May 26, 2009 05:07 PM
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I was looking for a suitable replacement for an HP DV series laptop that I had which(un) fortunately was recently stolen. Being someone who does hardcore research before buying any new product - especially electronics, I did alot for a new laptop.
I had read alot of reviews on various net books, but the one where there was maximum satisfaction was the Samsung NC-10, now already owning a Samsung phone I knew it must have been a good quality product so I decided to look for reviews within India itself, unfortunately I only found one here from Bobby - but it was extremely helpful - So I went over to Nehru Place saw all the netbooks available - Dell, Lenovo, Asus, Acer, Benq, etc, and lastly Samsung.
That day it was "Samsung Laptop day" and there was a special offer -so for Rs.23, 500 I got a 2 GB memory upgrade, a wireless Logitech mouse, and a Moser Baer USB phone adapter thrown in.
I took everything home an immediately got down to work on the Netbook, and I must say, that although its only been 2 weeks since I bought it, it has been one of the best buys I have made.
The initial set up was pretty easy and I liked the fact that Samsung has put in its own data back up software, something that you don`t normally find in other laptops, irrespective of that they have also provided recovery CD`s for the same - which is odd as the netbook doesn`t have a CD drive on it.
One of the apprehensions I had after reading the reviews was with respect to the keyboard, but as of now I have had no problems with that whatsoever, another issue that was pointed out was the small touchpad, well I guess you can`t have everything, so its just a matter of getting used to it.
It has an excellant look and feel, and a massive 160 GB hard drive, 40 GB more than my HP, I have loaded Office 2003 and am using it without any problems. It connected seamlessly with the WiFi, and I was able to brouse the net without any problems at all. One issue that I had which I didn`t see mentioned was the speakers are placed in the front, and if its on your lap the sound doesn`t come out too well.
Overall a very good piece of kit to have, and if size doesn`t matter and you require mobility, then I would definately recommend this to anyone.Now what remains to be seen is the after sales service.
