Samsung N230 10.1-inch Netbook
Posted by Notcot on Nov 4, 2010 in PCs & Laptops |
- Processor clock speed: 1660 MHz
- Processor model: N450
- Processor family: Intel Atom
- Chipset: Intel NM10
- Processor front side bus: 667 MHz
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This is my first Netbook, but have had a series of laptops and desktop PCs. This is so small, but with pretty much a full size keyboard. I have only had it for a few days, but it seems great. The first start up is a bit slow, but after that it is fine. I have read the information about 2GB of RAM, but 1GB seems fine for my useage, spreadsheets, word and the internet. Word & Excel were downloaded from the internet. I have used Sype on it with great results. Wifi is good. I cannot find any problems so far. I plan to buy a protective bag for it, but at the moment it even fits into my handbag.
Rating: 5 / 5
LOVE at FIRST SIGHT
If you are looking for a netbook this one is stylish, lightweight and an excellent all round choice. I looked at several other models but none of them inspired me to impulse buy. Lucky for me cus my other love found this extra special little gem and bought it for me. total winner Both for Him indoors and my new netbook.
Surprised and excited I opened the beautifully gift wrapped,by Amazon, box. I’m ordering all my Christmas goodies from here and using the gift wrap service as my skills are lacking in this.
Slow to get everything installed but by Windows standards less annoying to install than XP. Select Language, set time zone , date and time and just wait for a bit.
Sound quality is good but speaker settings could be higher – Older going deaf person setting would be useful as i’m not a headset lover – small niggle though.
Graphics quality excellent. Wi-fi connection speeds much better than my work laptop which is higher spec but Dell quality.
Struggling with keyboard in a single aspect I keep hitting / instead of shift but i guess 3 hours of playtime does not make me a maestro. otherwise it is almost the same size as my work laptop.
Pinch feature on mouse pad is wonderful and after finding it this is really instinctive. No fan noise and after 3 hours there is a slight warmth through the case back left (guess thats where the processor is) which is much better than I expected given the size of this notepad.
sleep USB for recharging my phone is great and much faster battery fill than on either of my laptops.
Love the web cam application installed which includes a demo of how to connect with Windows Live and loads of on screen toys to play with. I always resisted web cams before but the avatar feature will allow me to interact without revealling myself warts and all (yup I am fugly).
I was initially interested in e-reader but felt the kindle was over priced and looked at a netbook as an alternative. I would recommend this over e-readers as the e-readers have no back light and perform badly in low light. I read in bed and this is poorly lit, by adjusting the brightness I can read e-books with no discomfort, no screen flicker and have a multitude of other options as well.
Any lady geeks top choice for christmas – go ahead she will love it (and you)
Top toy for boys as well, 3 x 20 ish sons are green with envy not a gaming machine but a useful toy for the console user.
Rating: 5 / 5
Originally I wanted an iPad until I realised that an iPad still needs a pc to sync to just like the iPhone, so I still needed a home pc. I also wanted to store my digital media (music, photos, videos and tv/film downloads) and playback on my TV, which this small device hooks up to easily. Looking at the prices, a NetBook gives me that home pc, digital media hub plus all of the portability and at a little over £300. A great looking little machine, very light and well made. Lots of pro’s to talk about but to get to the cons, beware this NetBook is advertised at having 13+hrs battery life – it does not – it has 7-8hrs. Having done some Googling, to get this extended battery life you need the larger 6-cell battery pack which this item seems to ship with the smaller 3-cell battery pack. The second gripe is I was unaware Windows 7 Starter edition had a few features disabled, even small things like changing your desktop background is disabled and seems positioned to get you to upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium which I’m not going to do! I guess that’s the result of keeping the price low. Finally, in reviewing the models, it appears Samsung release new models very frequently, so very soon I expect this to follow the N220 and to be superceded with a ‘Plus’ model and then soon after that replaced with a ‘Plus Premium’ model! All in all a great little machine.
Rating: 4 / 5
Superb, wanted this for my music, browsing the net,and on the go. It does the lot and its just as fast as my 2yr old lap top, what a great little animal and its very light, I cyle to work and will have no problem with this in my rucksack. Havn’t tested the battery life to any extent yet but I have been working on it for almost 4 hours and its only 1/4 down. I dont feel the need to buy a mouse either the mouse pad is fine just practice with it a bit.I would buy this again like a shot!
Rating: 5 / 5
The Samsung N230 is my new favorite netbook.
It has a very high build quality with an excellent finish and superb keyboard.
It is also noticeably lighter and thinner than the previous N210 / N220 netbooks.
Rating: 5 / 5