Samsung NC10

ongarite wrote: »

Is the black finish NC10 a finger print and dirt magnet? Too shiny? All the reviews I have seen are of the white model and it looks quite well in this colour.

i disagree had the black for 4 or 5 hours now and isn't a figerprint magnet,does slightly attract them though...i'll be uploading some pics tomorrow of it

I'll upload photos shortly now to do a review

Build quaility
Well after using this for 6 or 7 hours over two days i'm yet to find something wrong with the design,the keyboard feels very sturdy and the key sizes are fine,i know slightly smaller than normal and i have got big hands but i only hit a few keys wrong while maybe typing all that above this.One issue in the small size shift key on the right,i'v got used to it but caught me out at first there is a bigger one on the left,the screen hinges are great and i use it on my lap alot and it doesn't move

Screen
The screen is surprisingly very easy to view and i moved from a 15.4" laptop,as it's not a gloss screen and more matte it is quiet noticeable if the last laptop you used is gloss but again you get used to it,the screen is very bright and around now it can easily be used on the lowest brightness with lamps on...

Technology side
Well i find the laptop to run very well the hard drive is quick usb transfer is very fast and it only once froze briefly(messenger beta jammed)the graphics card is quiet impressive but sadly it picks how much should be shared.This can be annoying if you're trying to see how well a game will play on low/high setting when it uses 30mb on low and then 80mb when you move it to high.The processor has barely gone above 50% usage and runs very quick i'd rate it quick than my pentium D 3.33GHZ processor

Colour
The black colour is great and the silver strip isn't noticeable that much but looks very well,also the blue lebs really make it cool very modern.The mouse/keyboard area is matte black and the back of the screen is gloss

Mousepad
Well i think this deserves a heading of its own this,although small performs very well and one slide across it covers 2/3 of the screen and sliding up covers 1/2.It multitouch is very cool and handy for zooming in to read small print on the net.The single left right click button is also small but it is easy to get used to.All in all i like the touch pad.

Connectivity
The wi-fi/bluetooth is very good on this laptop after initial set up with in seconds of log in it found my 2 wi-fi networks and then i connected to one,they coverage seems great and i havn't dropped below 54mbps yet which would of happened on my older laptop,the bluetooth is always on and the samsung program it comes with works well it is alway on(might be an issue if you want extra battery life)but i'm sure you can disable it,

Overall
Well for web-browsing chatting,typing this is great,for gaming(if you want one to mess about)i'd either hold out to see if samsung realease a new bios allowing full control over vram and possibly 224mb,if not go for the msi wind or alike.The battery life is yet to be tested i'v run it on battery for 30-40 mins and performance is not affected i was quoted 7 hours by the windows battery meter.

I really like it and very pleased,now off to edit pictures with it