Laptops Arena

Like Acer,and fellow "strong" Blu-ray supporter LG, Samsung is showing the hi-def crowd how to mix it up by opening their Blu-ray love affair to the HD DVD camp.

Here we have their M55 -- formerly billed as the "world's thinnest and lightest 17-inch widescreen" at 30.5 ~ 34.4-mm thick and 2.99-kg -- only now packing some swank HD DVD action along with an apparent pixel increase to 1920x1200.

Just to run down the rest of the specs on this: you get a glossy 17-inch display, 256MB GeForce 7600 Go graphics, up to 120GB of SATA disk, 802.11a/b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, a wide range of in and outs including HDMI and S/PDIF, and suite of SRS audio features all powered by an Intel T2500 Core Duo proc.

No drop date but they should pull about €3,000/$3,810

Via engadget.

Samsung is something of a dark horse in the notebook world.

As one of the largest component manufacturers in the world, it produces over 90% of the parts for its own machines, which means it can offer something a little more special than the average run of the mill machine.It’s curious then, they only offer a small number of machines and most of those are ultraportable business machines.

Bucking against this trend is the X60, which is a 15.4-inch widescreen all-in-one notebook that brings with it dual-core performance and a focus on multimedia. Finished in silver and black, the chassis is constructed from magnesium-alloy, and despite measuring just 14mm at its thinnest, is incredibly stiff.

The full-sized keys are comfortable to use, with good weighting, and the accurate touchpad has a coarse, tactile finish.

Via pocket-lint.

Weighing just 4.18 pounds, the Samsung Q35 boasts a vibrant 12.1-inch widescreen display (1280 x 800), an Intel Core Duo T2300 (1.66-GHz) processor, 1GB of DDR2 memory, 80GB hard drive, and a DVD±R/RW drive. Other bonuses include an HD audio system enhanced with SRS 3D technolgy, 802.11a/b/g WLAN, and a 6-in-1 memory card reader. Here’s the bottom line:

It’s small, light, stylish and is packed with cutting edge features to keep even heavy duty users happy. The dual core CPU, super-multi DVD writer and well above average battery life combine to make the Samsung Q35 a very tempting prospect. But when you throw the attractive price [$1,880] into the equation, it’s impossible not to recommend this notebook.

View full review here.

After Motorola, Nintendo and others Samsung takes the pink turn with the Q40. The ultra portable notebook Samsung Q40 is not even an inch thick put packs in some serious power.

It is powered by an Intel 1.2 GHz Core Solo processor with 512 MB of RAM. Specs include a 60 GB hard drive, external DVD re-writer and Wireless connectivity. Graphics on the 12.1" Widescreen SuperClear Display are powered by 128MB Intel integrated graphics. External connectivity options include Bluetooth, 2 x USB and 1 x Firewire.

The Lithium Ion battery has enough juice for 3 hours of computing. It comes with Windows XP Professional bundled with Norton Anti Virus. With so much power under its hood the slimmie weighs only 1.15 kg (2.53 pounds).

Via NewLaunches