Samsung N130 Gamestop €201.99

Abelloid

Great price for a great little netbook.

If you want a great value netbook you cant go wrong with the Samsung N130. The N130 is the lightest in its class, with a slim and elegant chassis that is accentuated with sensuous styling. Yet it still utilises the highest quality components and materials like a 10.1" high resolution display(non gloss LED) with its proper aspect ratio which delivers sharper and brighter images, as well as the most accurate playback of movies and related content. Processor - Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz) 533 MHz FSB with 512KB Cache. Memory - 1GB. Hard drive - 160GB SATA. Webcam - Integrated webcam 0.3 Mega Pixels. Battery life - 6 hours. Speakers - 1 x 1.5 mono speaker. System - genuine windows 7 starter.

http://www.gamestop.ie/core/common/default.aspx?product=36253

Ghost Train

Nice that it's non glossy, does use the older series of processor which have shorter battery life although the samsungs always seemed to have good battery life

Seaneh

It's actually a great little netbook for that price.
Only downside for me would be the 1gb of ram, if that was upgradeable and I could just swap it out for the 2gb stick i have in my current, almost dead laptop, I'd buy it.

6 cell battery gives the back a lift and makes typing easier AND helps keep the vents uncovered.

Abelloid

It is, isn't it? I have 2 gigs in my NC10.

Seaneh

I need to buy a new netbook soon, I'm going to be backpacking for a while and need something small and light and reliable and this seems pretty much perfect.

Seaneh

Just for a price comparative, the same machine is €279.99 in Argos.

Seaneh

Last post, Ram is easily upgraded, there's a door on the bottom, only one screw involved, nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj6FLwUcztM

Might pick one up this weekend

ronano

anyone wanna do me a favour and tell me how it compares to the n145

http://www.samsung.com/us/business/laptops/NP-N145-JP01US-features

There is an 80 euro difference with the n145 being 280

I'd be using laptop for

internet
tv watching
documents
website design/bit of photo edit but nothing too heavy

Seaneh

The n140 is probably a slightly better machine, but not €80 better...

The main difference seems to be battery life.

Abelloid

Slightly faster processor and GFX, looks like a glossy screen (I detest glossy screens...) but not much else I can see, 4-1 card slot..

http://www.ultra-laptops.com/comparisons/samsung_n145_vs_samsung_n130

Do-more

ronano wrote: »

anyone wanna do me a favour and tell me how it compares to the n145

http://www.samsung.com/us/business/laptops/NP-N145-JP01US-features

There is an 80 euro difference with the n145 being 280

I'd be using laptop for

internet
tv watching
documents
website design/bit of photo edit but nothing too heavy

I have an NC10 and find that watching tv on it is a pain due to the poor Intel GMA 950 onboard graphics, same as the N130, some of the Samsung net books have the ion graphics which would be a huge improvement as they can handle full HD.

Do-more

Do-more wrote: »

I have an NC10 and find that watching tv on it is a pain due to the poor Intel GMA 950 onboard graphics, same as the N130, some of the Samsung net books have the ion graphics which would be a huge improvement as they can handle full HD.

it depends - some intel integrated graphics will do video and even hd video well - e.g. gma 4500mhd

Voodu Child

glasso wrote: »

it depends - some intel integrated graphics will do video and even hd video well - e.g. gma 4500mhd

Strangely enough the GMA500 (usually comes with the Z-series Atoms) can do 1080p H264/AVC acceleration no problem.

The GMA950 that comes with the more common N-series Atoms doesnt have any H264/AVC acceleration at all.

Seaneh

So this won't play HD videos?

Not really a problem for me to be honest...

Abelloid

Plays SD xvid files no problem, but anything larger it will struggle.

dlm

Voodu Child wrote: »

Strangely enough the GMA500 (usually comes with the Z-series Atoms) can do 1080p H264/AVC acceleration no problem.

I wouldnt say "no problem" but when set-up correctly and using the latest drivers it can! It took Intel almost 2 years after releasing the chip to get proper HW decoding working on it and even now it's not flawless.

wishihadalife

I am interested in getting something like this for travelling.

Are you saying though that this would struggle with even 720P files?

Abelloid

wishihadalife wrote: »

I am interested in getting something like this for travelling.

Are you saying though that this would struggle with even 720P files?

Yes.

Do-more

wishihadalife wrote: »

I am interested in getting something like this for travelling.

Are you saying though that this would struggle with even 720P files?

I have the NC10 which has the same on board graphics, I updated the drivers last night following what was suggested earlier in the thread which has improved things, but now with RTE Player it looks like the arm up Anne Doyle is moving her lips 3/4 of the time instead of 1/2 the time as it was before. Playback from an external DVD drive is better but tends to stutter from time to time.

Rsaeire

wishihadalife wrote: »

I am interested in getting something like this for travelling.

Are you saying though that this would struggle with even 720P files?

Not if you use CoreAVC. It's currently $8.95, which works out at just under €7, so not expensive at all considering what it offers. I used it on my NC10 and was able to play 720p (H.264/AVC) mkv files without any dropped frames. CPU usage goes up to 85% and on average is slightly lower, but if you want to play back those type of files, it is indeed possible.

