Samsung N110 Reviews: Windows XP Home 10.1" Screen Laptop computer

+ compact, good looking and powerful.

- should come with an offer for a disc drive.

+ awesome machine! amazing battery life, very lightweight and good looking (just like me).

- none so far

+ battery life is great

- obviously the processor is a bit slower than a regular notebook, as to be expected.

+ 93% keyboard, great screen, great build quality, great design

- Trackpad takes a little getting used to, but that's more not having used them that much.
Case exterior smudges with fingerprints easily..

+ Excellent compact lightweight product

- The power switch is tempermental - as it has sometimes stuck and machine has not turned on

+ Nice and portable. Decent battery life (the reason I bought it). The fact that although the screen is smaller, web pages are formatted so that you don't have to scroll sideways to read them too. Keyboard is pretty good.

- A wee bit slow and doesn't like to do more than one thing without being fussy. TV show streaming is choppy, lots of buffering. Webcam constantly freezes during calls. Shift key is a bit small and further over than on normal keyboards, so you end up making lots of typos

+ Small machine with big keyboard unlike most other netbooks

- Sometimes slow if trying to utilise multiple applications, Eg Music player, Web Browser & Email client, so worth upgrading RAM to 2Gb to see improvement.

+ - Very lightweight.
- Excellent battery performance (up to around 8hrs real use).
- Draft N Wifi for extended distances.
- Bluetooth.
- Overall superb build quality.
- Excellent for connecting up to a HD TV for video playback with no hassle at all.

- - Little bit pricey in comparison to similarly spec'd competitors (but worth it for the build quality).
- Top of laptop is a major fingerprint magnet.
- Performance lacks in graphics card - as with all netbooks.
- No CD/DVD drive - again same as all netbooks.

+ Powerful tool for mobile computing that's easy to carry around

- You get exactly what it says on the tin so if your expectations are realistic there are no bad points.

+ weight and battery life

- none

+ It is absolutely amazing. Best laptop I have ever owned. I have sold all other computers and use it for everything. I plug it into a monitor when I need a bigger screen

- None

+ Stylish, excellent battery life, highle portable, as you'd expect

- Only 2gb RAM max, not very powerful processor

+ The battery life is immense

- Could do with being a little faster, although as far as netbooks go its fast enough.

+ Love it.Its light and so very portable................Size of the keyboard is excellent. Very good value for money. An excellent product.

- No CD drive so you need to find an alternative means of initially setting up the computer

+ Highly portable, very good for networking and e-mail.

- Screen res. may not be up to supporting some apps.... be very careful as it does not have the capacity for example of handling RAW files in photoshop..

+ Portable, light and very useful when travelling to manage business on the go. Nice eye-catching style in black but easily marked. Easy set up and to use.

- Left-hand uppercase key appears to be wrongly position to the normal keyboard layout and can cause many errors if you are a touch typist. Also the return key is fairly small.
Casing very prone to marking as in glossy black - a matt finish may be better.

+ The N110 is one of the best netbooks I've used. Its features and ergonomics are just about as good as they get. The build quality is excellent and the styling is just right.

- The current trend to have glossy finishes on the case and screen have inevitable consequences - finger marks have to be wiped away with great care and regularity and the screen suffers from reflections, but the colour reproduction and screen luminance and contrast are good. The Samsung battery utility and automatic update utility don't like running with limited user rights - there are work-arounds, but Samsung should have thought about this.

+ Battery life, keyboard

- Lack of 802.11n wireless

+ Good quality keyboard and a large trackpad with scoll-ability.
The battery-life really is fantastic.
I've used it for 8 hours and it still had life left in it!

- An external switch to disable all transmitting functions would have been nice (for in-flight use)
Currently, you have to remember to disable WiFi & Bluetooth before you shut it down and get on a plane.

+ The battery life is amazing, nothing I've ever had or seen comes close to this! The screen is sharp and is high enough resolution to navigate around the web with no problem. The processing power is high enough to run open office and other useful software. A great netbook - highly recommended!

- The processing power is slightly too low to run bbc iplayer properly :( but this is down to the bloated iplayer software, because it can play other standard def video no problem. I also had a problem connecting to a friends WiFi connection - don't know if this is a hardware or software issue - but it connects fine to my O2 router.

+ Battery life is awsome straight away.

- Operates a little slow but then generally netbooks do anyway.

+ battery and screen

- price

+ not too big, not too small, good size keyboard and keys

- wish it had come in different colours and designs

+ Size and looks

- Microsoft as usual

+ Long battery life, good connectivity.

- Too shiny! Shows up fingermarks!

