Samsung NC10-11GP 10.2-Inch Pink Netbook - 6 Cell Battery Review

After exhaustive research on this site, youtube, and other sites, I decided on the Samsung NC10 in white. One essential piece of information is that the Acer Aspire One is only 2.3 lbs with the original 3-cell battery: any machine with a 6-cell is going to weigh just short of 3 lbs. The Vaio P series is the only comparable machine that's significantly lighter, and everything I read suggested it wasn't as nimble or capacious as any of these netbooks, and it's nearly 4 times the price.

So I bought it, and I've had it for a few weeks now. Here's what I've experienced so far:

Pros:
Fun, clicky keyboard
Phenomenal battery life
Decent processor speed - websites load relatively quickly
Very easy to upgrade memory to 2gb
Excellent hard drive size
Excellent connectivity - picks up all signals in range
Lightweight and compact
Built-in camera for Skype and other webcam programs
Built-in Bluetooth (though I haven't figured out how to make use of it yet)

Cons:
Screen is adequate color- and brightness-wise, but not brilliant
Mousepad is fussy - surface is not extremely responsive, and a weird icon keeps popping up that I still haven't figured out (looks like a little purple whorl)
VGA port does not have screw holes (it just plugs in with the pins), so when I was unsuccessful in connecting an external monitor, I couldn't tell if it was the connection that was problematic, or the monitor.

It does exactly what I bought it to do: it's a lightweight (though not featherweight), small netbook that lasts me all day when I'm at work. I was able to load Microsoft Office through a USB-connected CD drive that I own as part of another laptop package, but if I hadn't had that I'd have tried openoffice.com.

I love the white - it kind of feels like I'm using a tiny Mac - and the chassis feels very solid and well-built. Even though it's small, I'm finding I prefer using this computer to either my desktop or my bigger laptop, but that may partly be because I have very small hands. I honestly don't know what would make me like it more than I do except maybe a screen with higher resolution and the whole package in under 2 lbs, but I have a hunch that won't be available for quite a few more years. In the meantime, it's a great little machine for an incredibly decent price. Hope this helps! Get more detail about Samsung NC10-11GP 10.2-Inch Pink Netbook - 6 Cell Battery.