2010/04/17

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


I have had my NC-10 for about a month now. Here are my observations:

Pros: This little computer is very well made. It fell out of my car and landed on the garage floor while turned off and with the screen open. Not even a scratch! The screen is larger than most other Netbook computers I looked at. I found that by increasing the screen size to a size larger than it would display that I could run every application that I run on my desk top computer. The speed and performance is adequate for my needs. The battery life is amazing and what I like is that it tells you how much time you have, not just a percentage. I really don't know how accurate their estimates are however. The Wi-Fi receiver is quite sensitive and has good range. The applications I run on this computer include:

Paper Port Pro 11, MS Office, Quicken 2009, Canon Camera Software, Firefox, Thunderbird, Skipe and Googletalk.

Most of these programs require that the screen size be set to a size larger than can actually be displayed. This requires that you move the perspective view of the screen around to take the entire desktop in. This is allowed by going under display properties and un-selecting "Hide Modes that this monitor can't display" which is found under advanced monitor options.

Cons: There is one annoying design flaw in this computer. I like to hook it to my HD TV to watch movies from Netflix and it works well for this except that the VGA connector for a second display has two problems. First, doesn't have the screw holes to attach the thumb screws found on VGA cables. This means that when a cable is attached to the computer it is only held in by the pins. Second, the VGA plug is recessed into the box so far that of three cables I tried only one would work. That is until I carefully drilled holes in the side of the plastic case to accommodate the thumb screws. With the screw holes drilled in the case, I can now push the VGA cable far enough into the jack to make it actually work. Another thing is that while the VGA is recessed to far into the case. The USB jacks stick to far out and so does the slot for SD cards. I use a Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse and the Nano USB receiver sticks out further than it should. Also I haven't figured out a way to turn off the touch pad yet, but I am sure there is a way.
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