it was in windows and I held the FN key and tried to adjust the brightness and it didn't do anything. So I assumed it was at the max, maybe it was not and the store is bright anyway.

But I have a RGB 1080p screen on xps 16 and I'm used to that brightness I guess. I'm not saying the screen was horrible on anything I'm just used to brighter I guess. I should of tried to play with the brightness more.

When you adjust the brightness do you see anything onscreen that lets you know what level you are at? I didn't see anything on screen.

 

Yes, once you're in Windows, you'll get an OSD display showing the brightness level, so you probably weren't max.

It certainly won't match an RGB on that XPS, thats a top of the line screen. But compared to the average lousy screens on most laptops, I think its much nicer.

 

This was from Samsung's Notebook facebook page and rep say this.
"We're pleased to inform that the SERIES 7 CHRONOS will be released in the USA early October from Best Buy retailer. Please note that the release date for other retailers is expected early November. We hope this helps!"
Wow, that sounds extremely crappy.

 

I've been reading on this page for a while and everyone had me convinced I wasn't getting this computer. All the negativity toward the screen really turned me off to it. I went into best buy tonight to see if I really was gonna hate it too. I love it!!! The screen is not as bad as ppl on here make it out to be. I currently have an envy(no radiance display) I have also seen the xps 15z, mb pros, alienwares-11 and 14, and many other computers. My brother kind of has a computer buying problem. The screen is not the most important thing in the world to me. And this screen is completely acceptable. So, in summary...As soon as one comes out with a backlit keyboard and better graphics, I will be buying it. Just trying to help out people like me because this forum made me believe I wouldn't like this computer. I almost didn't even go check it out. I am glad I did.
Random observations....
It is also much darker than the pics online make it out to be. -Gunmetal grey
Doesn't remind me of a mbp like I thought it would(which I'm grateful for cause I'm not an apple fan)
Loved the feel of the envy because it felt better built than any other computer I have ever owned. This has a very solid feel to it too!
Huge trackpad, which I love.
Ok, that's it.

 

I cancelled my preorder, probably going for a series 7 slate with the windows 8 dev edition to replace my iPad and laptop.

 

Is this a 17" series 7?

John

 

Thats a Samsung Series 7 Gamer laptop... different from the Samsung Series 7 Chronos that is being talked about in this thread.

 

Precisely. The Series 7 Chronos is a shot at the MacBook Pro; the Series 7 Gamer is two-inch-thick beast of a machine that's a shot at the Alienware M17x and the Sager NP8130. I'm actually surprised that Samsung attached the same "Series 7" name to both the Chronos and the Gamer, as they're such fundamentally different laptops.

 

Best buy demo laptops have key restrictions on them that do not allow the use of the fucntion keys. That's why you can't change the brightness

 

On any apparantly it got just recently approved by FCC
Samsung Series 7 700Z notebook wins FCC approval |
Then how can best buy model come out so fast lol?

 

maybe the best buy model got approved by the fcc earlier because it is missing certain features it wouldn't even constitute as the same laptop...

no express cache
no backlit keyboard
6490m

 

This is about the MBP right? Because that can have a higher resolution and be matte as well. Although it costs about twice as much as this...

 

84 pages even before a single 14" has been delivered. This thread is getting big.

I'm considering making a separate 14" thread. We'll keep this thread for 15" - 15.6".

If you think this is not a good idea send me a PM and tell me why.

 

I'd very much like that. This thread is becoming a jumbled mess.

 

Allright. Here it is: http://forum.notebookreview.com/samsung/615338-samsung-series-7-laptops-14-model-np700z3.html

 

Can someone please post a video review of this unit?

 

I think the 15 inch is NP700Z4 and the 15.6 inch is NP700Z5, so the thread title just needs to be updated. Both versions do come with the 6750 Radeon, express cache and backlit keyboards

 

now the real question is...will the 15" model be available in the u.s?

samsung...what the hell really...you guys should be able to give a straight up to that already.

if i knew whether or not it is going to be available i'd preorder one already

 

I just called now to tiger direct This model will be available this week!

 

From that page:

Further down that page:

What.

 

According to the model number it's the 6750 one with 6gb ram & express cache, gotta preorder, 1075$ is a steal.

 

Since we haven't yet confirmed whether the TigerDirect version of this model has ExpressCache or not (it's a "factory option"), that's up for debate.

 

Same problem with the cpu: title and spec sheet says i7 and description says i5... I would beware...

 

lol i did not noticed that at all, i will need to call them again.....

 

Ah okay, upon talking to the CompUSA agent it would seem that model is confirmed to have both i7 and 6750M. Here is what he said:

Pre-ordered!

@ nCode: Both of the agents I talked to had no idea when the model would be in stock, but I chatted with them online and it seemed you called, so let's all hope you are right!

 

yea thats a typo i think... pretty sure the 1150 model has 6750

 

anyone know when this'll be released?
thought it was oct 2nd.

 

i hope so to, but i need to read more reviews about this model before pre-ordering mine

 

I'm probably gonna end up buying this laptop, that or getting the asus ultrabook. As of right now i'm leaning towards the samsung. The screen isn't a serious issue for me, anyhow does anyone know if linux will be able to take advantage of the embedded ssd technology?

 

Model number is model number, and I guess it's more trustworthy than marketing copy pasta description :
Technical Detail Samsung NP700Z5A-S02US 15.6-Inch Laptop (Silver)
Intel Core i7 Processor 2675QM
802.11 bg/n WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet, BT V3.0
Windows 7 HP (64b)
6 GB DDR3
750 GB HDD (7200 RPM) with Express Cache

S01US is the same but with 8GB of ram