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Samsung rolls out fall line-up of new laptops; all under $1,100

By | September 2, 2010, 9:29am PDT

Summary: Samsung has just introduced its sleek-looking, portable PC line-up for fall 2010, and it includes four laptops and a netbook.

Samsung has just introduced its sleek-looking, portable PC line-up for fall 2010, and it includes four laptops and a netbook.

All of the new laptops mentioned here are intended to function wherever the user might like. That means at home, work and on-the-go, so we should be seeing some lightweight machines with good specs, but not over the top.

The only truly customizable laptop on the list is the RF510-S01, which is grouped together with the RF510-S02 and the RF710. The big differences with the latter mobile PCs is that they are powered by Intel Core i7-720QM CPUs, and they can each hold up to 640GB of hard drive space. The RF710 also sports a 17.3-inch display. Naturally, they also come with larger price tags of $1,079 and $1,099 respectively. Below, we’ll cover the base (and cheaper) RF510-S01 model.

All of the new Samsung laptops are scheduled to be released during fall, but it doesn’t get any more specific than that yet. There’s a lot to cover here, so let’s breakdown all of the specs of each new Samsung computer model:

QX410 laptop (pictured above)

  • 14-inch HD LED-backlit display (1,366 x 768 resolution)
  • Intel Core i5-460M processor
  • NVIDIA GeForce 310M graphics (with 512MB dedicated RAM)
  • Windows 7 Home Premium
  • 4GB of DDR3 memory
  • Up to 640GB of hard drive space
  • DVD Super-Multi drive
  • 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
  • WiMax
  • True2Sound SRS Premium Sound
  • 4-in-1 media card reader
  • Battery life: up to seven hours
  • Weight: 5.0 pounds
  • MSRP:  $899

SF510 laptop

  • 15.6-inch SuperBright HD LED-backlit display (1,366 x 768 resolution)
  • Intel Core i3-370M processor
  • Intel HD graphics
  • Windows 7 Home Premium
  • 4GB of DDR3 memory
  • Up to 500GB of hard drive space
  • DVD Super-Multi drive
  • 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
  • WiMax
  • True2Sound SRS Premium Sound
  • 4-in-1 media card reader
  • Battery life: up to seven hours
  • Weight: 5.3 pounds
  • MSRP: $799

RF510-S01 laptop

  • 15.6-inch SuperBright HD LED-backlit display (1,366 x 768 resolution)
  • Intel® Core™ i5 processor (i5-460M
  • NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 1GB dedicated memory
  • Windows 7 Home Premium
  • 4GB of DDR3 memory
  • Up to 500GB of hard drive space
  • DVD Super-Multi drive
  • 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
  • Bluetooth 3.0
  • Wired 10/100/1000 Ethernet
  • True2Sound SRS Premium Sound
  • Battery life: up to 4.5 hours
  • Weight: 5.7 pounds
  • MSRP: $939

NF210 netbook (pictured below)

  • 10.1-inch HD LED-backlit display (1,024 x 600 resolution)
  • Intel Atom N455 processor
  • Intel GMA3150 Integrated graphics
  • Windows 7 Starter
  • 1GB of DDR3 memory
  • 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
  • Battery life: Up to 14 hours
  • Weight: 2.97 pounds
  • MSRP: $379

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Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN's San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and the New York Daily News, among others. Rachel has a B.A. in Mass Communications and History from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, where she served as art director for the student magazine, Plated.

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