Digital Home Thoughts: The Samsung Q35 Reviewed

"The other big change is internal, with the inclusion of a Core 2 Duo CPU rather than the Core Duo seen in the original Q35. Samsung has equipped this bright red beast with a Core 2 Duo T5600 which runs at 1.83GHz. If you want a bit more power, you could always go for the slightly less striking silver Q35 which comes equipped with a 2GHz T7200 chip. To be fair though, the 1.83GHz chip seen here will be able to handle pretty much anything you're likely to throw at a thin and light machine like this. The CPU is backed up by 1.24GB of memory - the strange memory complement is because the Q35 has 256MB of memory hard wired to the board, then a 1GB SODIM in the expansion slot. A small amount of system memory is also eaten up by the Intel integrated graphics chipset."



I remain flabbergasted that Samsung has these amazing notebooks that never make their way into North American markets! I'm a big fan of Samsung as a company, and the Q35 looks like a great notebook - but I could never purchase one locally, or get local warranty support. I'll be looking for a replacement for my small Fujitsu P7010D notebook in the next few months (once the Vista laptops ship) and I'm not averse to looking at other brands. There's honestly nothing like having a small and light laptop with you on vacation so you can do your photo editing right then and there. Of course, I find myself strangely drawn to the Sony VAIO VGN-TX3XP, mostly because of the size and amazing nine hour battery life. I'd rather not purchase a Sony product on principal, but if they have the ultimate laptop for my needs...(though I'm thinking I'd like a dual-core laptop, which makes the decision harder).