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- sound volume is appalling. Cannot play dvd via player - yet more software is involved.

+ Battery Life; Picture definition; connectivity.

- No TV out! Memory limited!

+ EVERTHING SO FAR

- DOES DEFINATELY REQUIRE MINIMUM 2 RAM FOR WORK PURPOSES

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- wil not connect to the new n series routers using internal card

+ small, good screen

- Takes ages to start, anti virus s/w is a pain to turn off or delete ! It takes over the whole computer.It needed loads of upgrade s/w to get it going and took nearly two hours to download / install.

+ Does everything a netbook should do. Has a good size keyboard that is easy to use even with large fingers. Battery life allows for full days work without being plugged into the mains.

- No book of instructions they are all on the computer so need to set up the computer before reading the instructions bit late to sort mistakes on set up. Screen bit reflective (thats being picky)

+ The N110 is great for students like myself who need a netbook in order to communicate with friends and family whilst on the move, in my case, taking a gap year to spend abroad.
It's lightweight, compact and holds up to the stylish look of high performance business laptops, without looking like a poor relation. The 1.3mp webcam and inbuilt microphone are perfect to use on instant messaging service, making it easy to see, be seen and talk to friends and family.
Brillant buy!

- The speakers aren't great if you're keen on playing music, but it links up to any separate speakers you may have fine.
The battery life doesn't last 9 hours if you're using it regularly, but it doesn't take long to charge, which compensates for this negative.
The text on-screen takes a while for your eyes to adjust to, as it's quite small, but one gets used to this after a while.

+ Battery life
Performance and specs (given its size)
Good support forums on the web if you want to tweak (e.g. upgrade the RAM) or have problems.

- Only issue I've come across so far is that the 1024x600 screen is a bit small for things like Dreamweaver and Photoshop. If you are using these every day, this is definitely not the machine for you. For me, when I only use them every now and then, I just plug it into my husband's desktop screen, load up the dual-screen function (3 button clicks) and I'm off and running.

+ Small, light, battery lasts all day. Excellent for the purpose it was designed for. It will be slow and run heavy applications badly, but that's not what its about. If you need to browse the web, read and respond to emails plus look at attachments etc then this is the ideal portable all day device

- None

+ Weight, getting up and running

- cost, should have links to buy office software like MS Office

+ Long battery life, and really handy to carry around. Surprisingly good speakers.

- No optical drive, so you have to buy an external DVD/CD drive. Screen is pretty small, I think it's worth going into a store to check it out for yourself.

+ its excellent

- there are none

+ Keyboard just the right size.
Screen size perfect for working on away from home.
Battery life superb.

- The only fault is not with the N110 but Samsung not providing a decent carry case rather than the soft bag which comes with the netbook.

+ Battery life, compact size & weight, ready to go

- Screen could be deeper without altering overall size, would prefer matt screen (both minor)

+ Very stylish, easy to use, would recommend buying.

- If going from a full sized screen takes a while to get used to scrolling up and down the screen to see everything.

+ size and clarity of screen

- could be quicker from start up

+ Overall Size. The keyboard.

- None found so far.

+ Size, weight and battery life

- not keen on the touchpad so bought a wireles mouse

+ Great overall size, usable keyboard and excellent performance

- Case shows fingerprints and that's about it!

+ Everything. Its stylish, efficient, easily portable, bluetooth built in, webcam built in. I tried an Acer first and was disappointed with the battery life and performance.

- None. Can't fault it.

+ Excellent battery life, quick to start, bright clear display, good keyboard.

- touchpad mouse button needs a centre detent.

+ Size of the keys for a notebook

- Shiny screen

+ Fantastic battery life; great performance - I have a quality laptop running Vista that is so much slower & annoying then this netbook.

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+ Pretty much everything.

- It's a tad expensive.

+ Excellent battery life, nice clear screen, lightweight.

- Mouse is over-sensitive.

+ Superb battery life, plenty of hard disk space, comfortable to hold in one hand, very easily carried, usable outside at full brightness.

- Glossy finish that results in very noticable fingerprints, graphics capabilities from last decade.

+ Nice keyboard

- High-gloss screen; would prefer somewhere between that and matt. No draft n wireless (Sony have managed it).

+ Great compact genuinely light machine. A revelation after carting weighty and quite buly laptops around for many a year.

- None so far.

+ Outstanding battery life, great looks and solid build quality.

- None really, bit pricey & lack of DVD drive but this was expected. Not really required once Any required software is loaded.

