Samsung NC 10 Yes or No

ROS123 · 28-09-2009 09:39AM #1

Is the NC 10 still the netbook of choice for the cost range. I need one for occasional use. When I cant get to my office, I have access to an office with wifi which allows me onto the corporate network. I will be using it to for MS Office a couple of hours a day, also connecting into citrix infrastructure. Will this be comfortable and powerfull enogh for this type of work.

I was thinking of reccomedniig this for a nephew going back to college, doing journalism. Would this be suitable for this, there will be a lot of typing going on !

cpu-dude · 28-09-2009 11:00AM

ROS123 wrote: »

Is the NC 10 still the netbook of choice for the cost range. I need one for occasional use. When I cant get to my office, I have access to an office with wifi which allows me onto the corporate network. I will be using it to for MS Office a couple of hours a day, also connecting into citrix infrastructure. Will this be comfortable and powerfull enogh for this type of work.

I was thinking of reccomedniig this for a nephew going back to college, doing journalism. Would this be suitable for this, there will be a lot of typing going on !

Yes, yes and yes. Have one, love it to bits. Fine piece of engineering and you won't regret it.

Gillo · 28-09-2009 01:20PM

I was about to start a very similar thread, wold be using it for office, web browsing, and general media usage.

All I'm hearing is good stuff, are there any negative reports on it.

cpu-dude · 28-09-2009 03:25PM

Gillo wrote: »

I was about to start a very similar thread, wold be using it for office, web browsing, and general media usage.

All I'm hearing is good stuff, are there any negative reports on it.

I guess, my speakers stopped working after about 5 months of use but it was sent to the UK and back in 5 days, fixed for free.

Alanstrainor · 28-09-2009 03:36PM

Gillo wrote: »

I was about to start a very similar thread, wold be using it for office, web browsing, and general media usage.

All I'm hearing is good stuff, are there any negative reports on it.

The trackpad on them isn't great, it's a bit on the small side, i can't think of anything other than that though. My Dad has one for around the house and he loves it, it never seems to run out of battery.

Bazzy · 28-09-2009 03:39PM

I have one two and there an excellent machine and take a fair bit of abuse as well

Dropped mine in a back pack and anything else you'd be talking new screen at least not a bother on this little puppy

Abelloid · 28-09-2009 03:46PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

The trackpad on them isn't great, it's a bit on the small side, i can't think of anything other than that though. My Dad has one for around the house and he loves it, it never seems to run out of battery.

That would be my only gripe - track pad is small and sits flush so my finger runs off the edge regularly.

Liam Byrne · 28-09-2009 03:49PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

My Dad has one for around the house and he loves it, it never seems to run out of battery.

The quoted battery life is 6 hours, but I bought one @ the weekend and it seems to be more like 2 - 2.5 hours ?

Other than that, VERY neat bit of kit and currently only €299 in Argos!

redmissb · 28-09-2009 03:58PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

The quoted battery life is 6 hours, but I bought one @ the weekend and it seems to be more like 2 - 2.5 hours ?

Other than that, VERY neat bit of kit and currently only €299 in Argos!

I think the one in Argos only has a three cell battery?

eden_my_ass · 28-09-2009 03:59PM

Don't forget for a small sum more the NC 10 has been outdated several times now, mostly in only slight variations, but you have a choice of the N110, N120 and recently launched N130 and N140...worth checking out in case some other hardware bugs have been worked out of the NC10's system. Got the N140 myself, nice little machine, great battery!

Gran Hermano · 28-09-2009 04:00PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

The quoted battery life is 6 hours, but I bought one @ the weekend and it seems to be more like 2 - 2.5 hours ?

Other than that, VERY neat bit of kit and currently only €299 in Argos!

The Argos one only has half the battery life of the normal one, hence their price difference.

Gran Hermano · 28-09-2009 04:01PM

eden_my_ass wrote: »

Don't forget for a small sum more the NC 10 has been outdated several times now, mostly in only slight variations, but you have a choice of the N110, N120 and recently launched N130 and N140...worth checking out in case some other hardware bugs have been worked out of the NC10's system. Got the N140 myself, nice little machine, great battery!

Not sure what you mean by 'outdated'? Havent spotted or heard about any hardware bugs and the resolution of the NC10 is better than some of the replacements.

Monty_123 · 28-09-2009 04:08PM

Is it still the best netbook out there or has it being passed?

Dramatic Exit · 28-09-2009 04:14PM

It's definitely worth looking at the new Samsung n140. Almost identical specs with some improvements (e.g. 802.11n support) and doesn't cost that much more.

Edit: Plus 10 hour battery life supposedly!

