Samsung NP680Z5E-X01US Pro Reviews

The 15.6-inch Samsung Ativ Book 6 is a mainstream notebook designed to address the needs of a broad user base. The build quality is high and the aluminum and fiber glass design is sturdy, sleek, and visually appealing. Too bad there wasn't enough room for Samsung to include an optical drive. The backlit keyboard with dedicated numeric keypad feels a little cramped and takes some getting used to. The touchpad is large and sensitive, but can be finicky at times. The glossy touchscreen is decently bright and features a Full-HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Both color accuracy and viewing angle stability are much better than expected. Performance - thanks to the powerful quad-core CPU and dedicated graphics card - is very good, although the conventional hard drive is definitely a bottleneck. Launching applications require a little bit of patience, especially if the user will be coming from a SSD-driven system. Once up and running, however, the Ativ Book 6 can handle almost any task thrown at it - and the dedicated Radeon 8770M is even sufficient for the occasional gaming session.