Another day, another new notebook from Samsung, what can we say, but the company is nothing but busy launching products. This time we're looking at the mid-range Series 7 Chronos, or more specifically the top of the range NP700Z7CH which comes with a Core i7-3615QM quad core Ivy Bridge CPU.Besides the 2.3GHz CPU, Samsung has kitted out the NP700Z7CH with 8GB of DDR3 memory as standard, a 1TB hard drive with 8GB of ExpressCache and a GeForce GT 650M graphics card with 2GB of GDDR5 memory. The 17.3-inch screen sports a 1920x1080 resolution as you'd expect and there's also a slot loading DVD writer and some JBL branded speakers.

Samsung has also thrown in 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, Gigabit Ethernet, two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI port, a mini DisplayPort, a D-sub connector, a pair of audio jacks, a memory card reader and an HD webcam as part of the package. No word on battery life, but we'd imagine the 8-cell battery pack should last a good few hours at least. At 2.84kg the NP700Z7CH isn't exactly the most portable notebook around, but at just under 25mm thick it's far from the fattest 17.3-inch notebook out there.