Samsung Series 3 11.6” Screen Laptop $350 at Staples next Week

Promotion of this deal is jumping the gun a bit, but it’s good enough to warrant.  Next week Staples will be selling the Samsung Series 3 11.6” screen laptop with a Core i3 processor for $349.99.  The price is set to drop from $699 to $349.99 on December 18th (Sunday).  The specs on this laptop are as follows:

Screen: 11.6" LED HD screen (1366×768 pixels resolution)Processor: 1.30GHz Intel Core i3-2357M processorStorage: 320GB SATA hard drive, 5400RPMMemory: 4GB DDR3 SDRAMGraphics: Intel GMA HD graphicsOS: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit OSSoftware: Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 preinstalled with product key for activation includedWireless: WiFi 802.11 b/g/n built-in, Bluetooth 3.0Ports & Slots: 4-in-1 memory card slot: SD, SDHC, SDCX, MMC, (3) USB 2.0 ports, VGA port, HDMI port, headphone/microphone combo jack, Gigabit EthernetBattery: 4-cell 4000mAh Lithium-Ion batteryDimensions: 10.9” (W) x 7.9” (H) x 0.87-1.04” (D)Weight: 2.84lbs

Furthermore, Staples has a trade in your old laptop for $100 program.  Basically, if you trade in a clunker of a laptop you get a further $100 off any laptop that’s regularly priced $599 or above in the form of a $100 Visa Prepaid Card.  Since this Samsung is currently $699 it qualifies, even though the price will drop to $349.99.  But wait, that’s not all (I feel like an As Seen on TV Marketer).  You also get a free Microsoft Office Home and Student product key with this purchase, that’s about a $70 value if you don’t want it and prefer to sell the product key on eBay.

The laptop itself is well designed and has great specs for its size.  At only 2.84lbs you’ll barely notice the weight in your backpack and it’s very thin at 1.04”.  Samsung has a great reputation in the laptop industry for making durable and portable laptops, so it’s not like you’re buying an ugly budget laptop for cheap here, it’s a premium design machine.  There will probably be a lot of demand for this when it goes on sale, so you might want to try and get to Staples early when the sale hits on Sunday.

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All About the Samsung 3 Series

Samsung have added a number of new additions to their notebook range.

The 3 Series can be thought of as a mainstream notebook line, for those of us that haven’t got the budget for the gorgeous looking Series 9 or lack interest in niche products such as the Series 5 Chromebook.

Let’s take a look at the two new models:

Samsung Series 3 NP300U1A-A1US

First up we have the 11.6? NP300 notebook.  This model features a 1366 x 768 pixel display and a 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 957 dual core processor.

It has the usual range of connectivity, including 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, and Gigabit Ethernet. The laptop has 3 USB 2.0 ports and comes with a 6 cell battery.

Samsung Series 3 NP350U2B-A1US 

The NP350 is larger and faster.  The laptop has a 12.5 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel matte display, powered by a 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5-2410M dual core processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory and a 500GB hard drive.

These models will cost you more than a traditional netbook, but the larger size and greater power will justify the cost.  And at just over one kilo they are still ultra portable.

Currently the Series 3 is available at Amazon.com in the US.  I haven’t seen either the NP300 or the NP350 here in the UK yet.  Please let us know if you have seen one!

If you own one of these, please let us know what you think in our notebook forum area.

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