Samsung X1 Intel Centrino Laptop Review
Samsung has come out with the sleek and well-designed X1 notebook. Available in stunning silver and matte black, it suits a wide range of users. It comes with a top-loading optical disc drive and Bluetooth capability.
Built on the faster Intel 915PM chipset, X1 runs on an Intel Pentium M 753 processor at 1.2GHz. A 14" WXGA Super Bright Gloss LCD panel adds to the beauty of this device.
Pros: The display, Bluetooth, battery
Cons: A bit heavy, shared video memory
Samsung X1 Intel Centrino Laptop Features Include:
Definitely for those who want to make a style statement in office.
My Rating: 3 Stars out of 5
Samsung X1 Intel Centrino Laptop Reviews:
HardwareZone gives this Laptop a "Recommended" rating.Samsung X1 Intel Centrino Laptop Specification:
| General | |
| Processor | Pentium M (Dothan) |
| Processor speed | 1.2 GHz |
| Motherboard chipset | Intel 915GMA 90 |
| Memory/Storage | |
| Amt of RAM | 256 MB (max MB) |
| RAM type | DDR2 SDRAM |
| Hard drive | 40 GB |
| Optical drive | DVD/CD-RW combo |
| Connectivity | |
| Ethernet | 10/100 |
| Modem | 56K V.92 modem |
| Wireless LAN | 802.11b |
| Graphics hardware | Intel 915 |
| Amt of video RAM | Up to 128MB shared |
| Diagonal screen size | 14 inch |
| LCD technology | WXGA |
| Natural resolution (max) | 1,024 x 768 |
| Remote | Yes |
| DVD/MP3 without bootup | Yes |
| TV tuner | No |
| Jacks | mic-in, earphone-out |
| Software | |
| Operating system | Win XP Home |
| Chassis | |
| Weight w/battery | 1.7 kg |
| Dimensions | 331.9 x 261.5 x 19.2 mm |
Oct. 13, 2005/IRINA HENRY COMMUNICATION
SAMSUNG X1
Ultraportable with ergonomics inspired
X1 represents what is done best in the field of the ultralight computers portable, elegant and powerful at the same time. It is, indeed, lightest and finest of the world on its category of notebook 14 inches with integrated engraver.
Originality of its design: an optical disk player to loading by the top of compactness and a new frontal site for the keyboard.
Ergonomics and solidity were in the center of the concerns of Samsung during the creation of X1. the site of the keyboard aims at reducing the pressure and heat to the level of the palms and the wrists. Moreover, it is tight , the water possibly reversed on this one can run out via an opening located under the portable. The coffee posed at the side of your computer will not represent any more a risk! Conceived to support an ideal posture of work and in particular a neutral position of the wrists, X1 offers perfect alignment between the eye, the screen and the keyboard. Various scientific studies proved that 20 cm minimum were necessary between the center of the flagstone and the keyboard: X1 proposes 21,5 cm thus against 14,5 cm for the majority of the other portable computers.
During striking, you thus avoid any pressure on the level of the articulations of the wrist and the elbow. The shoulders remain perfectly slackened, and the arms along the body. Weighing only 1,7 kg and not exceeding 2 cm thickness, X1 reflects the strategy of Samsung, which consists in limiting the obstruction and the weight for the concerned users of elegance, but also for the professionals who appreciate the advantages of a computer ultraportable . Structured around processor INTEL Pentium-M low consumption given rhythm with 1,2 Ghz, X1 integrates new technology Centrino ( Sonoma ) and offers a connection without wire fast Wi-Fi to the standard 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth . Thanks to its battery 8 cells, X1 also posts an exceptional autonomy (until 9h) for performances more than honourable. X1 has in option of a station reception , external peripheral general-purpose making it possible to extend the possibilities of connection easily. Of compact design, this replicator of ports facilitates the management of wiring. Only one connection gives access the whole of the ports of extension: USB 2.0 (x4), IEEE194 (6pin), LAN (RJ45), parallel, series, PS/2,1, VGA, Line-out, Announcer-out as well as an interface DVI (DIGITAL Visual Interfaces) offering an exceptional restitution of the image on the large screens and the projectors. Each time you return to your office after a displacement or a meeting, you do not lose any more time with reconnecter the unit of your peripherals.
X1 also integrates original functions multi-media such as the audio system Samsung 3d SRS, of the broad loudspeakers, an infra-red remote control with format PCMCIA, as well as buttons multi-media of direct access. Samsung, indeed, integrated the software Instant Media Player (AV Premium Station and AV Now Station) allowing via the remote control or the shortcut keys and the starting of Windows, the reading on CD or hard disk of documents multi-media (DVD, photographs, music).
With its powerful functionalities multi-media, its screen 14"wide high luminosity and its engraver of dual DVD intern with loading by the top, the new portable X1 de Samsung offers an incomparable mobility . For the users little at ease with a small screen and a separate optical disk player, X1 represents the best choice to date.
Dimensions: 331,9 X 261,5 X 19,2 mmPoids: 1,7 kg

