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Samsung NC20 in Laptops

Verdict

It's not perfect, but six-hour battery life, fine performance and a superb display make Samsung's grown-up netbook a force to be reckoned with.

Review Date: 13 Mar 2009

Price when reviewed: £328 (£377 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
5 stars out of 6

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
3 stars out of 6

PCPRO Recommended

Details
Part Code NC20
Review Date 13 Mar 2009
Price ex VAT £328
Price inc VAT £377
Overall rating 5 stars out of 6
Features & Design 5 stars out of 6
Value for Money 5 stars out of 6
Performance 3 stars out of 6
Warranty
Warranty final 1yr collect and return
Physical specifications
Dimensions 292 x 217 x 31mm (WDH)
Weight 1.510kg
Processor and memory
Processor VIA Nano U2250
RAM capacity 1.00GB
Memory type DDR2
Screen and video
Screen size 12.1in
Resolution screen horizontal 1,280
Resolution screen vertical 800
Resolution 1280 x 800
Graphics chipset VIA Chrome 9 HC3
VGA (D-SUB) outputs 1
HDMI outputs 0
S-Video outputs 0
DVI-I outputs 0
DVI-D outputs 0
DisplayPort outputs 0
Drives
Capacity 160GB
Optical disc technology N/A
Optical drive N/A
Replacement battery price inc VAT £0
Networking
802.11a support no
802.11b support yes
802.11g support yes
802.11 draft-n support no
Integrated 3G adapter no
Other Features
Wireless key-combination switch yes
ExpressCard34 slots 0
ExpressCard54 slots 0
PC Card slots 0
USB ports (downstream) 3
PS/2 mouse port no
9-pin serial ports 0
Parallel ports 0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports 0
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports 0
3.5mm audio jacks 21
Pointing device type Touchpad
Integrated microphone? yes
Integrated webcam? yes
TPM no
Fingerprint reader no
Smartcard reader no
Operating system and software
OS family Windows XP
Battery and performance tests
Battery life, light use 406
Battery life, heavy use 233
Overall application benchmark score 0.40
Office application benchmark score 0.52
2D graphics application benchmark score 0.33
Encoding application benchmark score 0.41
Multitasking application benchmark score 0.34
3D performance (crysis) low settings Fail
3D performance setting N/A
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