New Samsung Series 7 NP700Z7C-S01US Laptop i7 3615QM 650m Review!

[devsk]

My first disappointment with the laptop: It can not boot from USB. The disk I put in there boots Linux and I forgot to put the MBR on there while copying... I wanted to boot from USB and create MBR but no go with this laptop. It just doesn't want to boot from USB.

I have 2 copies of the USB bootable drive and both failed, while they worked with Envy/DV7/Sony SE.

How in the world a laptop not boot from a bootable USB drive?

[Supranium]

Did you try both usb2 and 3 ports? Also the one which has constant power on, for charging devices.

[OC-Freak]

Did you peek around in the bios to see if you could change the boot order? Also, did you try an USB 2.0 port or 3.0 port?

[John Ratsey]

And if the BIOS has a fast boot option then temporarily disable it. Fast boot may skip boot devices other than the HDD / SSD.

John

[Arai]

If you have no separate microphone jack, you are ok. There is an internal mic at the front left of the laptop. Enable both mics in your sound setup, do skype test and you are good to go.

And Congrats! This laptop is just plain awesome!

That's one bad thing I can think about.
Because I'm going to buy this: Sennheiser PC 360 G4ME Headset Review.

Which most likely has better a better mic than the build-in one on the Samsung.

[Newman180]

That's one bad thing I can think about.
Because I'm going to buy this: Sennheiser PC 360 G4ME Headset Review.

Which most likely has better a better mic than the build-in one on the Samsung.

Yup, this is the worst thing about the computer in my opinion. I use the turtle beach's all the time for skype business calls. The mic quality is much better than built ins.

Luckily I found this solution. Radio shack has its own type as well. Seems that most new laptops are going this direction
Dual 3.5mm Headset Adapters | PC Headset Adapters

[Arai]

Neat! Does it go at the cost of the sound or is the quality still the same?

[Newman180]

For what its worth

[CrazeFatman]

I really appreciate all the pics and review guys! Thanks and keep them coming, the more I read the more certain that I will be getting this laptop.

[mastypk]

Do you think if another laptop compete Samsung series 7 in term of weight, screen, slim, build quality etc?