Samsung Q35 - "world's smallest" Core Duo laptop

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."

[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:)