Supercell · 28-09-2009 04:14PM

I love mine, its currently runing Windows 7 like a dream, best netbook out there by a mile, and I include its successors in that too.

ROS123 · 28-09-2009 06:11PM

Dramatic, thats interetesting since I posted originally I have discovered the N140 and think thats the one I am going to go for. Thanks for the help folks...

ROS123 · 28-09-2009 06:13PM

supercell how much ram have you in yours to run Win 7

Abelloid · 28-09-2009 06:23PM

ROS123 wrote: »

supercell how much ram have you in yours to run Win 7

Mine ran on 1 gig, didn't notice any change with 2.

Supercell · 28-09-2009 06:28PM

2Gb ram and is noticably faster than Vista.
Vista is WinME reloaded...a pile of crap.
Upgrade from XP to Windows 7 do not bother with Vista.

Mycroft H · 28-09-2009 07:35PM

The Dell Mini 10v is another to consider, about 330 yo-yos with the 6 cell battery and 8 hours battery life

And yes upgrade from XP when you get one - either to a Linux distro of your choice or to windows 7 (btw are they still giving that away for free?)

Monty_123 · 28-09-2009 09:20PM

Is the N140 much better or different to the NC10 besides the wireless and the battery?

Is it bigger or smaller?

Monty_123 · 29-09-2009 09:00AM

Would the EEE PC 1005HA be better?

Sorry for the questions, in dire need of a laptop and at a complete loose end.

snubbleste · 29-09-2009 01:14PM

Monty_123 wrote: »

Would the EEE PC 1005HA be better?
Sorry for the questions, in dire need of a laptop and at a complete loose end.

I have the 1005ha-p with 10.5h battery life and all that. Love it and it's screen resolution, I'd argue it's better value than the Samsung NC10 anyday.

Bazzy · 29-09-2009 07:16PM

I get 7 or 8 hours out of my nc 10 you need to mess around with battery manager still IMO best netbook out there

barby_ · 30-09-2009 08:57AM

Hi all,
After web-wandering, and video-watching and so on, I just purchased a N140 online instead of NC10. The kboard is a bit bigger and the touchpad seems to be better.
Delivery date estimated next week. I can't wait now!

chris1970 · 30-09-2009 09:07AM

Where did you puchase it from?, how much? thinking about getting the same, or is it worth the wait windows 7 be installed next month?? what about a nvidia ion capable machine?

eden_my_ass · 30-09-2009 09:18AM

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Not sure what you mean by 'outdated'? Havent spotted or heard about any hardware bugs and the resolution of the NC10 is better than some of the replacements.

Outdated simply means the company making it have made newer, "better" models (their viewpoint obviously) and the NC10 has dropped in price accordingly...outdated, not crap or redundant, just outdated.

I didn't mean dramatic hardware bugs that would have been made public, I mean that the manufacturing process is likely to identify and improve on weaknesses in such small factor technology as they continue development.

Also, I'm pretty sure every model I mentioned including the NC10 has a native resolution of 1024*600, so not sure which "replacement" has worse? In fact the NC20 is better because of a bigger screen size allowing 1240*800

barby_ · 30-09-2009 09:27AM

chris1970 wrote: »

Where did you puchase it from?, how much? thinking about getting the same, or is it worth the wait windows 7 be installed next month?? what about a nvidia ion capable machine?

Hi Chris,
I got it at Amazon.co.uk, as I used a voucher I received from a friend, but I checked on Elara.ie, and the final price for the N140 is the same.
I don't really care about windows, as I am going to install linux on it. I have a Macbook at home, but I need something light to carry around.

mackeminexile · 30-09-2009 09:33AM

Hi, I have the NC10 and have had since it came out. It's my only pc and gets a LOT of use. So far absolutely no issues. It even plays games like World of Warcraft! I'm going to upgrade the RAM to 2gb and probably upgrade to Windows 7 too but thats just me fiddling. Great battery life and wouldn't swap for a normal laptop now, use my girlfriends Toshiba and hate it!

none · 30-09-2009 09:31PM

I have NC10 for only a week so not much use with me with regard to feedback. So far it's great. All I want to add is that I was specifically looking for a model with built-in 3G as I needed it for mobile broadband. Now using in the office with Three EUR9.99 Mobile addon and feeling quite happy. I did update memory to 2Gig but noticed no difference, probably, because I don't play heavy games or use heavy apps, it's mainly just for the Internet.

crótach · 01-10-2009 10:09AM

Bought a N140 two weeks ago and I have nothing but praise for the little beast.

