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Intel's Atom chip has been ditched in favour of Via Nano in Samsung's second, bigger, more costly netbook
Samsung is aiming to release its second netbook on Monday, the company has said. The NC20 will follow on from the NC10, which was launched in September last year.
Like the first laptop, the NC20 will run Windows XP. It has a 130GB hard drive, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR for basic communications plus Ethernet connection and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, an integrated camera (1.3 megapixel), a card reader and a six-cell battery.
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A Russian review translated by google gives this a good review, saying suprisingly that HD video work extremely well. I currently love and use a Toshiba Portege M100 - it uses an centrino 1400MHz ULV Processor.
Yes, it has been upgraded - a 160GB 2.5 IDE Hard disk, a slot loading Optiarc DVD writer and 2GB PC2700 sodimms.
Considering this is now 5 years old and still going strong - is pretty impressive. The Portege M100 really was ahead of its game - lightweight, low power, built in DVD/CD rewriter, 12.1'' 4:3 Display 1024x768, non refective. Bluetooth, firewire, USB 2.0. It has a SD Card Slot (but doesn't support above 2GB). PCMCIA, or PC Express with adapter, used for HSPDA. Bluetooth as standard. Strong smart Alloy casing. It doesn't have a trackpad but a 'nipple', but you get used to it. Maybe the M100 was truely the first netbook.
I also bought the Asus 701 as soon as it came out and found it too limited - its now out of date - £250 pound down the tube. Yet my Toshiba Portege M100 is the machine I always come back to, and is set as my benchmark. Strong, solid - dependable - adaptable.
As yet, the Netbooks haven't beaten it - I'm going to wait for the NC20 with HSPDA before switching.
There must have been 100'000 Toshiba M100 sold - its a shame no one has come up with a motheboard upgrade to a ULV dual core.
Because everything else is perfect - the screen, the keyboard, the ports, the weight, the battery - the design - it just the processor that is feeling a little long in the tooth sometimes, and I really don't want to change it unless I have to.
Am I the only one that is beginning to think that the manufacturers are missing the point of a Netbook?
look at the orginal Asus EEE pc thats the defination of a netbook
1. lightweight
2. small
3. good battery life
4. SSD storage not traditional HD's (why would you want so much space in a netbook) if you need that much space then buy a LAPTOP......
5. Cheap (or should i say good value for money "sub £200") however they seem ot be insisting XP is pre installed (unless its m$ pushing them)
I'll get of my soap box now
I could not agree with you more. With "netbook" screens now typically 10", and I recently saw an announcement for one with a 12" screen, I've asked myself many times where is the line between "nice netbook" and "underpowered laptop"?