On the bottom of the R480-i5-430 you'll have access to all of the user-servicable hardware aspects of the notebook: memory, hard drive and processor.

There are two accessible memory slots, both of which ship installed with a 2GB DDR3-1066 SO-DIMM module from the memory company Samsung, for a total 4GB PC3-8500. The 500GB 2.5" SATA hard drive sits in a simple metal casing and could be easily removed and replaced if necessary. The mini-PCI slot holds a 802.11bgn wireless network card.

The CPU is also exposed, and could potentially be user serviceable - just make sure to check your warranty carefully first!

Bapco MobileMark 2007 - Battery Life Tests	Source: Bapco

MobileMark 2007 is BAPCo's latest revision of their laptop battery testing suite. It tests battery life under a variety of situations including DVD playback and wireless Internet usage. Battery life is recorded in minutes for each test. The DVD BatteryMark was conducted with the screen at full brightness. The wireless BatteryMark test was conducted with the screen at default brightness

MobileMark 2007 - Battery Life Tests Productivity 2007: Minutes Ranking Samsung R480 221 DVD 2007: Minutes Ranking Samsung R480 110

The Samsung R480 notebook showed acceptable battery life. The laptop managed just under two hours of DVD playback (110minutes to be exact) with the screen at full brightness, and a decent 3 hours and 41 minutes of working time with the screen at default brightness for the Productivity 2007 battery life test. The Performance Qualification on that test was 121.

Next up PCSTATS will benchmark the Samsung R480 notebook with a range of productivity and content creation benchmarks...