Samsung NC20 160GB Reviews: Windows XP Home 12.1" Screen Laptop computer

+ Great netbook. V ery pleased with it. I did buy it though just for use of the internet and documents.

- It does, however, take a while to load up every time you turn it on, which can be a bit frustrating if you are in a hurry to look something up. Not yet sure about XP - pop up after popup! Although I do understand why they chose it.

+ Everything about the machine is great, light, good size keyboard, stylish, excellent build quality, screen res is outstanding.
And the battery lasts a looong time.
I've added extra ram to mine and it's a real little flyer.
There's no optical drive but how often do you use one these days. I've bought a stand alone cd/dvd combo drive that I can use when needed.
there are 3 usb slots and a card reader so moving large amounts of data elsewhere is not a problem.

- Couple very small niggles, the touch pad would maybe benefit from being a little wider and there's no defined edge to it so your finger can wander off and you have to keep looking down.
It only comes with 1 gig of ram, not a real problem as replacing it with 2 gig was a doddle. With the price of ram so low Samsung shouldn't be so mean, they should have fitted 2 as standard.

+ A very neat design which makes a netbook feel no different from a laptop. The screen is much larger than other netbooks so there is less need for scrolling or straining the eyes. The processor and graphics are substantially better than the Atom used in almost all other netbooks. For most people, the convenience of a well designed smaller machine with adequate power and a long of battery life is far preferable to the average laptop.

- Brilliant for everyday use, but not really powerful enough for a lot of graphics. The loudspeakers are tinny and we use some extra ones. Rather expensive and not a great deal cheaper than quite a good laptop.

+ really good small netbook ideal for browsing

- screen should be more rigid

+ Well worth the extra money for the 12 inch screen. Initial setup allows you to resize the disk into 2 partitions and Samsung also supply a utility to take a backup copy of the system partiton at any time.

- Supplied case is very thin but does protect against scratches

+ Very light, great screen, decent speakers (great for watching movies on the go!)

- Battery life slightly shorter than the NC10 - still manages over 5 hours on a single charge

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- under powered, performance is not great when running a number of Office application

+ Battery life, overall size and power are perfect for my uses. Would have to spend a lot more to get something more powerful with the same form factor

- Would be nice to have had two memory slots to ease upgrading

+ Very copact, good screen size and fast processor, exellant wifi, office 2007 works with no problem, not a gameing machine, great for travel and internet

- Only 1gb ram, advise to upgrage to the max 2gb ram as soon as possible, makes a great diffrence

+ Compact smart design, light and portable while still being usuable

- Hot air vent is underneath, so feels blocked if netboook not rested on flat surface, screen can sometimes automatically go too dim in power save mode.

+ The NC20 is extremely portable, whilst having a screen size that is large enough for extended on-line use. The design is simple and stylish, whilst having a high standard of build quality.

- The speakers being underneath mean that the sound can become muffled, depending on the surface on which the the NC20 is placed. For those adjusting from a full-size laptop, the key spacing and travel can take a bit of getting used to. The mouse pad also seems small at first, these are not points that unduly impact on the overall user experience.

+ Fantastically portable with excellent battery life and minimal noise as there is no fan. All round, a great little laptop.

- Silly small thing, but all the shiny surfaces (screen and outer cover) are always covered in finger marks and the shift key for the right hand side is a little oddly placed. Tiny issues - nothing else comes to mind at all.

+ Good battery life, Screen resolution, keyboard are very good

- No 3d Graphics. Difficult to install linux.

+ Lovely machine to use. Looks great. Performance is fine for most programmes.

- Battery not as good as hoped for, getting about 5 hours max despite power management.
Shiny screen is like looing in a mirror in some lights.

+ Light, stylish and good battery life

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