Lowest Price Samsung NC10-14GB 10.2-Inch Blue Netbook - 6 Cell Battery

I bought the blue one from Amazon after reading all the positive reviews. It's been about 2 weeks now and I overall I like this little netbook book. All the positives that were pointed out by the other reviewers are true (great keyboard, battery life, and sharp, bright screen). However, as for the build quality, I was rather disappointed. The chassis creaks as you are handling normally (like picking it up) which means the chassis isn't rigid. When you lift open the screen (with your thumb just above the webcam), it creaks and you can even feel the plastic frame move. Perhaps it may just be my unit, but I doubt that. If there is one, there are bound to be others. I am rather annoyed at this. Can you feel my annoyance??? Grrr... So, buyer beware.

Oh, one last thing, the touch pad is too small, but I am sure you all know that. I had to disable horizontal scrolling and re-map the vertical scrolling to an extra narrow width. Or else, the scrolling triggers a lot which causes the mouse to stop moving when you don't want it to.

Update: Well, it has be a while since I first posted my review. Yes, the creaking is still there, but this little beauty does what it was designed to do which is surf the internet. And I do this alot. The battery is pretty robust. I haven't timed myself, but I average a good five hours at least with the LCD set to 2 bars brightness. I only surf and watch the occasional Youtube videos. I don't play games on it and I try not to install too many programs or plug-ins. Boot up is speedy. But I have noticed that shutting down is slower than before. Maybe it is due to one of the programs that I had installed. To sum up, I am happy with my purchase despite all the creaks. Get more detail about Samsung NC10-14GB 10.2-Inch Blue Netbook - 6 Cell Battery.

Low Price Samsung NC10-14GB 10.2-Inch Blue Netbook - 6 Cell Battery

I had trouble using this product in the way I wanted. I wanted to use it to surf the net while watching tv and sitting around. The problem is that you can really only use this mini laptop on a coffee table or other flat surface. For example, I couldn't lay on my couch and rest it on my belly. However, when resting it on my coffee table, I had to squint to see the small screen and bend the screen nearly all the way back to view it (I'm tall). After a few days of this, I got fed up and decided to return it. Amazon gave excellent service during the return process, and I ordered an ipod touch. While the ipod touch is not a full computer, it performs nearly all of the functions of a netbook and is better for lounging around. I can bring the ipod touch right up to my face, so I don't need to squint. This is a good product, but you need to consider exactly how you will be using it.

Pros:
-Keyboard felt natural
-Good Build Quality
-Charges battery quickly
-I got about 6:30 battery life while surfing the net
-Battery indicator is very accurate
-System controls for battery, display, speed, etc. were well done
-The design was well though out
-System is sufficiently speedy and was faster at some tasks than my 8 year old pc.

Cons:
-Mousepad is much too small. I could barely get the pointer across the screen in one motion even on the highest sensitivity.
-White plastic looks to shiny. The should have just gone with plain white plastic. It's not exactly white, it's slightly darker and more metallic than "ipod white". It looks girly.
-Screen contrast ratio is terrible. My 3 year old 19" LCD on my pc looks much better, especially the black levels.
-Screen is not tall -> had to bend it far back to get a good viewing angle
-Metal trim looks out of place
-The speakers sounded horrible. They sound like headphones being played in an open air room at a loud volume. I was planning on storing 30GB of music on the machine, but the speakers just didn't make it a feasible music machine. So I wonder why these machines even need 160GB of storage if music sounds so bad on them. There is a headphone mode as well, but even the music through headphones does not sound good. I'd say the quality is a little lower than my ipod.
-Scrolling function is tricky. I wish they would have just put a small scrolling wheel somewhere on the machine, if that is possible.
-I had trouble using it on my couch and in bed. Ipod touch is much better in this regard.
-It feels heavier than I thought it would. Its similar to carrying a textbook around.
-It's portability is wasted for me. I would have to drive to anywhere I would want to use it anyway. So it's size is really irrelevant to me. For women, I would imagine it would only fit into a large bag as it's the size of a textbook. This is another example of the ipod touch beating a netbook. The only reason I could see to get one of these machines is if you live near a coffee shop and plan on walking there. Otherwise it makes no sense to get this machine over a cheap 14" laptop or an ipod touch.Get more detail about Samsung NC10-14GB 10.2-Inch Blue Netbook - 6 Cell Battery.