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“Before you buy your next portable computer, ask...”

written by khas01 on 11/01/2009

Good Points
Battery life, size and weight, looks

Bad Points
trackpad a bit small, screen resolution, atom processor slow

General Comments
Before you buy your next portable computer, ask yourself a basic question...What do I need it for?

My previous laptop was a top of the range powerful fully featured laptop. I don't think I have ever used it to its full potential. If you need a to nip to the corner shop, use shoes; not he ferrari!

These netbooks can surf the web, do emails and run word/excel etc. It can run all those programs at the same time; but one at a time it is no problem.

The NC10 is a beautiful and cute machine. Mine is the blue version with faux chrome trimmings. It looks very stylish.

Its heart is the Intel Atom processor which is not speedy, but it can help the battery last upto nearly 7hours. It has 1gb ram, with can be replaced with 2gb.

Storage is a 160gb hard drive, so keeping films and music is no problem. It is good for connectivity with 3 usb slots and a sd card reader. It also has wifi and bluetooth.. No DVD drive, so think how important that s on the move. Personally, I don't need it.

The screen is a bright 10inch affair, but it resolution is a bit low. Most of the time not a problem, but some websites need a higher resolution.

The trackpad is small and of low quality, low to respond sometimes and generally unsatisfying. I would suggest a small wireless bluetooth mouse would complement this perfectly.

It comes with a small charger, but unlike my laptop I don't need to carry the charger around. Just plug in to recharge it every evening. It has made the daily burden on my shoulder much, much lighter.

In use the NC10 is very good. The keyboard is 93% of full size, and good for touch typing. Some keys are in unusal places,but you get used to it pretty quickly.

There is not much in the way of bundled software, a 90 day Mcafee is included. I downloaded and installed openoffice for free. It works very well.

Overall, I would recommend the NC10. It has many endearing qualities which certainly I think outweigh its limitations. As a travel thing, it is a good companion.

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