Samsung unveils Small, Cheap Computer
Korean giant to take on Acer, Dell, Asus, HP et al
Samsung has announced its entry into the Small, Cheap Computer segment, following yesterday's Toshiba unveiling with a stylish SCC of its own.
Samsung's NC10 is fitted with a 10.2in, 1024 x 600 display that it stressed was a "non-gloss" panel, perhaps to distinguish it from Acer's shiny Aspire One screen, which the Samsung SCC rather resembles.
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The Korean company confirmed the NC10 will ship with Windows XP, 1GB of 533MHz DDR 2 memory and a choice of 80, 120 or 160GB of hard drive storage.
Samsung didn't say whether there will be a Linux version, either initially or, as other SCC vendors have done, later once the XP version is out.
There's no SSD option, apparently, either - ironic, perhaps, given Samsung's keenness on the technology and the fact it's one of the world's biggest Flash producers.
Samsung said the NC10 will come with a three-cell battery that's good for up to 3.5 hours' runtime. But an optional six-cell power pack will take that figure to eight hours, it claimed.
Available in white, blue and piano black
As yet, Samsung hasn't detailed which territories will get which variations of the specification. The NC10's other features include the SCC staples 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, 10/100Mb/s Ethernet, three-in-one memory card reader, audio sockets, VGA port, 1.3-megapixel webcam and three USB ports.
With a three-cell battery the NC10 weighs 1.19kg. It measures 261 x 186 x 30mm.
Due to ship over here late next month, the NC10 will retail for around £329.
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COMMENTS
Lets play "they just don't get it" poker
I'll see your no Linux, no SDD, short battery life and too expensive, and I'll raise you silly small cursor keys.
SCC in Japan = Windows
All the shops here only sell the windows version
No linux to be found anywhere.
Very annoying.
Battery Lyfe?
Anyone have a fix on the unplugged run time?
I can do ten hours unplugged on my Fujitsu Lifebook with the second battery in.
Less than four hours is completely uninteresting.
I don't mind squinting a little. I mind very much when the thing expires in a long meeting.
fan, HDD, windows
and 1.19kg of Samsung brand should retail way under £150 IMO.
Re: 200 quid is cheap(ish). STOP MOANING
You're an idiot.
Before the Eee PC, for an ultraportable, anything under £800 was either a massive bargain or a piece of tat knocked up by some bloke in his shed..
£200 is cheap full stop. Stop whining, go away, and don't buy one if you don't want to pay more.