I only had three complaints about it out-of-the-box:
- Windows XP is a pretty dated OS and not really suited to small screens
- 1 GB of RAM is pretty stingy, this is down to Microsoft requiring manufacturers to supply Vista with machines with 2 gig of RAM or more (which costs more)
- No option for SSD drive

It's a really well put together machine, I opened it up to replace the drive and had a good look at all the internals. There's a header for another PCI-e card inside, pity they didn't include a connector on the board. Apparently in Poland they ship with WiFi and 3G modems. The wifi card is a mini-pcie (half size) which supports 802.11n. The layout has changed a bit (for the better) from the NC10. Battery has been upgraded to 5900mah and samsung declare 11h battery life!

I put windows7 on it, 2 gigs of ram and 32gb SSD drive. As a system for office work (word, excel etc) and internet, it's more responsive than my 17" dell beast.

I don't charge the battery to full, to give it a longer lifecycle it stops charging at 80%. I haven't turned off any of the win7 effects, I really like the look&feel of the aero desktop. With all this I get 5-6 hours of battery life out of a 80% charge. More than enough for my needs. The 11h battery life must be only attainable on XP with everything toned down a light usage with a full charge.

There's no reason to buy a NC10 now, unless you're getting it really really cheap (I'm thinking under 200 euro).

Alun · 01-10-2009 10:53AM

What aspects of Win7 in your opinion make it more suitable for the small screen than XP? I'm loath to spend good money on a Win7 licence tbh unless I can justify it. I've used Vista briefly and find the UI overly fussy in comparison to XP, and from what I know Win7 is no different in that regard. IMO the downsides of the small screen, or rather the widescreen aspect ratio, shows itself more in apps, where large parts of the screen real esate, esp. vertically, are taken up with menu bars, headers, tab bars, status bars etc, leaving little room for content. Add in the headers etc. in web pages such as boards, and it leaves you scrolling down to even see the first line of actual content in most forums. That isn't down to the OS though.

Supercell · 01-10-2009 12:04PM

I use Windows 7 on my NC10 and its everything that Vista should have been but wasnt.
Its far far faster, the user interface is much more tidy and logical and UAC is pretty inobtrusive I havent bothered to turn it off, in Vista it drove me bonkers.
I wouldnt go back to anything else now.

cltt97 · 08-10-2009 04:24PM

I'm very glad I came across this thread, thinking about buying a netbook and was looking at the N110 in powercity today at lunchtime... Didn't even know that there were more recent models - never had a laptop or netbook before, have a desktop at home, but need a little number for travel, that will allow me to access email and use word and excel, etc.

This does sound great, so can anyone recommend where I can purchase this? Many thanks!

none · 10-10-2009 06:32PM

cltt97 wrote: »

I'm very glad I came across this thread, thinking about buying a netbook and was looking at the N110 in powercity today at lunchtime... Didn't even know that there were more recent models - never had a laptop or netbook before, have a desktop at home, but need a little number for travel, that will allow me to access email and use word and excel, etc.

This does sound great, so can anyone recommend where I can purchase this? Many thanks!

As I said before, I needed a model with built-in 3G so it wasn't an easy adventure for me. I finally got it from the fourth attempt. First I bought it on eBay from an Irish seller - it turned out it was wrongly advertised as having 3G while in fact it didn't so I returned it. Then I went to Laptopsdirect.ie and ordered it there. Waited for almost 2 weeks before cancelling it - bastards advertise something as in stock while in fact there's nothing. Then I turned back to eBay and "bought" on in Italy. Waited more than a week before being told the item doesn't actually exist. Tough luck but I didn't despair and kept trawling eBay and finally I got it from Germany.

That's how hard it can be to buy a non-standard configuration. If you're happy with standard ones, you can get them even from elara.ie. But if you can't find it there, you may check eBay as well.

ytareh · 11-10-2009 05:03PM

Just seen the n130 and n140 in Powercity, Fonthill (near Liffey Valley SC).Man they really 'uglied' up the nc10 replacements with cheap 'matt' plastic (One mans 'fingerprint magnet' is another's shiny object of desire -give it a rub of a rag ya lazy shower!)
I suppose it does have the draft n wireless and better track pad but youd think it would look better too...I suppose this happens with cars etc that sometimes the newer model isnt better looking...
And oh my GOD what is the deal with the Power button ....?!UGLY!

Weyhey · 12-10-2009 09:16PM

redmissb wrote: »

I think the one in Argos only has a three cell battery?

Yes. By the way Peats also sell the NC10 with the three cell battery but charge you €399 for it (as of last week) so be warned - a more expensive price may not mean a better battery spec.

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