+ I chose it and my husband bought it for my birthday :-). Absolutely love it. Really nice design (i have the all white one) and light too. The battery life is unbelievably good - doesn't take long to charge and you get a full 8 hours worth!! Starts up quickly too. Small enough to fit in a good sized handbag ladies but big enough that you won't be squinting at the screen!

- A minor gripe is that sometimes you can't see a full webpage. This can be overcome by pressing the F11 key but even then the pages don't always show in full. Maybe I have missed something from the instructions so it might just be me! Still, it hasn't been a big problem and I still love it! Only other thing (which is why i gave the design 9/10 and not10/10) is that the light for the caps lock is tiny and hidden by your hand when typing. This is slightly annoying when typing case sensitive passwords and you don't realise for a few moments that the caps lock is on - but really minor design flaw!!

+ very good battery life. Fullsize keyboard keys. Light.

- none

+ It met my expectations but not having had another one before it is difficult to say what the good points are. But i do like size, battery life and ease of use.

- Windows XP, really needs Vista these days.

+ excellent notebook

- shiny screen

+ weight and battery life

- price

+ It does all I want it to and is so much easier to carry around.

- Haven't found any yet.

+ This is a great little netbook - good to type on (as far as laptops/netbooks go!) and looks great. Battery life is very impressive.

- None that I can think of.

+ Keyboard is one of the best I've used on a Netbook. Screen is gloss which I'm used to but some may not like. I've already dropped it once, from a height of a little less than a metre, and it survived with no damage.

- Power adaptor is larger than my Asus EeePC and adds to weight and bulk. Samsung logo at bottom of screen has rubbed off slightly. Case/sleeve provided is virtually useless - doesn't fasten shut and will only protect against the risk of scratches. I bought a Sweex neoprene sleeve from Amazon for about £12 which seems to do a good job but Asus are able to supply good sleeves in the box.

+ Battery life is excellent

- None really

+ Look's good, long battery life depending on using the right settings, light and easy to carry around. Large enough hard drive to cope with lots of photo's and music files. Keyboard very easy to use, even with my large fingers!!

- Once I'd got rid of a lot of the preloaded software and installed my own, it's even quicker. Why does it come with a DVD with software on it, but the computor doesn't have DVD drive ? Why not come with a preloaded pendrive instead?

+ size / weight and screen is nice and clear

- mouse pad is still too fussy and sensitive

+ Keyboard, weight, size and battery life

- Position of on/off switch

+ Light, great battery life, good keyboard and mouse, nice screen

- None

+ v, good to do work with plus no problems so far

- A little bit to sensitive when hovering over the screen,"fingers to close to screen",
it will change to what you are hovering over.

+ sexy

- battery life not as good as stated

+ Keyboard
Size
Weight

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+ I think the Samsung N110 is a great deal. It's the right size and weight for carrying around on your travels. Very handy when you want to look something up, check your facebook and send an email. I use Skype on mine and the built-in webcam shows good quality on video calls which will make interacting with friends and family fun.

- The NC-10 had a 9-hour battery life as does the N110, however, I have only noticed the maximum charge time at 6.5 hours. It's not really too bad as it is twice as long as most laptops/netbooks.

+ Battery life

- Frustrating as it runs so slowwwwww

+ Easy of Use and style.

- none

+ Just a great little piece of kit. So much easier to carry around than my full laptop

- The cover shows every finger print. Could have used a better finish although when clean it looks good

+ Weight, Size, Battery Life and style are excellent.

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+ Size, Weight, Portablility, Design, Red Stripe (fits in nicely with TV) and Ease of Use

- Battery life not as good as stated

+ A very neat package: it is compact, lightweight and good looking, has with a good, clear screen, keyboard and good on-screen instructions.

- A little bit slow but only to be expected.

+ Great little netbook, nice bright screen, excellent keyboard.

- no middle click with the touchpad buttons, but can be set up as a hotkey.

+ Keyboard is perfect for touch typist and easy to use / get used to. It's light and easily carried around (I carry it everywhere with me in a not very big handbag). The battery life so far is exactly as advertised and the performance is fast and reliable.

- none

+ Very nice style, lovely screen, good build quality and it comes with a protective case.

- Track pad very small but usable.

+ Excellent design, good keyboard, perfect for travel.

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+ Lightweight and perfect for people on the move needing basic internet usage.

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+ Best PC I have ever bought!

- None for a netbook

+ Does what I want. Allows email, internet access and most of all extended battery life on teh move. The strongest point.

- None

+ Battery Life

- The Touch Pad is a bit cramped - especially the left click (thumb) is a bit awkward - could have been designed a bit bigger/ longer.