Samsung R60 laptop - any good

dawnie1972

I know nothing about laptops etc and currently have a Fujitsu Amilo Li 2735 that is on its last legs (unrepairable), I have been offered a Samsung R60 from a friend and wondered if someone could compare them for me and see if there's any/much difference.

Thank you

bluesnake

for free it is ok, much better than one in its last legs. Here is a review. http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/laptops/samsung-r60-review-49293478/

For me the minimum amount of usb holes are 3 - one mouse and 2 drives. This may however not suit you. Hopefully ram has been upgraded, but it is often cheap to do. Hard disk will peobably be a bit limited, but it is 7-ish years old.

being circa 2007, will be very surprised if it is x64 - the reason I had to get a new laptop, plus amount of memory supported

NiftyDigits

Yes...don't pay any more than free. What price is proposed?

dawnie1972

Havent discussed price yet although is happy to let me have it on trial for a while.
If not, would i be better getting a laptop or netbook, i mainly use my laptop for internet ie facebook, competitions etc, do a little bit of word processing but could always keep my old laptop for that - I don't really have a clue about all this technical stuff.

JJ_Egan

Just gave one away and its happily running Windows 8 .


jje

dawnie1972

Just to resurrect this thread I borrowed the R60 on loan and not happy with it, its incredibly slow compared to what I currently have so think i'm going to have to purchased a new one (ps friend said if i wanted to keep laptop she wants £50 for it). I've found this one but as I've said before I know nothing technical about laptops - is this any good? http://direct.asda.com/Dell-15-3520-7369-Laptop---15.6ins---Intel-Core-i3---750GB-Hard-Drive/000550802,default,pd.html

NiftyDigits

dawnie1972 wrote: »

Just to resurrect this thread I borrowed the R60 on loan and not happy with it, its incredibly slow compared to what I currently have so think i'm going to have to purchased a new one (ps friend said if i wanted to keep laptop she wants £50 for it). I've found this one but as I've said before I know nothing technical about laptops - is this any good? http://direct.asda.com/Dell-15-3520-7369-Laptop---15.6ins---Intel-Core-i3---750GB-Hard-Drive/000550802,default,pd.html

Have you found it instore? Looks OOS to me.

You already have recommendations on your other thread.

NiftyDigits

dawnie1972 wrote: »

Just to resurrect this thread I borrowed the R60 on loan and not happy with it, its incredibly slow compared to what I currently have so think i'm going to have to purchased a new one (ps friend said if i wanted to keep laptop she wants £50 for it). I've found this one but as I've said before I know nothing technical about laptops - is this any good? http://direct.asda.com/Dell-15-3520-7369-Laptop---15.6ins---Intel-Core-i3---750GB-Hard-Drive/000550802,default,pd.html

Bear in mind that the NP R60 has likely only 1GB RAM installed, which would explain the slowness.

Slot a 2GB RAM module in, currently £22.50 and the performance will change.

You just have to decide if the laptop is worth £72.50 to you, when you can buy an 'as new' laptop with a 12 month warranty for £200 or so.