Nettops roundup?

[denis6902]

I need to one asap, anyone to recommend a very good one?

Budget is £300 max, linux is better if possible, well...i want to put new ubuntu in it.

Anyone to recommend a good one, or a good recent roundup on them?

 

[Bungral]

NC10 is considered to be one of the very best (if not the best all rounder) available a couple of months ago. There are a few new models since but that's what I deduced from plenty of research.

Think people have stuck Ubuntu on there too but it's worth double checking.

 

[denis6902]

cheers man, sorry the thread topic is names as NETTOPS which is wrong, it was meant to be netbook, sorry!

what about the Eee PC 1000HE

 

[Bungral]

I believe that is meant to be a very solid netbook too. Battery life is a major plus point on it along with the NC10. Both stand out machines.

Good job I read the title wrong as netbooks then ay in my early morning sleepyness!

 

[denis6902]

been reading some about the samsung, and it apers the be one of the bests out there. Also seems to be the easier for a MAC OS install, however i believe it will require a apple air extreme mini pci-e wifi card. Anyways....Ubuntu is just much better then apple, plus im sure it will all work out of the box.

Why is the new samsung NC20 £100 more? the only difference on the specs i have found is the screen resolution from 1024x600 to 1280x800.

Is the main chipset different, or is the new one having a dual atom?

now this is weird:

anti-bacterial keyboard

Uses Silver Nano Technology to coat the keyboard with incredibly small, nano-sized silver ion powder, which makes it impossible for bacteria to live and breed. So, 99.9% of bacteria are successfully eliminated within 24 hours and the netbook remains bacteria free for even longer, creating a more hygienic personal computing environment.

Samsung want u to take ur netbook even to the toilet?

 

[Lynx]

they want you to lick the keys after youve used it ofc, its made for the mentally impaired: aka: Window Lickers!

 

[Bungral]

Now I personally have the NC20. I was looking for a netbook to replace my portable DVD player for when me and my girlfriend went on holiday. We wanted something light, with decent battery life for the flight and at night as well as something that is functional at home.

We were very close to buying the NC10 but decided we wanted the higher resolution with the bigger screen. The extra 2" on the screen isn't that important but the extra resolution makes a massive difference to general usage. Still light too.

The difference between them apart from screen is the CPU and chipset. The NC20 uses VIA's Nano CPU instead of the Intel Atom. It throttles itself down to as low as 800Mhz when not in use but generally 1.3GHz. When in use it bumps up to 1.6GHz.

Performance wise, there is very little between the two. Atom wins on some things whereas the Nano wins on others. The Nano is having to power a larger resolution though.

been reading some about the samsung, and it apers the be one of the bests out there. Also seems to be the easier for a MAC OS install, however i believe it will require a apple air extreme mini pci-e wifi card. Anyways....Ubuntu is just much better then apple, plus im sure it will all work out of the box.

Why is the new samsung NC20 £100 more? the only difference on the specs i have found is the screen resolution from 1024x600 to 1280x800.

Is the main chipset different, or is the new one having a dual atom?

now this is weird:

anti-bacterial keyboard

Uses Silver Nano Technology to coat the keyboard with incredibly small, nano-sized silver ion powder, which makes it impossible for bacteria to live and breed. So, 99.9% of bacteria are successfully eliminated within 24 hours and the netbook remains bacteria free for even longer, creating a more hygienic personal computing environment.

Samsung want u to take ur netbook even to the toilet?

 

[denis6902]

Now I personally ...

thanks bud, just bought the NC10, dont have the budget for the NC20

edit, mods please close thread if you want, or can leave it on for further discussion?

 

[Bungral]

Good choice... You wont be disappointed!

 

[denis6902]

it arrived without the manual, i no idea how long to give it a full charge.

the only thing that came in the box was the netbook itself, dvds for reinstallation and safety guide ans warranty info, no manual aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggg

btw, just check samsung website, and there is no manual to be downloaded, what do i do?

 

[lasher]

If you happen to read Korean, I’ve got good news. The Samsung NC10 user manual is now available for download. If you can’t, I’ve still got good news. The upcoming netbook has a RAM access panel on the back which means that it should take about 2 seconds to upgrade the laptop’s 1GB of RAM. Just undo a screw or two, pop out the old stick, and replace it with a new one.

There are a bunch of other pictures in the manual showing things like the keboard layout, the location of the power button (on the side of the unit rather than above the keyboard as we’ve seen on many other netbooks), and instructions for replacing the battery.

For some reason Samsung chose to release the user manual as an executable file which weighs in at about 16MB. It’s not necessrily easier to read than a PDF, but it’s certainly larger. But if you’ve got a broadband connection, a Korean dictionary, and some free time on your hands, check it out. And let me know if I missed anything really exciting.

Apparently you need to either ready Korean or convert it

http://www.liliputing.com/2008/10/samsung-nc10-user-manual-now-online.html

 

[denis6902]

that ain't fair, minus for that bogus for samsung, they must provide a manual for any product!

edit: found this to be quite handy too!

http://www.sammywiki.com/wiki/Samsung_NC10_FAQ