Samsung Q430 14-Inch HD LED Laptop (Aluminum surface with Black finish)
First of all, I love this best prices on laptops computer. It's sleek, stylish, runs fast, and runs quiet. I would have loved to give it a 5 out of 5, but there are two main issues I am having problems with.
1) The battery life is not good. I am running things on low CPU, dim light, shut down background processes, and am running a HIGH time of 2 hours. Not good enough. Thankfully I don't use the battery power as much as a normal user, but it's still annoying for when I do. The battery software included designed to make it run longer isn't helping either.
2) Just some strange things with certain keys. Having to press the space bar key 2 or 3 times to get a space. A lot of the keyboard shortcuts in various programs not working. I found a strange way to runaround this issue, and that's by pressing the "Escape" key twice, then keyboard shortcuts will work. But this will only last until I move to a new program where they won't work anymore. Back to the "Escape" key...strange.
I'm not even sure if these problems would be for everyone, or just me. As it is, it's sort of frustrating, but the overall experience is worth it, in my opinion, for a great computer. I wish it were perfect, with the 4.5 hours of battery life it claims and the keyboard not being screwy, but it's okay as it is even with these issues.
1) The battery life is not good. I am running things on low CPU, dim light, shut down background processes, and am running a HIGH time of 2 hours. Not good enough. Thankfully I don't use the battery power as much as a normal user, but it's still annoying for when I do. The battery software included designed to make it run longer isn't helping either.
2) Just some strange things with certain keys. Having to press the space bar key 2 or 3 times to get a space. A lot of the keyboard shortcuts in various programs not working. I found a strange way to runaround this issue, and that's by pressing the "Escape" key twice, then keyboard shortcuts will work. But this will only last until I move to a new program where they won't work anymore. Back to the "Escape" key...strange.
I'm not even sure if these problems would be for everyone, or just me. As it is, it's sort of frustrating, but the overall experience is worth it, in my opinion, for a great computer. I wish it were perfect, with the 4.5 hours of battery life it claims and the keyboard not being screwy, but it's okay as it is even with these issues.
