What do you do when you're a little late to the party, and still want to make sure you catch a bit of buzz? If
you're Samsung, you don't just announce that your Q35 is a Core Duo laptop; after all, other companies have been
announcing their Core Duo rigs for months. You declare it the "world's smallest" Core Duo box, and trumpet
the fact that it weighs about 4 pounds, has a 12-inch widescreen display, and still manages to pack in a T2700
processor, 512MB of RAM and an 80GB hard drive. There's also a DVD burner, WiFi, Bluetooth, Ethernet and Firewire. And,
of course, since Samsung laptops aren't sold in the US, we assume that within a few days we'll hear an announcement from
someone else for the "world's smallest Core Duo laptop that you can actually buy."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Q @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:24AM
Is that an antenna sticking out or are you just happy to see me?
Benson Leung @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:28AM
T2700. 2.33 Ghz Core Duo. Nice.
andy @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:35AM
until the ibook next month that is
Bubba @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:36AM
The antenna is for AM reception. Koreans really like the retro look.
Jihun Ju @ Apr 18th 2007 7:56PM
Do U konw DMB? Digital Multiple Brodcast..
This antenna is for DMB and not AM OK?
DMB is available to be working in Korea anywhere.
Matt M @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:42AM
I have this feeling though that the ibooks wont be running a core duo, only a core solo.
aws910 @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:48AM
Won't be sold in the US? One word for that: Dynamism
Peter @ Mar 22nd 2006 12:01PM
I thought Dynamism only imported from Japan...
Neil Christie @ Mar 22nd 2006 12:01PM
Since when did not selling in the US mean it's not being sold at all? I hate it when Americans act like this. Samsung is a South Korean company and there's no reason why they have to sell every product they make in the US. Get over it.
Joshua Ochs @ Mar 22nd 2006 12:06PM
4 pounds? Ars reviewed the Thinkpad X60 today which is only 3...
dead_roach @ Mar 22nd 2006 12:25PM
I was under the impression that Samsung agreed not to sell their branded laptops here due to a non-compete deal with Dell (and maybe others). Samsung supplies a lot of parts for American-branded laptop manufacturers, and if memory serves the Dell X1 laptop is actually a re-branded Samsung.
andy @ Mar 22nd 2006 12:42PM
(matt) ibooks will come in same specs as mac minis, so both options will be available solo and smaller duo. - i bet my hairy yellow ass on it.
rasbill @ Mar 22nd 2006 12:49PM
Winnie
Cal @ Mar 22nd 2006 12:58PM
Um, the Toshiba M400 (core duo) is nearly the same size and is a convertible.
Flux Amm @ Mar 22nd 2006 2:03PM
They have a suppply agreement with Dell which precludes their selling anything in the US which competes against Dell.
OK @ Mar 22nd 2006 2:27PM
The Sony SZ which is sold in the US is a core duo with a 13.3 inch screen and optical drive, that weighs either 4 or 3.7 pounds depending on the version.
I doubt an iBook would be smaller, the current 12 inch iBook weighs almost 5 pounds!!!
Contro @ Mar 22nd 2006 2:36PM
I tell ya Samsung has some of the best Booth Babes I have seen anyone have a site dedicated to samsung Booth babes or models.
Mustafa Syed @ Mar 22nd 2006 3:23PM
Y does any post any where abt any computer eventually end up with people saying apple is better.. if they rocked so much.. they would have had bigger market share.
Dudley @ Mar 22nd 2006 3:49PM
This Samsung baby will also play your DVDs without powering up Windows...which I'm loving.
Navid @ Mar 22nd 2006 5:04PM
Nice peppers!
Matt @ Mar 22nd 2006 8:08PM
I would think they could have gotten a hotter model to display the worlds smallest duo laptop
Santiago @ Mar 23rd 2006 1:33AM
peppers? this is what we are buying ultra-small notebooks for? peppers!
christopher @ Mar 23rd 2006 3:26AM
That antenna from the laptop is for DMB.. I think.
So US version, if ever come out, won't have that antenna.
1w @ Mar 23rd 2006 6:41AM
That antenna's for DMB, not AM reception
chemp @ Aug 19th 2006 7:27AM
my friend buy today this notebook + 1GB RAM...i think good choise:)