- 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 Processor
- 1GB DDR2 Memory; 160GB Hard Drive
- Longer battery-powered performance of up to 7 hours*. *Battery life based on independent MobileMark test scores
- 10.1" Non-glare Display; Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
- Genuine Microsoft Windows 7 Starter Edition
Product Description
The Samsung N150 netbook gives you value without compromise. It starts with a powerful Intel Atom N450 processor and Windows 7 Starter OS. The non-glare 10.1 inch screen gives you plenty of room, while a 3-in-1 memory card slot and 3 USB 2.0 ports make it easy to connect a digital camera, printer and more. At a scant 2.7 lbs, you can pick up and go at a moment’s notice, and the 7-hour battery is good for all day. And what’s life without choices? The N150 netbook... Read More About This Product >>
3comments:
I read many reviews on-line for the netbook of choice. This one seemed to be 'the one' for my needs. Once I got through the very long self install process the device behaved OK but slow. Swapping out the 1Gb memory for 2Gb was quick and easy and improved performance noticeably but still it lacked adequate response times. Various searches on windows 7 performance boost etc showed me what I could disable and made further improvements.
So now I've uninstalled the clunky fat-ware that comes with the gadget, paid for the extra RAM, tuned windows to run only what's absolutely needed - toned down the graphics. The device can just about play video and surfing is 'OK' when using Chrome - IE was just too slow.
Samsung's own back up and driver download software seems to do a reasonable job and have a full system snap shot to recover to was useful when I broke something during the system tweaking.
So all this is shame since the physical part of the laptop is great, the matte screen, the keyboard are all good. The mouse is a little fiddly but OK. Oh, but the power slider is a pain - opening the laptop windows wont auto-resume and having to fumble the front slider power switch is bad next to having a proper button.
Experiments with Ubuntu 10.04 netbook remix were all successful. SD card, wifi, sound all work well. (there was some BIOS fiddling to get the gadget to boot from USB) haven't got as far as attempting dual boot.
So all in all a great little laptop that ultimately disappointments due to low CPU performance. ( esp. if you lack the skills to remove tweak windows and uninstall the unwanted extra software.)
Rating: 3 / 5
The main reason I became interested in this product is that I absolutely must have a non-glossy display, and this is one of the few models out there advertising this. Unfortunately -- there is a thin highly reflective strip around the edge of the display -- that will spike light into your eyes and interfere with viewing if there are many lights in the room. I don't understand why they needed to do this -- matte means MATTE -- EVERYWHERE. Similar problems exist on other so-called 'matte' netbooks -- most notably the HP mini -- which has a very wide black shiny band around the display that totally defeats the purpose of having a matte finish on the display. Ditto the matte asus netbooks. Manufacturers, we are STILL WAITING For a fully matte netbook display -- which includes the display and also the framing surfaces around the display!
Rating: 2 / 5
I wanted a net book to take to our vacation trip to NJ.
I loaded some of my favorites & we leave for NJ on &-6-010. A great net book
Rating: 4 / 5
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