Samsung NC20 Black Mini-notebook

13 Jul 2009

Samsung NC20 Black Mini-notebook 12.1-inch is powered by VIA Nano U2250 1.3 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD, Bluetooth, and Windows XP Home. This SAMSUNG Laptop is the new full size netbook which balances supreme mobility and convenience. It has a 12.1″ WXGA (1280 x 800) wide screen display like normal 12.1″ notebooks and a larger keyboard with a standard 18.5mm key pitch.

The NC20’s class leading design and high performance features let you do even more on the move. The superb look and feel of its slim and elegant chassis is accentuated with unique styling, and mirrored by the high quality of its components and materials. Even though it is one of the worlds lightest netbook in its 10.2″ class, weighing just 1.5kg with a powerful 6 cell battery, the NC20’s innovative design is packed with the latest technology for maximum mobility and productivity. It also incorporates a range of practical features, like a normal-size, ergonomic notebook PC style keyboard, to simplify life on the move. So when you need to stay in touch, but want to make a good impression the NC20 makes complete sense.

Helpful consumer’s review
By A. Wheatley (Hampshire, UK)
I’ve had my NC20 for about a month and it’s a great little machine.

Firstly, delivery with Amazon was excellent. It arrived in 3 days from point of order, with super saver delivery.
Unfortunately the first one we got had an intermittent fault with the network adapter, however Amazon had a replacement with us within 2 days, so wasn’t a problem at all.

As for the machine itself, it does everything I’d hoped for. It’s small, compact and light, but the screen is a really great size to work on. More importantly the resolution (1280×800) is MUCH better than on 10″ netbooks, no problems viewing webpages and no excessive scrolling.
We’re using it daily, so it makes all the difference. I personally think 10″ netbooks are just too small for regular use.

Speed wise, it’s absolutely fine. It’s no dual core desktop machine sure, but it’s not supposed to be. It runs browsers and office programs with no issues. I can also output to my 37″ TV and play Divxs with no issues at all too.
I’ve actually got a program called ‘Labview’ (a programming program)which is pretty demanding and it runs quicker on here than on much higher spec machines I’ve used it on.

One thing I’ve done however is ditch the McAfee software. This pretty much halved the boot up time and makes it run loads quicker under normal use. I’m sure it does its job, but it makes the machine run soooo much slower it’s just too annoying.

Generally Im very pleased with it.
The only downside is the gloss finish on everything. Finger prints are left on the top and on the screen (if you were to accidentally touch it) and you find yourself constantly wiping them off. It’d like a black car… looks lovely when clean but gets dirty in the blink of an eye.

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