Do-more

Just downloaded and installed CoreAVC and can confirm that it transforms the graphics performance. Cheers Rsaeire.


Just checked it with this Youtube and it can handle 480p fullscreen but not the 720p.

More than happy with the performance improvement for my requirements none the less.

I've 2Gb of ram installed btw.

Rsaeire

Do-more wrote: »

Just downloaded and installed CoreAVC and can confirm that it transforms the graphics performance. Cheers Rsaeire.


Just checked it with this Youtube and it can handle 480p fullscreen but not the 720p.

More than happy with the performance improvement for my requirements none the less.

I've 2Gb of ram installed btw.

No problem.

recyclops

Quick question and pardon my stupidity but wouldnt have a clue what ram to buy to upgrade it to the 2gb would anyone have a link to the cheap ram i would have to buy any assistance is greatly appreciated

Abelloid

recyclops wrote: »

Quick question and pardon my stupidity but wouldnt have a clue what ram to buy to upgrade it to the 2gb would anyone have a link to the cheap ram i would have to buy any assistance is greatly appreciated

http://www.memoryc.ie/products/type/Computer_Memory/DDR2_SO_DIMM/index.html?Capacity=2GB&Memory_Speed=667MHz

terriepodonnell

Fast delivery by Nightline couriers yesterday (saturday).
Nice netbook but was shipped with Windows Xp Home SP3 & not Windows 7 Starter as I was expecting.

Abelloid

terriepodonnell wrote: »

Fast delivery by Nightline couriers yesterday (saturday).
Nice netbook but was shipped with Windows Xp Home SP3 & not Windows 7 Starter as I was expecting.

Ouch. That might explain the price.

Do-more

terriepodonnell wrote: »

Fast delivery by Nightline couriers yesterday (saturday).
Nice netbook but was shipped with Windows Xp Home SP3 & not Windows 7 Starter as I was expecting.

Gamestop's product description clearly states:

System - genuine windows 7 starter.

Make sure and take a screenshot and then lodge a complaint with Gamestop.

johnp

Doesn't Windows 7 Starter have a load of limitations? It seems to get lots of bad reviews.

Dcully

Thinking of getting this for the wife purely for browsing etc, im sure this is perfect for the task?

Also is this an online offer only, i dont suppose the bricks and mortar stores stock them?

Rsaeire

johnp wrote: »

Doesn't Windows 7 Starter have a load of limitations? It seems to get lots of bad reviews.

For a netbook, it should be fine. If you're interested, you can check out the comparison chart between all the different versions of Windows 7 on Wikipedia.

wildefalcon

Does this version of the N130 have a 3g modem built in?

g0g

Have been looking for a cheap netbook ever since I missed that decent Argos price error before Christmas. Was so close to buying this, but now seeing that it might be an older version of Windows has kinda put me off

I assume this netbook would be more than enough for doing the basics - web browsing / youtube etc?

Would it be ok for watching whatever resolution videos are the ones that are about 650MB-750MB for a standard length film?

wildefalcon

I'm not sure that windows 7 is a whole lot better than xp on a netbook.
I'll go see if there's a comparison

g0g

Just looking on Amazon and it seems to have absolutely fantastic reviews!

Dcully

Is this on online offer only guys?

recyclops

I've rang dun laoghaire they had no idea what I was asking about, surely if bought online and u don't recieve windows 7 u would have a case against them

voxpop

I think its online only - they dont show it in any stores and a gamestop guy told me that they dont stock laptops anymore

0lordy

Great find - note that express delivery is free for orders over €150, so you get delivery in 1-2 days for nowt.

Dcully

Just ordered one a few mins ago,seems a decent offer.

noclee

Anyone hackintosh the nc130, see from google its hit/miss 10.6.x with wifi/ether & sound issue. I have hackintoshed 10v in the past which went flawless..

g0g

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Dammit I finally decide to buy and now the site doesn't like me!!! Won't let me get to a place where I enter card details! Maybe I'm just detined to never get a netbook!!!

Blade

Damn, says "not available" on it now.

pbaker1983

ughhh!! really wanted this. does anyone know i can get a netbook thats similar in price and preformance?or the same one elsewhere? any help would be much appricated ... thanks:mad:

Abelloid

pbaker1983 wrote: »

ughhh!! really wanted this. does anyone know i can get a netbook thats similar in price and preformance?or the same one elsewhere? any help would be much appricated ... thanks:mad:

Komplett have the N150 listed for €229, but out of stock..

Dcully

Just recieved mine this morning, came with windows XP despite advertising W7.
Not that it makes a difference, XP is fine, false advertising however.

Cots1

This must be back up I ordered one yesterday

Blade

Cots1 wrote: »

This must be back up I ordered one yesterday

Can anyone tell me what the speaker is like on this? I know netbooks are usually bad for speakers but I read that this one had only 1 speaker and you can hardly hear it?

Effluo

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Netbook-1-6GHz-Processor-Battery/dp/B002MQOI3K

It's referred to in the reviews on that page

quigo

Out of stock again.