There's another of these lights above the power key - where it makes sense, sort of - and the status LEDs on the front-edge are likewise bright blue.

The lozenge/chiclet keys themselves have a nice tactile matte look and are solidly underpinned, so typing is a joy even if you're not engaged in some late night accountancy. That's overly harsh - the R580's burgundy red colour scheme is cute, especially the way it fades to black at the edges, but there's a sense here of someone in Samsung's design team trying too hard.Ĭase in point: the glossy fingerprint magnet that is the wrist rest area and keyboard surround is a sea of wavy red lines the might be a topographical map of Hades. A fellow Vuture stuck his head round the door and declared it the 'most ugly' laptop he'd seen. I'm not sure about the angular design, either, but that's an entirely subjective judgement. But this is a desktop replacement, after all - you don't buy a machine like this if you want the acme of mobile computing. I can't praise the battery life, either: it only managed fractionally over two hours in Reg Hardware's PCMark Vantage loop test. I tried the USB power feature but without success - it would only power up my iPhone when the system was up and running - so I can't personally recommend it. Samsung's own software centres covers the utilities: a network manager that allows you to set up multiple 'locations', each with their own network and printer settings a battery life booster that ensure the battery is never charged beyond 80 per cent of current capacity, reducing its per-charge runtime but extending its overall longevity and the ability to allow the USB port on the left side of the machine to feed power even when the notebook is asleep or shutdown.

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