I shopped long and hard for a netbook and came very close to overlooking this one, so happy I discovered it in the knick of time and decided to go with it. Here's what I love about it:
- Solidly built, nice big clicky keyboard, bright, easy to read screen with sufficient resolution, nice overall layout and design.
- Light as a feather and small enough footprint to slip easily into my purse and take anywhere without effort or even having to remove things from my (admittedly rather large) purse to fit it.
- It's purty (shiny blue).
- Gobs of battery life, usually nearly 7 hours. I can *almost* go to work without my power supply. Great to not have to be looking for a plug after one short session on the go. I even like the ridge on the 6 cell battery that makes it easier to pick up the unit and grip it securely.
- Quiet as a whisper - I can work in bed with this thing and my spouse sleeps soundly without the constant loud fan of my old Dell kicking on.
- Cool as a cucumber. This baby just does not heat up like every other laptop I've ever owned, some of which you could easily fry an egg on (or your thighs).
- Just the right ports - 3 USB, video out (which I use at work so I can work on my 22 inch flat screen at high res), photo card slot for easy picture access, speakers, mic, headphone jack, security cable connector, 10/100 network, bluetooth, 802.11 wireless - only thing missing is cellular wireless but you can get it on USB units now if you must have it.
- *Very* small power block - smallest I've ever seen and also stays nice and cool even when charging. Quite easy to fit in the the bag with the unit and not even miss the space it takes up.
- Fast start up and shut down. My bloated Dell used to take nearly 7 minutes to start and load all my startup programs. My new motto is strip it down and store everything possible on the cloud. This gizmo makes it easy.
The ONLY thing I can think of that I'd love this unit to have is an option for a track button rather than a touchpad. I am one of those tiny percentage of old Thinkpad users who loves the track button but even Lenovo is starting to abandon them these days. A shame since it can be mastered with just a bit of practice and once you have the hang of it, it is so much easier to switch from typing to mouse movements without having to move both hands each time. But as trackpads go, the NC10's works fine, thought it's a little bit too small and the button is a bit hard to find by touch (maybe a little added ridge would help). I kind of like that left/right click are just different ends of the same big button though I can't really articulate why!
Anyway, money well spent folks and worth the little extra over some of its competitors which are much more poorly made and designed overall. Samsung is the first to put it all together and really get the netbook right. If you buy this you won't be sorry.Get more detail about Samsung NC10-14GB 10.2-Inch Blue Netbook - 6 Cell Battery.
