I think calling it exceeding durable might have been going a bit far, with a normal hard drive instead of an SSD and a glossy screen and plastic inside it's obviously more pretentious than practical in that respect and if you actually do start throwing it around it might not stand up much better than a normal netbook.
Still, I suppose it's a consolation prize for all those iBook users Apple has now rejected with the launch of Snow Leopard.
Now there's added value! (25%+ increase in price) for how much real benefit. Seems more design over substance here, I'm sticking with the NC10
With Microsoft limiting the spec of what can be allowed in a netbook I guess manufacturers have to resort to tarting up the same old stuff in order to attempt to add value.
The main attraction of the original netbooks was that they were small and CHEAP. Whilst they are aimed at different segments of the market when you can get a normal laptop with a Core2 duo, 2GB memory, 160GB hdd, DVDRW, Vista (alas) Home Premium etc for less its hard to see the value in a netbook costing £376.
In fairness, this is a REALLY nice device in the flesh. It doesn't excuse the price per se (especially as the battery life is so poor) but it is definitely a cut above the rest.
Shame about the battery life, and the odd inclusion of the N270 rather than the N280 (although I imagine this makes a marginal difference to performance, if anything). I'd rather have the Asus 1008 I think.
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I'd say sub-£300 is the sweetspot for me. For that you should be able to get something with decent battery life. As the N270 vs the N280, subjectively there's sod all difference in performance.
True, although it's always nicer to have the newer one when possible! I too would like to find a nicely designed sub-£300 netbook with good battery life. I don't even particularly want one with Windows, I quite like playing with the various Linux distributions (and Moblin-based versions look very promising) and they all come with HDDs whereas I'd prefer a small-but-quick SSD. Doesn't seem to actually be one that caters for that though; the closest thing is the Dell Mini 10v but the screen resolution is less than the norm, which is disappointing.
Seems like the netbook manufacturers are focusing so much on the higher-end models that they've lost site of the lower end of the market. Shame really.
I bought the NC10 because of how highly you guys rated it and I love the thing, but I'm confused by what Samsung has done since then. They got it right the first time and since have screwed it up. Switching to glossy screens is a huge mistake in my opinion. I HATE glossy screens with a passion, I want a screen I can look at in various levels of lighting. And the battery life on this model seems awfully low for a netbook. I mean my NC10 gets 6-8 hours easily with the brightness turned down a little (still highly usable). Until I see a dual core netbook with an anti-glare screen and good battery life I'll just stick with my NC10.
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