Samsung Q35 ultra-portable, now with Core 2 Duo

by Thomas Ricker, posted Aug 28th 2006 at 8:33AM

Mmmm, that tasty Samsung Q35 just went Core 2 Duo. And from the looks of things, that's the only change you're gonna see; same 12.1-inch widescreen display, 80GB SATA disk, up to 1GB memory, and integrated Intel graphics swaddled in a sleek, 4-pound ultra-porable. Still, while the new proc won't be any more efficient with the juice than the Q35's former Core Duo, that promised 20% boost in performance ain't chicken feed. Most of all, kudos to you Sammy for not calling this the World's Smallest Core 2 Duo laptop held by a shoeless waif. Nice to see a bit of restraint on this one. Also announced is the less interesting 15.4-inch, R55 with that same 1.8GHz T5600 Core 2 Duo CPU, disk, and RAM but with GeForce Go 7600 graphics for that extra bit of oomph. Stay tuned for the deluge of Core 2 Duo lappies to come dear readers.

Filed under: Laptops

Tags: core 2 duo, Core2Duo, intel, merom, q35, r55, samsung, ultra portable, ultra-portable, UltraPortable

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Kenny @ Aug 28th 2006 8:39AM

Dont care for these crappy lappies.
Chanting: "MacBook Pro" (Fingers Crossed)

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Eli @ Aug 28th 2006 8:48AM

Intel graphics + single SO DIMM slot = waste of Core 2

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Top @ Aug 28th 2006 9:03AM

How much will this thing be?

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Deluxe @ Aug 28th 2006 11:06AM

Kenny, Mike, Sounds like sour grapes to me.

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Will @ Aug 28th 2006 11:13AM

I was suspicious of the photo about how the lady holds the notebook: it looks like it weighs nothing.
Then I checked on Samsung's website: 1.89 kg. Which is indeed quite light.

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Dan @ Aug 28th 2006 3:54PM

Intrepid,

Just you wait. Give it a few years and a few test drives on the newest Macs that come out over the next few years and you'll be a convert.

P.S. No need to get pissed and tell me I'm a good-for-nothing zealot that needs to do something vulgar that comes off teh top of your head. If you do, do think for a minute that I give a crap what someone on the internet has to say.

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Dan @ Aug 28th 2006 3:55PM

don't*

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Intrepid @ Aug 28th 2006 8:41PM

"Dont care for these crappy lappies.
Chanting: "MacBook Pro" (Fingers Crossed)"
You my friend are an idiot. Please stop posting your pro-Apple rants every time a competitors product shows up.

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Tapper @ Aug 29th 2006 12:45AM

I'd tap that assian!

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Other Mike @ Aug 31st 2006 5:54PM

Gotta hand it to Samsung... they always have good product pr0--- err I mean promo shots.

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qwe123a @ Sep 16th 2006 5:49PM

they just never run out of cute girls these Japanese. Yellow fever is a-brewing

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