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Samsung X10 Plus Notebook Review

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“I seem to spend a great deal of my time reviewing notebooks. There’s something about being able to carry all the computing power you need in your bag that I find quite compelling. Although I can fully appreciate the merits of a high-power desktop replacement machine, it tends to be the slim and light notebooks that always catch my eye. Models like the Sony VAIO VGN-S1VP and the Toshiba Portégé A100 are lovely machines, and I lamented the passing of each of them as the review process ended. But now Samsung is set to prove that it can produce a notebook every bit as sleek and slim as Sony and Toshiba.

There’s no denying the fact that the Samsung X10 Plus looks the part – finished in matt sliver, the case has a stylish, but slightly understated look to it. The lid is adorned only by a single Samsung logo, which is orientated so that it’s the right way up when the machine is open. There is a single central clip that holds the lid in place, with the words “wireless communication” positioned mysteriously below it.”

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The Samsung X10 was actually rebranded and sold under the Gateway brand as their 200X/XL model earlier this year and late last year. Its a fantastic notebook which Designtechnica Editor-In-Chief Ian Bell continues to use today. You can view Designtechnica’s Gateway 200XL laptop review here. You will noticed that Designtechnica readers have also scored this system very high.

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