#1: Samsung NC20-21GBK 12.1-Inch Black Netbook - 6 Hour Battery Reviews!
I just couldn't rationalize purchasing a 10" Netbook, the screensize is way too small for my taste in performing office task in Word or Excel for long periods of time. Some say purchase both a Netbook and Notebook for different tasks, but SOME of us aren't made of money, and would like to have one portable Net/Notebook for all their needs. I bought my NC20 nearly 6 months ago; back then there wasn't such a huge selection of 12" Netbooks as there is now, and at the time the NC20 was perhaps the best on the market, and I believe it still is one of the best 12" Netbooks available.
For me the most attractive feature of the NC20 is the 1280x800 screen resolution, the higher vertical resolution compared to other 12" 1366x768 resolution Netbook screens is a lot more useful imo, than having a lot wider screen (though your taste may vary depending on use). I work in Microsoft Word a lot, and a higher vertical resolution is just more useful to see more of the page, most of the time a wider screen would just go un-used. With Wi-fi turned off and the screen brightness toned down a bit (around 70% screen brightness, very readable), the NC-20 does get the advertised 6 hours of battery life, great for Office productivity; expect around 4 hours for heavy web usage.
Having owned the NC20 for nearly 6 months now, I can't help but feel a little bit of envy for all the new, more powerful netbook configurations, such as the Consumer Ultra-low Voltage (CULV) Core 2 Duo "Netbooks/Ultra-Portables" and other ION-powered machines. However, I'm happy with my purchase, it does what I need it to do well (Office work), and is still powerful enough for everyday webrowsing and watching standard videos on Hulu, Netflix, or Youtube. Compared to the most recent 12" Netbook releases, the NC20 is a bit underpowered, but if you can live without streaming 720p content (it can play encoded 720p content from the hard-drive flawlessly, but isn't powerful enough for streaming 720p from the web), for 0 I would whole-heartedly recommend anyone purchase the NC20!
I also have installed Windows 7 Home Premium on my NC20, and everything (namely the Aero interface) works smoothly; also Samsung has updated all their software and drivers for Windows 7 on their website.
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Samsung NC20-21GBK 12.1-Inch Black Netbook - 6 Hour Battery Features
- VIA Nano ULV U2250 1.3 GHz Processor, 800 MHz Front Bus speed
- 1024 MB DDR2 RAM
- 160 GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive
- Microsoft Windows XP Home, 6 Hour Battery (6 Cell Lithium Ion)
- 12.1 Diagonal WVGA (1280 x 800) SuperBright Display
Customer Reviews
Cord Quit - Samsung Won't Replace Unless I Send PC With Cord to NJ from AZ - DesertDweller - Phoenix, AZ USA
This is a good little PC. Although I wanted light weight, I did not want to go with a tiny 10"-screen netbook when I was shopping for a new PC. This was the best-priced 12" computer out there, and from Samsung, which I thought of as a primo brand. I've had good experience with the PC itself. I marked the computer down to three stars for poor warranty service. In particular, my cord quit working after about 5 months. Samsung wanted me to send in both the cord and the PC itself, the tech support person saying that only with both could they be sure where the problem originated. Instead I bought a second cord, for about , which proved that the PC has no problem receiving power from a cord that is working. I called back to tech support to let them know this fact, and to say that I would be sending in the original cord, only, for replacement. The tech support person then told me that that was not good enough - Samsung "policy" requires me to send in the entire PC with its cord. They do not care that this would require me to be without my computer for at least 4 weeks (under their fastest shipping and turn-around scenario) for absolutely no reason. They do not care that it would expose the computer to risk of damage or loss for absolutely no reason. Nothing else will do. I certainly won't buy a Samsung computer again unless they change their nonsensical "policy." (And, BTW, it was very difficult to buy a second cord for this PC, because the port in the PC body where you plug the cord in is not like the port used by any other manufacturer. I could only buy a cord for this PC by going through Samsung's website for a Samsung-approved cord. Needless to say, this single-source issue probably contributed to the high price of the extra cord I bought.)
